--- title: Yes, in that glass sits a demon, in the form of a little, well dress… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: Yes, in that glass sits a demon, in the form of a little, well dressed, attractive and very fascinating man, who thoroughly understands you, agrees with you in everything, and becomes quite a second self to you. Who acts: glass, fascinating man. 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C. Andersen, Second Visit. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (glass, fascinating man), 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:pg27200:137:26 # text = Yes, in that glass sits a demon, in the form of a little, well dressed, attractive and very fascinating man, who thoroughly understands you, agrees with you in everything, and becomes quite a second self to you. 1 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 6 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 3 in in ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 5 det _ _ 5 glass glass NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 6 sits sit VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 demon demon NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 10 in in ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 form form NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 13 of of ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 17 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 18 advmod _ _ 18 dressed dress VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 6 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 20 attractive attractive ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 conj _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 22 very very ADV RB _ 23 advmod _ _ 23 fascinating fascinating ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 amod _ _ 24 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 26 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 28 nsubj _ _ 27 thoroughly thoroughly ADV RB _ 28 advmod _ _ 28 understands understand VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 24 acl:relcl _ _ 29 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 28 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 31 agrees agree VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 32 with with ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 33 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 31 obl _ _ 34 in in ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 35 everything everything PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Tot 31 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 38 becomes become VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 39 quite quite DET PDT PronType=Ind 42 det:predet _ _ 40 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 41 second second ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 42 amod _ _ 42 self self NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 xcomp _ _ 43 to to ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 44 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 38 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sit** | present | that glass | a demon | | the form of a little | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V NP.theme PP»: agent=Agent demon=Theme in form=Location | | 2 | **dress** | participle | that glass *not said here* | | | | | well *property* | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **understand** | present | fascinating man | you | | | | thoroughly *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer you=Stimulus | | 4 | **agree** *speech: agree* | present | that glass *not said here* | | | everything | | with you | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V PP.co-agent how S»: agent=Agent with you=Co-Agent | | 5 | **become** | present | that glass *not said here* | quite second self | you | | | | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient | 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/pg27200/137/25/) - next →: [sentence 27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/137/27/) - ↑ back to [Second Visit](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/137/)