--- title: His face was frank and energetic; he had black shining hair, and a s… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: His face was frank and energetic; he had black shining hair, and a smile about his mouth, which said, "I have a brownie that sits in my ear, and knows every one of you, inside and out." Who acts: face, George, smile, brownie. 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 (face, George, smile, brownie), 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:pg27200:147:73 # text = His face was frank and energetic; he had black shining hair, and a smile about his mouth, which said, "I have a brownie that sits in my ear, and knows every one of you, inside and out." 1 His his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 2 nmod:poss _ _ 2 face face NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 4 frank frank ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 6 energetic energetic ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 ; ; PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 8 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 9 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 10 black black ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 11 shining shine VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 12 amod _ _ 12 hair hair NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 15 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 smile smile NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 nsubj _ _ 17 about about ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 19 nmod:poss _ _ 19 mouth mouth NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 21 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 22 nsubj _ _ 22 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 24 " " PUNCT `` _ 26 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 25 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 26 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 22 ccomp _ _ 27 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 brownie brownie NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obj _ _ 29 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 30 nsubj _ _ 30 sits sit VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 28 acl:relcl _ _ 31 in in ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 33 nmod:poss _ _ 33 ear ear NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 36 knows know VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 26 conj _ _ 37 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 38 det _ _ 38 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obj _ _ 39 of of ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 40 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 38 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 42 inside inside ADV RB _ 36 ccomp _ _ 43 and and CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 44 out out ADV RB _ 42 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 46 " " PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | George's face | | | | | frank *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **be** | | George's face *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **have** | past | George | black shining hair | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hair=Patient | | 4 | **shine** | gerund | | | | | | | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | a smile about George's mouth | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 6 | **have** *in a quote* | present | a smile about George's mouth *= smile* | a brownie | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent brownie=Patient | | 7 | **sit** *in a quote* | present | a brownie | | | my ear | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in ear=Location | | 8 | **know** *in a quote* | present | a smile about George's mouth *= smile* *not said here* | every one of you | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer one=Stimulus | 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 72](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/147/72/) - next →: [sentence 74](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/147/74/) - ↑ back to [The Porter's Son, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/147/)