--- title: The way is difficult and troublesome then, and I feel obliged to run… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: The way is difficult and troublesome then, and I feel obliged to run away out of the confusion; or, if I am on the tower, I stay there and look down, and it is amusing enough. Who acts: way, I. A sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. 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The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (way, I), 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:pg27200:138:24 # text = The way is difficult and troublesome then, and I feel obliged to run away out of the confusion; or, if I am on the tower, I stay there and look down, and it is amusing enough. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 4 difficult difficult ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 6 troublesome troublesome ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 conj _ _ 7 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 6 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 10 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 11 feel feel VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 12 obliged oblige VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 11 xcomp _ _ 13 to to PART TO _ 14 mark _ _ 14 run run VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 xcomp _ _ 15 away away ADV RB _ 14 advmod _ _ 16 out out ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 17 of of ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 confusion confusion NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 20 ; ; PUNCT : _ 28 punct _ _ 21 or or CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 23 if if SCONJ IN _ 28 mark _ _ 24 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 25 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 28 cop _ _ 26 on on ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 tower tower NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 30 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 31 stay stay VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 28 parataxis _ _ 32 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 31 advmod _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 34 look look VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 31 conj _ _ 35 down down ADP RP _ 34 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 38 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 39 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 40 cop _ _ 40 amusing amusing ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 conj _ _ 41 enough enough ADV RB _ 40 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | the way | | | | | difficult *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **be** | | the way *not said here* | | | | then | | tree rules | | 3 | **feel** | present | I | | | | | | vn conjecture-29.5-2 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 4 | **oblige** | participle | I *not said here* | | | | | | vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Result | | 5 | **run away** | to-infinitive | I *not said here* | | | the confusion | | away *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme out confusion=Trajectory | | 6 | **is** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | I | | | the tower | | | tree rules | | 7 | **stay** | present | I | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **look down** | infinitive | I *not said here* | | | | | | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | | 9 | **is** | present | way | | | | | amusing, enough *property* | 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 23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/138/23/) - next →: [sentence 25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/138/25/) - ↑ back to [Third Visit](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/138/)