--- title: You are a real songster," he said, "you do as much with your little… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: You are a real songster," he said, "you do as much with your little voice as it is possible to do; but there requires more noise and shrillness in any one who wishes it to be known who he is." Who acts: You, Chinese, voice, one. A sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. 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C. Andersen, The Portuguese Duck. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (You, Chinese, voice, one), 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:pg27200:145:45 # text = You are a real songster," he said, "you do as much with your little voice as it is possible to do; but there requires more noise and shrillness in any one who wishes it to be known who he is." 1 You you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 2 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 real real ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 songster songster NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 " " PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ 8 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 9 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 11 " " PUNCT `` _ 25 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 13 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 25 aux _ _ 14 as as ADV RB _ 15 advmod _ _ 15 much much ADV RB _ 25 advmod _ _ 16 with with ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 17 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 19 nmod:poss _ _ 18 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 amod _ _ 19 voice voice NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nmod _ _ 20 as as SCONJ IN _ 23 mark _ _ 21 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 22 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 23 cop _ _ 23 possible possible ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 advcl _ _ 24 to to PART TO _ 25 mark _ _ 25 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 26 ; ; PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 27 but but CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 28 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 29 advmod _ _ 29 requires require VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 conj _ _ 30 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 31 amod _ _ 31 noise noise NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obj _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 33 shrillness shrillness NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 conj _ _ 34 in in ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 36 det _ _ 36 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obl _ _ 37 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 38 nsubj _ _ 38 wishes wish VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 36 acl:relcl _ _ 39 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 obj _ _ 40 to to PART TO _ 42 mark _ _ 41 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 42 aux:pass _ _ 42 known know VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 38 advcl _ _ 43 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 45 obj _ _ 44 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 45 nsubj _ _ 45 is be VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 42 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 47 " " PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | You | a real songster | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | past | Chinese | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **is** | present | voice | | | | | possible *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **do** | present · do-support | you | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **require** | present | Chinese *not said here* | more noise and shrillness | | there | | in any one | vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme noise=Precondition | | 6 | **wish** | present | any one | voice | | | | | vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot it=Theme | | 7 | **know** | to-infinitive · passive | any one *not said here* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: clause=Stimulus | | 8 | **be** | present | Chinese | | | | | | vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot who=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 44](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/145/44/) - next →: [sentence 46](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/145/46/) - ↑ back to [The Portuguese Duck](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/145/)