--- title: It was very amusing!' my niece said; in fact, she said many things t… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: It was very amusing!' my niece said; in fact, she said many things that were very malicious but very amusing, but I won't mention them, for a man must be good-natured, and not a carping critic. Who acts: stick, niece, acquaintance, many things. 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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 (stick, niece, acquaintance, many things), 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:pg27200:136:36 # text = It was very amusing!' my niece said; in fact, she said many things that were very malicious but very amusing, but I won't mention them, for a man must be good-natured, and not a carping critic. 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 very very ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 amusing amusing ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ! ! PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ 7 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 8 niece niece NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 9 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ; ; PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 11 in in ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 fact fact NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 14 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 15 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 parataxis _ _ 16 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 amod _ _ 17 things thing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 15 obj _ _ 18 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 21 nsubj _ _ 19 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 cop _ _ 20 very very ADV RB _ 21 advmod _ _ 21 malicious malicious ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 acl:relcl _ _ 22 but but CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 23 very very ADV RB _ 24 advmod _ _ 24 amusing amusing ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 conj _ 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 wo will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 30 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 29 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 30 advmod _ _ 30 mention mention VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 conj _ _ 31 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 33 for for SCONJ IN _ 40 mark _ _ 34 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 nsubj _ _ 36 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 40 aux _ _ 37 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 40 cop _ _ 38 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 40 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 39 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 38 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 40 natured natured ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 42 and and CCONJ CC _ 46 cc _ _ 43 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 46 advmod _ _ 44 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 45 carping carp VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 46 amod _ _ 46 critic critic NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | stick | | | | | amusing *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | my niece | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | acquaintance | many things | | fact | | | vn pronounce-29.3.1 «NP V NP PP.manner»: agent=Agent thing=Theme in fact=Manner | | 4 | **is** | past | many things | | | | | malicious *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **be** | | many things *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **not** **mention** *speech: other* | future | I | niece | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent they=Topic | | 7 | **is** | must | a man | | | | | natured *property* | tree rules | | 8 | **carp** | gerund | | | | | | | 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 35](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/136/35/) - next →: [sentence 37](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/136/37/) - ↑ back to [First Visit](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/136/)