--- title: You might have slept on a while; for there is very little to see in… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: You might have slept on a while; for there is very little to see in the flat country over which we are passing unless you like to count the churches; they look like spots of chalk on a green board." Who acts: You, little, we, Winds. 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 (You, little, we, Winds), 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:pg27200:140:133 # text = You might have slept on a while; for there is very little to see in the flat country over which we are passing unless you like to count the churches; they look like spots of chalk on a green board." 1 You you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 4 aux _ _ 4 slept sleep VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 5 on on ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 while while NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ; ; PUNCT : _ 11 punct _ _ 9 for for ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 11 expl _ _ 11 is be VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 12 very very ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ _ 13 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 nsubj _ _ 14 to to PART TO _ 15 mark _ _ 15 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 13 acl _ _ 16 in in ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 18 flat flat ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 amod _ _ 19 country country NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ _ 20 over over ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 21 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 24 obl _ _ 22 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 23 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 24 aux _ _ 24 passing pass VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 19 acl _ _ 25 unless unless SCONJ IN _ 27 mark _ _ 26 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 27 like like VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 15 advcl _ _ 28 to to PART TO _ 29 mark _ _ 29 count count VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 27 xcomp _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 churches church NOUN NNS Number=Plur 29 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 32 ; ; PUNCT : _ 34 punct _ _ 33 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 34 look look VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 35 like like ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 36 spots spot NOUN NNS Number=Plur 34 obl _ _ 37 of of ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 38 chalk chalk NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 nmod _ _ 39 on on ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 40 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 41 green green ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 42 amod _ _ 42 board board NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 44 " " PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sleep** | might · perfect | You | | | | while | | vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **be** | present | little | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **see** | to-infinitive | | | | the flat country | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 4 | **pass** | present · progressive | we | | | the flat country | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme over which=Location | | 5 | **like** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | you | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 6 | **count** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | the churches | | | | | vn multiply-108 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent church=Theme | | 7 | **look** | present | Winds *= wind* | | | | | like spots of chalk; on a green board | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent on board=Theme | 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 132](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/140/132/) - next →: [sentence 134](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/140/134/) - ↑ back to [The Garden of Paradise](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/140/)