--- title: Good little Ole,' say they to me, 'we cannot close our eyes, and we… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: Good little Ole,' say they to me, 'we cannot close our eyes, and we lie awake the whole night and see all our evil deeds sitting on our beds like little imps, and sprinkling us with hot water. Who acts: we, evil deeds. A sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. 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C. Andersen, Ole-luk-oie, the Dream-god. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (we, evil deeds), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. **Parsed by Mova, not checked by a teacher.** This tree is Mova's own parse (the `en` model, on the CPU, when the site is built); it may be wrong. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = book:pg27200:134:123 # text = Good little Ole,' say they to me, 'we cannot close our eyes, and we lie awake the whole night and see all our evil deeds sitting on our beds like little imps, and sprinkling us with hot water. 1 Good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 2 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 Ole ole ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 1 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 6 punct _ _ 6 say say VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 conj _ _ 7 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 obj _ _ 8 to to ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 11 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 15 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 13 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 15 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 14 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 15 advmod _ _ 15 close close VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 conj _ _ 16 our our PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 17 nmod:poss _ _ 17 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 15 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 20 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 21 lie lie VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 parataxis _ _ 22 awake awake ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 24 whole whole ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 amod _ _ 25 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 27 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 21 conj _ _ 28 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 31 det:predet _ _ 29 our our PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 31 nmod:poss _ _ 30 evil evil ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 amod _ _ 31 deeds deed NOUN NNS Number=Plur 27 obj _ _ 32 sitting sit VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 31 acl _ _ 33 on on ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 our our PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 35 nmod:poss _ _ 35 beds bed NOUN NNS Number=Plur 32 obl _ _ 36 like like ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 38 amod _ _ 38 imps imp NOUN NNS Number=Plur 35 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 40 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 41 sprinkling sprinkle VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 21 advcl _ _ 42 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 41 obj _ _ 43 with with ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 44 hot hot ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 45 amod _ _ 45 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | infinitive | | people | me | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent they=Topic to i=Recipient | | 2 | **not** **close** | can | we | our eyes | | | | | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent eye=Patient | | 3 | **lie** | present | we | | | | night | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **see** | infinitive | we *not said here* | our evil deeds | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer deed=Stimulus | | 5 | **sit** | gerund | our evil deeds *not said here* | | | our beds like little imps | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on bed=Location | | 6 | **sprinkle** | gerund | we *not said here* | | us | | | with hot water | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.destination PP.theme»: agent=Agent we=Destination with water=Theme | One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree. **Text:** «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. 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