--- title: "I suppose you are giving her the whole history of St. Peter's," sai… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: "I suppose you are giving her the whole history of St. Peter's," said the General, as he passed by; and smiled, like the personification of patronage. Who acts: I, you, architect. A sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. 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C. Andersen, The Porter's Son, part 2. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (I, you, architect), 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:pg27200:147:121 # text = "I suppose you are giving her the whole history of St. Peter's," said the General, as he passed by; and smiled, like the personification of patronage. 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 suppose suppose VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 5 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 6 giving give VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 3 ccomp _ _ 7 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 iobj _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 9 whole whole ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 history history NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 11 of of ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 St. St. PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 nmod:desc _ _ 13 Peter Peter PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 14 's 's PART POS _ 13 case _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 16 " " PUNCT '' _ 17 punct _ _ 17 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 General general ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 21 as as SCONJ IN _ 23 mark _ _ 22 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 23 passed pass VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 conj _ _ 24 by by ADP IN _ 23 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 25 ; ; PUNCT : _ 27 punct _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 27 smiled smile VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 29 like like ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 personification personification NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl _ _ 32 of of ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 33 patronage patronage NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 34 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **suppose** *in a quote* | present | I | | | | | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 2 | **give** *in a quote* | present · progressive | you | the whole history of Peter St. | foot | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent she=Recipient history=Theme | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | | the General | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent general=Topic | | 4 | **pass by** | past | architect | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **smile** | past | | | | | | like the personification of patronage | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: 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 120](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/147/120/) - next →: [sentence 122](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/147/122/) - ↑ back to [The Porter's Son, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/147/)