--- title: "Yes, I know that already," said Hjalmar, "my sister always allows h… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: "Yes, I know that already," said Hjalmar, "my sister always allows her dolls to keep their birthdays or to have a wedding when they require new clothes; that has happened already a hundred times, I am quite sure." Who acts: Hjalmar, sister, hens, that. 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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 (Hjalmar, sister, hens, that), 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:pg27200:134:131 # text = "Yes, I know that already," said Hjalmar, "my sister always allows her dolls to keep their birthdays or to have a wedding when they require new clothes; that has happened already a hundred times, I am quite sure." 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 4 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 know know VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 that that SCONJ IN _ 10 mark _ _ 7 already already ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 " " PUNCT '' _ 7 punct _ _ 10 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 ccomp _ _ 11 Hjalmar Hjalmar PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 13 " " PUNCT `` _ 17 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 15 nmod:poss _ _ 15 sister sister NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 nsubj _ _ 16 always always ADV RB PronType=Tot 17 advmod _ _ 17 allows allow VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 conj _ _ 18 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 19 nmod:poss _ _ 19 dolls doll NOUN NNS Number=Plur 17 obj _ _ 20 to to PART TO _ 21 mark _ _ 21 keep keep VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 17 advcl _ _ 22 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 23 nmod:poss _ _ 23 birthdays birthday NOUN NNS Number=Plur 21 obj _ _ 24 or or CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 25 to to PART TO _ 26 mark _ _ 26 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 21 conj _ _ 27 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 wedding wedding NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obj _ _ 29 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 31 advmod _ _ 30 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 31 require require VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 26 advcl _ _ 32 new new ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 33 amod _ _ 33 clothes clothes NOUN NNS Number=Ptan 31 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 34 ; ; PUNCT : _ 37 punct _ _ 35 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 37 nsubj _ _ 36 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 37 aux _ _ 37 happened happen VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 5 conj _ _ 38 already already ADV RB _ 40 advmod _ _ 39 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 hundred hundred NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 41 nummod _ _ 41 times time NOUN NNS Number=Plur 37 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 43 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 46 nsubj _ _ 44 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 46 cop _ _ 45 quite quite ADV RB _ 46 advmod _ _ 46 sure sure ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 48 " " PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **know** *in a quote* | present | Hjalmar | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Hjalmar | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **allow** *in a quote* | present | my sister | sister's dolls | | | | always *property* | vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent doll=Beneficiary | | 4 | **keep** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | my sister *not said here* | hens's birthdays | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent birthday=Theme | | 5 | **have** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | my sister *not said here* | a wedding | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wedding=Patient | | 6 | **require** *in a quote* | present | hens *= hen* | new clothes | | | | | vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme clothes=Precondition | | 7 | **happen** *in a quote* | present · perfect | that | | | | time | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **is** *in a quote* | present | Hjalmar | | | | | sure *property* | tree rules | 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. C. Andersen, Project Gutenberg book 27200 (public domain in the USA). **Tree:** Mova's own parse, Elamur Cosmic License. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), the chapter read in order. - ← previous: [sentence 130](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/134/130/) - next →: [sentence 132](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/134/132/) - ↑ back to [Ole-luk-oie, the Dream-god](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/134/)