--- title: As I told you, I see that every New Year's night, and could mention… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: As I told you, I see that every New Year's night, and could mention the majority of the riders by name, but I should not like to draw their enmity upon myself, for they don't like people to talk about their ride to Amack on quill pens. Who acts: I, pens. A sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/136/26/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/) / [First Visit](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/136/) / 26 # Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen, First Visit, sentence 26 As I told you, I see that every New Year's night, and could mention the majority of the riders by name, but I should not like to draw their enmity upon myself, for they don't like people to talk about their ride to Amack on quill pens. **Who acts:** I, pens · **What happens:** tell, see, mention, not like, draw, talk · **To what, where:** you, majority, enmity, people, quill pens · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. Andersen, First Visit. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (I, pens), 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:pg27200:136:26 # text = As I told you, I see that every New Year's night, and could mention the majority of the riders by name, but I should not like to draw their enmity upon myself, for they don't like people to talk about their ride to Amack on quill pens. 1 As as SCONJ IN _ 3 mark _ _ 2 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 3 iobj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 6 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 7 see see VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 ccomp _ _ 8 that that SCONJ IN _ 13 mark _ _ 9 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 11 det _ _ 10 New New PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 compound _ _ 11 Year Year PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 12 's 's PART POS _ 11 case _ _ 13 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 16 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 17 aux _ _ 17 mention mention VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 conj _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 majority majority NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obj _ _ 20 of of ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 riders rider NOUN NNS Number=Plur 19 nmod _ _ 23 by by ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 24 name name NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 26 but but CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 27 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 28 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 30 aux _ _ 29 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 30 advmod _ _ 30 like like VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 conj _ _ 31 to to PART TO _ 32 mark _ _ 32 draw draw VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 30 xcomp _ _ 33 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 34 nmod:poss _ _ 34 enmity enmity NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obj _ _ 35 upon upon ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 36 myself myself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 32 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 38 for for SCONJ IN _ 42 mark _ _ 39 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 40 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 42 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 41 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 42 advmod _ _ 42 like like VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 32 conj _ _ 43 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 42 obj _ _ 44 to to PART TO _ 45 mark _ _ 45 talk talk VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 42 xcomp _ _ 46 about about ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 47 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 48 nmod:poss _ _ 48 ride ride NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 obl _ _ 49 to to ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 50 Amack Amack PROPN NNP Number=Sing 48 nmod _ _ 51 on on ADP IN _ 53 case _ _ 52 quill quill NOUN NN _ 53 compound _ _ 53 pens pen NOUN NNS Number=Plur 45 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 54 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | I | | you | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent you=Recipient clause=Topic | | 2 | **see** | present | I | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 3 | **mention** *speech: other* | could | I *not said here* | the majority of the riders | | | | by name | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent majority=Topic | | 4 | **not** **like** | should | I | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 5 | **draw** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | I *not said here* | riders's enmity | | | | upon myself | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent enmity=Theme | | 6 | **not** **like** | present · do-support | pens *= pen* | people | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **talk** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | pens *= pen* *not said here* | | | quill pens | | about pens's ride to Amack | vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent about ride=Topic | | 8 | **ride** | | pens *= pen* | | | | | to Amack | nom ride «act transitive»: poss=agent to=obl | 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 25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/136/25/) - next →: [sentence 27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/136/27/) - ↑ back to [First Visit](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/136/)