--- title: "Yes, that is because they have nothing else to do; but I am obliged… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: "Yes, that is because they have nothing else to do; but I am obliged to be harsh, to keep my boys in order, and I can do it, although they are so head-strong. Who acts: questions, prince. A sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. Andersen, The Garden of Paradise, with its depen --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/140/21/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/) / [The Garden of Paradise](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/140/) / 21 # Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen, The Garden of Paradise, sentence 21 "Yes, that is because they have nothing else to do; but I am obliged to be harsh, to keep my boys in order, and I can do it, although they are so head-strong. **Who acts:** questions, prince · **What happens:** be, do, oblige, keep · **To what, where:** prince, boys, order This is a sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. 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 (questions, prince), 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:pg27200:140:21 # text = "Yes, that is because they have nothing else to do; but I am obliged to be harsh, to keep my boys in order, and I can do it, although they are so head-strong. 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 4 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 0 root _ _ 5 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 cop _ _ 6 because because SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 7 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 8 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 9 nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 8 obj _ _ 10 else else ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 11 to to PART TO _ 12 mark _ _ 12 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ; ; PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 14 but but CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 15 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 16 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 17 aux:pass _ _ 17 obliged oblige VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 8 conj _ _ 18 to to PART TO _ 20 mark _ _ 19 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 20 cop _ _ 20 harsh harsh ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 22 to to PART TO _ 23 mark _ _ 23 keep keep VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 17 conj _ _ 24 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 25 nmod:poss _ _ 25 boys boy NOUN NNS Number=Plur 23 obj _ _ 26 in in ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 27 order order NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 30 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 31 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 32 aux _ _ 32 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 23 conj _ _ 33 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 35 although although SCONJ IN _ 41 mark _ _ 36 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj _ _ 37 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 41 cop _ _ 38 so so ADV RB _ 41 advmod _ _ 39 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 40 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 39 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 41 strong strong ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 32 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** *in a quote* | present | questions *= question* | | | | | have *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **do** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | questions *= question* *not said here* | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **oblige** *in a quote* | present · passive | | the prince *= prince* | | | | | vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | | 4 | **is** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | | | | | | harsh *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **keep** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | | my boys | | order | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent boy=Theme in order=Location | | 6 | **do** *in a quote* | can | the prince *= prince* | order | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality | | 7 | **is** *in a quote* | present | questions *= question* | | | | | strong *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 20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/140/20/) - next →: [sentence 22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/140/22/) - ↑ back to [The Garden of Paradise](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/140/)