--- title: But Ole-Luk-Oie does not wish to hurt them, for he is very fond of c… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: But Ole-Luk-Oie does not wish to hurt them, for he is very fond of children, and only wants them to be quiet that he may relate to them pretty stories, and they never are quiet until they are in bed and asleep. Who acts: Ole Luk, Oie, Luk, children. 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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 (Ole Luk, Oie, Luk, children), 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:pg27200:134:4 # text = But Ole-Luk-Oie does not wish to hurt them, for he is very fond of children, and only wants them to be quiet that he may relate to them pretty stories, and they never are quiet until they are in bed and asleep. 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 2 Ole ole ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 3 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 Luk Luk PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 Oie Oie PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 flat _ _ 7 does do AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ _ 8 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 9 advmod _ _ 9 wish wish VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 10 to to PART TO _ 11 mark _ _ 11 hurt hurt VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 xcomp _ _ 12 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 14 for for SCONJ IN _ 18 mark _ _ 15 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 16 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 18 cop _ _ 17 very very ADV RB _ 18 advmod _ _ 18 fond fond ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 conj _ _ 19 of of ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 20 children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 18 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 23 only only ADV RB _ 24 advmod _ _ 24 wants want VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 conj _ _ 25 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 obj _ _ 26 to to PART TO _ 28 mark _ _ 27 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 28 cop _ _ 28 quiet quiet ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 xcomp _ _ 29 that that SCONJ IN _ 32 mark _ _ 30 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 31 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 32 aux _ _ 32 relate relate VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 28 advcl _ _ 33 to to ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 34 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 obl _ _ 35 pretty pretty ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 amod _ _ 36 stories story NOUN NNS Number=Plur 32 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 39 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 40 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 42 advmod _ _ 41 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 42 cop _ _ 42 quiet quiet ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 xcomp _ _ 43 until until SCONJ IN _ 47 mark _ _ 44 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 47 nsubj _ _ 45 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 47 cop _ _ 46 in in ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 47 bed bed NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 advcl _ _ 48 and and CCONJ CC _ 49 cc _ _ 49 asleep asleep ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 47 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 50 . . PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **wish** | present · do-support | Ole Luk | | | | | | vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 2 | **hurt** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | Ole Luk *not said here* | Luk | | | | | vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer they=Patient | | 3 | **is** | present | Oie | | | | | of children; fond *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **want** | present | Ole Luk *not said here* | Luk | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Pivot they=Theme | | 5 | **is** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | Luk *not said here* | | | | | quiet *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **relate** | may | Oie | pretty stories | children *= child* | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent story=Topic to they=Recipient | | 7 | **not** **is** *not said to happen* | present | children *= child* | | | | | quiet *property* | tree rules | | 8 | **is** | present | children *= child* | | | bed | | | tree rules | | 9 | **be** | | children *= child* *not said here* | | | | | | 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 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/134/3/) - next →: [sentence 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/134/5/) - ↑ back to [Ole-luk-oie, the Dream-god](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/134/)