--- title: I have my own ideas about shooting stars, as the common people in ma… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: I have my own ideas about shooting stars, as the common people in many parts call them, and my idea is this: How often are silent thanksgivings offered up for one who has done a good and noble action! Who acts: I, common people, idea. A sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. 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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 (I, common people, idea), 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:pg27200:136:44 # text = I have my own ideas about shooting stars, as the common people in many parts call them, and my idea is this: How often are silent thanksgivings offered up for one who has done a good and noble action! 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 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 4 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 ideas idea NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ _ 6 about about ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 shooting shoot VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 8 amod _ _ 8 stars star NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 10 as as SCONJ IN _ 17 mark _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 12 common common ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 13 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 17 nsubj _ _ 14 in in ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 amod _ _ 16 parts part NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 nmod _ _ 17 call call VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 18 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 21 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 22 nmod:poss _ _ 22 idea idea NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 nsubj _ _ 23 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 24 cop _ _ 24 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 2 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 25 : : PUNCT : _ 30 punct _ _ 26 How how ADV WRB PronType=Int 27 advmod _ _ 27 often often ADV RB _ 30 advmod _ _ 28 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 30 cop _ _ 29 silent silent ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 amod _ _ 30 thanksgivings thanksgiving NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 parataxis _ _ 31 offered offer VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 30 acl _ _ 32 up up ADP RP _ 31 compound:prt _ _ 33 for for ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 34 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 31 obl _ _ 35 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 37 nsubj _ _ 36 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 37 aux _ _ 37 done do VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 34 acl:relcl _ _ 38 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 39 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 42 amod _ _ 40 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 41 noble noble ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 conj _ _ 42 action action NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 43 ! ! PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | present | I | my own ideas | | | | about shooting stars | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent idea=Patient | | 2 | **shoot** | gerund | | | | | | | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **call** | present | the common people in many parts | ideas *= idea* | | | | | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent they=Recipient | | 4 | **is a** | present | my idea | this | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **is a** | present | | silent thanksgivings | | | | often *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **offer up** | participle | | silent thanksgivings *not said here* | | | | for one *goal* | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent for one=Goal | | 7 | **do** | present · perfect | | a good action | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent action=Eventuality | 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 43](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/136/43/) - next →: [sentence 45](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/136/45/) - ↑ back to [First Visit](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/136/)