--- title: The greater part of it was beyond my comprehension, but it led me to… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: The greater part of it was beyond my comprehension, but it led me to think that if we men can acquire so much, we must surely be intended to last longer than the little span which extends only to the time when we are hidden away under the earth. Who acts: greater part, part, me, we. 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C. Andersen, The Puppet-show Man. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (greater part, part, me, we), 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:pg27200:152:13 # text = The greater part of it was beyond my comprehension, but it led me to think that if we men can acquire so much, we must surely be intended to last longer than the little span which extends only to the time when we are hidden away under the earth. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 greater great ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 3 amod _ _ 3 part part NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nmod _ _ 6 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 cop _ _ 7 beyond beyond ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 9 comprehension comprehension NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 11 but but CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 12 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 13 led lead VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 parataxis _ _ 14 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 13 obj _ _ 15 to to PART TO _ 16 mark _ _ 16 think think VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 13 xcomp _ _ 17 that that SCONJ IN _ 22 mark _ _ 18 if if SCONJ IN _ 22 mark _ _ 19 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 20 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 22 nsubj _ _ 21 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 22 aux _ _ 22 acquire acquire VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 16 ccomp _ _ 23 so so ADV RB _ 24 advmod _ _ 24 much much ADV RB _ 22 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 26 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj:pass _ _ 27 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 30 aux _ _ 28 surely surely ADV RB _ 30 advmod _ _ 29 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 30 aux:pass _ _ 30 intended intend VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 13 conj _ _ 31 to to PART TO _ 32 mark _ _ 32 last last VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 30 xcomp _ _ 33 longer long ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 32 advmod _ _ 34 than than ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 36 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 amod _ _ 37 span span NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl _ _ 38 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 39 nsubj _ _ 39 extends extend VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 37 acl:relcl _ _ 40 only only ADV RB _ 43 advmod _ _ 41 to to ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obl _ _ 44 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 47 advmod _ _ 45 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 47 nsubj _ _ 46 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 47 aux:pass _ _ 47 hidden hide VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 39 advcl _ _ 48 away away ADV RB _ 47 advmod _ _ 49 under under ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 50 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 51 det _ _ 51 earth earth NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 52 . . PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | the greater part of o'clock | | | | | beyond my comprehension | tree rules | | 2 | **lead** | past | part | me | | | | | vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent i=Patient clause=Result | | 3 | **think** *speech: other* | to-infinitive | me *not said here* | | | | | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 4 | **acquire** *a condition, not said to happen* | can | we | | | | | | vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **intend** | must · passive | | we | | | | surely *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **last** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | | | | | | than the little span; long *property* | vn cost-54.2 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **extend** | present | the little span | | | | time | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **hide away** | present · passive | | we | | the earth | | away *property* | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: subject=Patient under earth=Location | 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 12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/152/12/) - next →: [sentence 14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/152/14/) - ↑ back to [The Puppet-show Man](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/152/)