--- title: I spat at it, to put it out; I spat at it as much as ever I could, b… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: I spat at it, to put it out; I spat at it as much as ever I could, but I could not put it out; so I ran away and hid myself, for papa and mamma would be angry." Who acts: I, papa. A sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. 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Andersen, The Porter's Son, part 1. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (I, papa), 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:pg27200:146:26 # text = I spat at it, to put it out; I spat at it as much as ever I could, but I could not put it out; so I ran away and hid myself, for papa and mamma would be angry." 1 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 spat spat VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 at at ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 7 put put VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 advcl _ _ 8 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 obj _ _ 9 out out ADP RP _ 7 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ; ; PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 11 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 12 spat spat VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 13 at at ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 obl _ _ 15 as as ADV RB _ 16 advmod _ _ 16 much much ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 advmod _ _ 17 as as SCONJ IN _ 20 mark _ _ 18 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 20 advmod _ _ 19 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 20 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 16 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 22 but but CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 23 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 24 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 26 aux _ _ 25 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 26 advmod _ _ 26 put put VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 conj _ _ 27 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 obj _ _ 28 out out ADP RP _ 26 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 29 ; ; PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 30 so so ADV RB _ 32 advmod _ _ 31 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 32 ran run VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 33 away away ADV RB _ 32 advmod _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 35 hid hide VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 conj _ _ 36 myself myself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 35 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 38 for for SCONJ IN _ 44 mark _ _ 39 papa papa NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 nsubj _ _ 40 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 41 mamma mamma NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 conj _ _ 42 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 44 aux _ _ 43 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 44 cop _ _ 44 angry angry ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 46 " " PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **spat** | present | I | | | match | | | vn battle-36.4 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **put out** | to-infinitive | I *not said here* | match | | | | | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent it=Goal | | 3 | **spat** | present | I | | | match | | | vn battle-36.4 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **not** **put out** | could | I | match | | | | | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent it=Goal | | 5 | **run away** | past | I | | | | | away *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **hide** | past | I *not said here* | myself | | | | | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent myself=Patient | | 7 | **is** | would | papa and mamma | | | | | angry *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 25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/146/25/) - next →: [sentence 27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/146/27/) - ↑ back to [The Porter's Son, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/146/)