--- title: The man whose duty it was to deliver a letter gave himself as many a… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: The man whose duty it was to deliver a letter gave himself as many airs as he who took the part of first lover in the piece; he declared that the inferior parts were as important as the great ones, and deserving equal consideration, as parts of an artistic whole. 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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 (duty, man, letter, inferior parts), 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:pg27200:152:47 # text = The man whose duty it was to deliver a letter gave himself as many airs as he who took the part of first lover in the piece; he declared that the inferior parts were as important as the great ones, and deserving equal consideration, as parts of an artistic whole. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 3 whose whose PRON WP$ Poss=Yes|PronType=Rel 4 nmod:poss _ _ 4 duty duty NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 conj _ _ 5 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 6 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 cop _ _ 7 to to PART TO _ 8 mark _ _ 8 deliver deliver VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 9 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 letter letter NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ _ 11 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 ccomp _ _ 12 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 11 iobj _ _ 13 as as ADV RB _ 14 advmod _ _ 14 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 amod _ _ 15 airs air NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 obj _ _ 16 as as SCONJ IN _ 19 mark _ _ 17 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 18 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 19 nsubj _ _ 19 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 advcl _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 part part NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obj _ _ 22 of of ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 first first ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 24 amod _ _ 24 lover lover NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 nmod _ _ 25 in in ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 piece piece NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 28 ; ; PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 29 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 30 declared declare VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 conj _ _ 31 that that SCONJ IN _ 37 mark _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 33 inferior inferior ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 amod _ _ 34 parts part NOUN NNS Number=Plur 37 nsubj _ _ 35 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 37 cop _ _ 36 as as ADV RB _ 37 advmod _ _ 37 important important ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 ccomp _ _ 38 as as ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 40 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 41 amod _ _ 41 ones one NOUN NNS Number=Plur 37 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 43 and and CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 44 deserving deserve VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 30 advcl _ _ 45 equal equal ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 46 amod _ _ 46 consideration consideration NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 47 , , PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 48 as as ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 49 parts part NOUN NNS Number=Plur 44 obl _ _ 50 of of ADP IN _ 53 case _ _ 51 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 53 det _ _ 52 artistic artistic ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 53 amod _ _ 53 whole whole ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 49 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 54 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **duty** | | duty | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **is** | past | the man and the man and the man's duty's duty | | | | | deliver *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **give** | past | a letter | many airs | letter | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent himself=Recipient air=Theme | | 4 | **take** | past | man | the part of first lover | | the piece | | | vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent part=Value in piece=Location | | 5 | **declare** *speech: other* | past | man | | | | | | vn declare-29.4-1-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **is** | past | the inferior parts | | | | | as the great ones; important *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **deserve** | gerund | man *not said here* | equal consideration | | | | as parts of a artistic whole | 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 46](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/152/46/) - next →: [sentence 48](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/152/48/) - ↑ back to [The Puppet-show Man](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/152/)