--- title: "Now we will commence dancing," said the fairy; "and when it is near… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: "Now we will commence dancing," said the fairy; "and when it is nearly over at sunset, while I am dancing with you, I shall make a sign, and ask you to follow me: but do not obey. Who acts: we, fairy, dancing, East Wind. A sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. Andersen, The G --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/140/215/) [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/) / 215 # Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen, The Garden of Paradise, sentence 215 "Now we will commence dancing," said the fairy; "and when it is nearly over at sunset, while I am dancing with you, I shall make a sign, and ask you to follow me: but do not obey. **Who acts:** we, fairy, dancing, East Wind · **What happens:** commence, say, be, dance, make, ask · **To what, where:** dancing, sign, you, East Wind · **Speech:** someone speaks here 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 (we, fairy, dancing, East Wind), 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:pg27200:140:215 # text = "Now we will commence dancing," said the fairy; "and when it is nearly over at sunset, while I am dancing with you, I shall make a sign, and ask you to follow me: but do not obey. 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 5 advmod _ _ 3 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 4 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 commence commence VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 6 dancing dancing NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 " " PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ 9 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 fairy fairy NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ; ; PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 13 " " PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 15 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 19 advmod _ _ 16 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 17 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 19 cop _ _ 18 nearly nearly ADV RB _ 19 advmod _ _ 19 over over ADV RB _ 5 conj _ _ 20 at at ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 21 sunset sunset NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 23 while while SCONJ IN _ 26 mark _ _ 24 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 25 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 26 aux _ _ 26 dancing dance VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 5 advcl _ _ 27 with with ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 28 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 26 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 30 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 31 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 32 aux _ _ 32 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 conj _ _ 33 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 sign sign NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 37 ask ask VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 conj _ _ 38 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 37 obj _ _ 39 to to PART TO _ 40 mark _ _ 40 follow follow VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 37 xcomp _ _ 41 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 40 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 42 : : PUNCT : _ 46 punct _ _ 43 but but CCONJ CC _ 46 cc _ _ 44 do do AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 46 aux _ _ 45 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 46 advmod _ _ 46 obey obey VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **commence** *in a quote* | future | we | dancing | | | now | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dancing=Eventuality | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the fairy | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **is** *in a quote* | present | dancing | | | | sunset | nearly, over *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **dance** *in a quote* | present · progressive | the East Wind *= wind* | | | | | with you | vn modes\_of\_being\_with\_motion-47.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **make** *in a quote* | shall | the East Wind *= wind* | a sign | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sign=Product | | 6 | **ask** *speech: ask* *in a quote* | infinitive | we *not said here* | | you | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S\_INF»: agent=Agent you=Recipient clause=Topic | | 7 | **follow** *not said to happen, in a quote* | to-infinitive | we *not said here* | the East Wind *= wind* | | | | | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Theme | | 8 | **not** **obey** *in a quote* | infinitive · do-support | we *not said here* | | | | | | vn abide\_by-93.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | 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 214](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/140/214/) - next →: [sentence 216](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/140/216/) - ↑ back to [The Garden of Paradise](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/140/)