--- title: I have to number them first before I put them in my apron, and also… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: I have to number them first before I put them in my apron, and also to number the places from which I take them, so that they may go back into the right holes, or else they would not remain, and we should have a number of falling stars, for they would all tumble down one after the other." 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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 (I, fields, we), 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:pg27200:134:168 # text = I have to number them first before I put them in my apron, and also to number the places from which I take them, so that they may go back into the right holes, or else they would not remain, and we should have a number of falling stars, for they would all tumble down one after the other." 1 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 to to PART TO _ 4 mark _ _ 4 number number NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nmod _ _ 6 first first ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 2 advmod _ _ 7 before before SCONJ IN _ 9 mark _ _ 8 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 9 put put VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 advcl _ _ 10 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 obj _ _ 11 in in ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 13 nmod:poss _ _ 13 apron apron NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 16 also also ADV RB _ 18 advmod _ _ 17 to to PART TO _ 18 mark _ _ 18 number number NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 parataxis _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 places place NOUN NNS Number=Plur 18 nmod _ _ 21 from from ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 22 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 24 obl _ _ 23 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 24 take take VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 20 acl:relcl _ _ 25 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 27 so so SCONJ IN ExtPos=SCONJ 31 mark _ _ 28 that that SCONJ IN _ 27 fixed _ _ 29 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 30 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 31 aux _ _ 31 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 24 conj _ _ 32 back back ADV RB _ 31 advmod _ _ 33 into into ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 35 right right ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 amod _ _ 36 holes hole NOUN NNS Number=Plur 31 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 38 or or CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 39 else else ADV RB _ 43 advmod _ _ 40 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 nsubj _ _ 41 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 43 aux _ _ 42 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 43 advmod _ _ 43 remain remain VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 36 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 44 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 45 and and CCONJ CC _ 48 cc _ _ 46 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 48 nsubj _ _ 47 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 48 aux _ _ 48 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 24 parataxis _ _ 49 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 50 det _ _ 50 number number NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 obj _ _ 51 of of ADP IN _ 53 case _ _ 52 falling fall VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 53 amod _ _ 53 stars star NOUN NNS Number=Plur 50 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 54 , , PUNCT , _ 59 punct _ _ 55 for for SCONJ IN _ 59 mark _ _ 56 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 59 nsubj _ _ 57 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 59 aux _ _ 58 all all ADV RB _ 59 advmod _ _ 59 tumble tumble VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 48 conj _ _ 60 down down ADP RP _ 59 compound:prt _ _ 61 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 59 obj _ _ 62 after after ADP IN _ 64 case _ _ 63 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 64 det _ _ 64 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 61 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 65 . . PUNCT . _ 18 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 66 " " PUNCT '' _ 18 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | present | I | number fields | | | | first *property* | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent number=Patient | | 2 | **put** | past | I | fields *= field* | | my apron | | | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent they=Theme in apron=Destination | | 3 | **take** | present | I | fields *= field* | | the places | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent they=Theme from which=Initial\_Location | | 4 | **go back** | may | fields *= field* | | | the right holes | | | vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient | | 5 | **not** **remain** | would | fields *= field* | the right holes *not said here* | | | | else *property* | vn seem-109-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme hole=Attribute | | 6 | **have** | should | we | a number of falling stars | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent number=Patient | | 7 | **fall** | gerund | | | | | | | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **tumble down** | would | fields *= field* | one | | | after the other | all *property* | vn meander-47.7 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location one=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. 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 167](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/134/167/) - next →: [sentence 169](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/134/169/) - ↑ back to [Ole-luk-oie, the Dream-god](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/134/)