--- title: They cried, 'Many thanks, my fatherly benefactor;' but I am sure the… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: They cried, 'Many thanks, my fatherly benefactor;' but I am sure the words did not come from their hearts, so I rang the bells till they sounded, 'ding, ding-dong.'" Who acts: canes, I, words. A sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. 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Andersen, The Garden of Paradise. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (canes, I, words), 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:pg27200:140:103 # text = They cried, 'Many thanks, my fatherly benefactor;' but I am sure the words did not come from their hearts, so I rang the bells till they sounded, 'ding, ding-dong.'" 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 cried cry VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 4 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 Many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 thanks thanks NOUN NNS Number=Ptan 2 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 8 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ _ 9 fatherly fatherly ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 benefactor benefactor NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ; ; PUNCT : _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ 13 but but CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 14 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 15 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 16 cop _ _ 16 sure sure ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 conj _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 words word NOUN NNS Number=Plur 21 nsubj _ _ 19 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 aux _ _ 20 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 21 advmod _ _ 21 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 16 ccomp _ _ 22 from from ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 24 nmod:poss _ _ 24 hearts heart NOUN NNS Number=Plur 21 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 26 so so ADV RB _ 28 advmod _ _ 27 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 28 rang ring VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 bells bell NOUN NNS Number=Plur 28 obj _ _ 31 till till SCONJ IN _ 33 mark _ _ 32 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 33 sounded sound VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 35 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 36 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 36 ding ding NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 38 ding ding NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 39 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 38 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 40 dong dong NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 41 . . PUNCT . _ 28 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 42 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 28 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 43 " " PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **cry** *speech: express* | past | canes *= cane* | Many thanks and my fatherly benefactor | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is** | present | I | | | | | sure *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **not** **come** | past · do-support | the words | | | canes's hearts | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from heart=Initial\_Location | | 4 | **ring** | past | I | the bells | | | | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location bell=Theme | | 5 | **sound** | past | canes *= cane* | ding and ding dong | | | | | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | 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 102](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/140/102/) - next →: [sentence 104](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/140/104/) - ↑ back to [The Garden of Paradise](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/140/)