--- title: "Now we must give up our stories, and exercise these letters," said… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: "Now we must give up our stories, and exercise these letters," said Ole-Luk-Oie; "One, two--one, two--" So he drilled them till they stood up gracefully, and looked as beautiful as a copy could look. Who acts: we, Ole, Luk. 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, Ole, Luk), 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:pg27200:134:30 # text = "Now we must give up our stories, and exercise these letters," said Ole-Luk-Oie; "One, two--one, two--" So he drilled them till they stood up gracefully, and looked as beautiful as a copy could look. 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 5 advmod _ _ 3 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 4 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 16 ccomp _ _ 6 up up ADP RP _ 5 compound:prt _ _ 7 our our PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 8 stories story NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 11 exercise exercise NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 12 these this DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 13 det _ _ 13 letters letter NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 " " PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ 16 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 17 Ole Ole PROPN NNP Number=Sing 16 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 18 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 19 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 19 Luk Luk PROPN NNP Number=Sing 17 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 20 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 21 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 21 Oie Oie PROPN NNP Number=Sing 17 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 22 ; ; PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 23 " " PUNCT `` _ 24 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 24 One one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 16 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 26 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 24 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 27 -- -- PUNCT HYPH _ 26 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 28 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 24 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 30 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 24 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 31 -- -- PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 32 " " PUNCT `` _ 35 punct _ _ 33 So so ADV RB _ 35 advmod _ _ 34 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 35 drilled drill VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 acl:relcl _ _ 36 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 obj _ _ 37 till till SCONJ IN _ 39 mark _ _ 38 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 39 stood stand VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 35 advcl _ _ 40 up up ADP RP _ 39 compound:prt _ _ 41 gracefully gracefully ADV RB _ 39 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 43 and and CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 44 looked look VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 51 advcl _ _ 45 as as ADV RB _ 46 advmod _ _ 46 beautiful beautiful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 44 xcomp _ _ 47 as as ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 48 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 49 copy copy NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 obl _ _ 50 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 51 aux _ _ 51 look look VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 16 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 52 . . PUNCT . _ 16 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **give up** *in a quote* | must | we | our stories | | | now | exercise *obl* | tree rules | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Ole and Luk and Oie | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **drill** | past | Ole | Luk | | | | | vn carve-21.2-3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Patient | | 4 | **stand up** | past | Luk | | | | | gracefully *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **look** | past | | | | | | beautiful *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus | | 6 | **look** | could | | | | | | | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | 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 29](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/134/29/) - next →: [sentence 31](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/134/31/) - ↑ back to [Ole-luk-oie, the Dream-god](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/134/)