--- title: It was droll to look at, or you may say it was mournful--all depends… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: It was droll to look at, or you may say it was mournful--all depends on what you think of when you see it; and I thought about it, and thought this and that of many things that were in the cart: or I might have done so, and that comes to the same thing. Who acts: It, you, cart, all. 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C. Andersen, Third Visit. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (It, you, cart, all), 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:pg27200:138:11 # text = It was droll to look at, or you may say it was mournful--all depends on what you think of when you see it; and I thought about it, and thought this and that of many things that were in the cart: or I might have done so, and that comes to the same thing. 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 droll droll VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 to to PART TO _ 5 mark _ _ 5 look look VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 xcomp _ _ 6 at at ADP IN _ 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 8 or or CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 9 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 10 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ _ 11 say say VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 parataxis _ _ 12 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 13 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 cop _ _ 14 mournful mournful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 15 -- -- PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 16 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 17 nsubj _ _ 17 depends depend VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 conj _ _ 18 on on ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 19 what what PRON WP PronType=Rel 17 obl _ _ 20 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 21 think think VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 19 acl:relcl _ _ 22 of of ADP IN _ 21 obl _ _ 23 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 25 advmod _ _ 24 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 25 see see VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 21 advcl _ _ 26 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 27 ; ; PUNCT : _ 30 punct _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 29 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 30 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 advcl _ _ 31 about about ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 32 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 35 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 parataxis _ _ 36 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 35 obj _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 38 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 35 conj _ _ 39 of of ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 41 amod _ _ 41 things thing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 38 nmod _ _ 42 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 46 nsubj _ _ 43 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 46 cop _ _ 44 in in ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 45 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 cart cart NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 47 : : PUNCT : _ 52 punct _ _ 48 or or CCONJ CC _ 52 cc _ _ 49 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 52 nsubj _ _ 50 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 52 aux _ _ 51 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 52 aux _ _ 52 done do VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 41 acl _ _ 53 so so ADV RB _ 52 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 54 , , PUNCT , _ 57 punct _ _ 55 and and CCONJ CC _ 57 cc _ _ 56 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 57 nsubj _ _ 57 comes come VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 58 to to ADP IN _ 61 case _ _ 59 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 61 det _ _ 60 same same ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 61 amod _ _ 61 thing thing NOUN NN Number=Sing 57 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 62 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | It | | | | | droll *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **look** | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | may | you | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **is** | past | cart | | | | | mournful *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **depend** | present | all | | | | | | vn rely-70 «NP V PP.theme S\_ING»: agent=Agent on what=Theme | | 6 | **think** *speech: other* | present | you | | | | | | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **see** | present | you | cart | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus | | 8 | **think** *speech: other* | past | I | | | | | about cart | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent about it=Topic | | 9 | **think** *speech: other* | past | | this | | | | | vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot this=Theme | | 10 | **is** | past | many things | | | the cart | | | tree rules | | 11 | **do** | might · perfect | I | many things *not said here* | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thing=Eventuality | | 12 | **come** | present | that | | | the same thing | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to thing=Initial\_Location | 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 10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/138/10/) - next →: [sentence 12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/138/12/) - ↑ back to [Third Visit](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/138/)