--- title: You do not know us yet,--very few know us, or give themselves the tr… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: You do not know us yet,--very few know us, or give themselves the trouble to make our acquaintance, not even any of the fowls, though we are born to occupy a higher grade in society than most of them. Who acts: You, few, our. 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, few, our), 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:pg27200:145:50 # text = You do not know us yet,--very few know us, or give themselves the trouble to make our acquaintance, not even any of the fowls, though we are born to occupy a higher grade in society than most of them. 1 You you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 4 advmod _ _ 4 know know VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 4 obj _ _ 6 yet yet ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 -- -- PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 very very ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 10 few few ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 nsubj _ _ 11 know know VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 12 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 11 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 14 or or CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 15 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 parataxis _ _ 16 themselves themselves PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 15 obj _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 trouble trouble NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obj _ _ 19 to to PART TO _ 20 mark _ _ 20 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 18 acl _ _ 21 our our PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 22 nmod:poss _ _ 22 acquaintance acquaintance NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 24 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 26 advmod _ _ 25 even even ADV RB _ 26 advmod _ _ 26 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 22 conj _ _ 27 of of ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 fowls fowl NOUN NNS Number=Plur 26 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 31 though though SCONJ IN _ 34 mark _ _ 32 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj:pass _ _ 33 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 34 aux:pass _ _ 34 born bear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 15 parataxis _ _ 35 to to PART TO _ 36 mark _ _ 36 occupy occupy VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 34 xcomp _ _ 37 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 38 higher high ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 39 amod _ _ 39 grade grade NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obj _ _ 40 in in ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 41 society society NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl _ _ 42 than than ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 43 most most ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 36 obl _ _ 44 of of ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 45 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **know** | present · do-support | You | us | | | yet | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer we=Stimulus | | 2 | **know** | present | few | us | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer we=Stimulus | | 3 | **give** | infinitive | | feathers *= feather* | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent themselves=Recipient trouble=Theme | | 4 | **make** | to-infinitive | | our acquaintance | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset acquaintance=Product | | 5 | **bear** | present · passive | | we | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **occupy** | to-infinitive | | a higher grade | | society | | than most of feathers | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus grade=Experiencer | | 7 | **acquaint** | | our | | | | | | nom acquaintance «cognition transitive»: poss=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 49](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/145/49/) - next →: [sentence 51](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/145/51/) - ↑ back to [The Portuguese Duck](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/145/)