--- title: "It really seems to me," thought the wild rose, though she did not e… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: "It really seems to me," thought the wild rose, though she did not express her opinion aloud--it is not in her nature to do so,--though it would have been quite as well if she had; "it certainly seems to me that the sunbeam ought to have had the honor of receiving the first prize. 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C. Andersen, The Races. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (It, wild rose, Buz, opinion), 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:pg27200:153:45 # text = "It really seems to me," thought the wild rose, though she did not express her opinion aloud--it is not in her nature to do so,--though it would have been quite as well if she had; "it certainly seems to me that the sunbeam ought to have had the honor of receiving the first prize. 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 3 really really ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 seems seem VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 to to ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 " " PUNCT `` _ 9 punct _ _ 9 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 11 wild wild ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 12 rose rose NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 14 though though SCONJ IN _ 18 mark _ _ 15 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 16 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 aux _ _ 17 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 18 advmod _ _ 18 express express VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 conj _ _ 19 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 20 nmod:poss _ _ 20 opinion opinion NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obj _ _ 21 aloud aloud ADV RB _ 18 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 22 -- -- PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 23 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 24 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 28 cop _ _ 25 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 28 advmod _ _ 26 in in ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 28 nmod:poss _ _ 28 nature nature NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obl _ _ 29 to to PART TO _ 30 mark _ _ 30 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 28 acl _ _ 31 so so ADV RB _ 30 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 33 -- -- PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 34 though though SCONJ IN _ 36 mark _ _ 35 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 36 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 37 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 36 xcomp _ _ 38 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 40 cop _ _ 39 quite quite ADV RB _ 40 advmod _ _ 40 as as ADV RB ExtPos=ADV 37 advmod _ _ 41 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 40 fixed _ _ 42 if if SCONJ IN _ 44 mark _ _ 43 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 44 nsubj _ _ 44 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 40 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 45 ; ; PUNCT : _ 49 punct _ _ 46 " " PUNCT `` _ 49 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 47 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 49 nsubj _ _ 48 certainly certainly ADV RB _ 49 advmod _ _ 49 seems seem VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 37 parataxis _ _ 50 to to ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 51 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 49 obl _ _ 52 that that SCONJ IN _ 58 mark _ _ 53 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 54 det _ _ 54 sunbeam sunbeam NOUN NN Number=Sing 58 nsubj _ _ 55 ought ought AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 58 aux _ _ 56 to to PART TO _ 58 mark _ _ 57 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 58 aux _ _ 58 had have VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 49 advcl _ _ 59 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 60 det _ _ 60 honor honor NOUN NN Number=Sing 58 obj _ _ 61 of of SCONJ IN _ 62 mark _ _ 62 receiving receive VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 60 acl _ _ 63 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 65 det _ _ 64 first first ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 65 amod _ _ 65 prize prize NOUN NN Number=Sing 62 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 66 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **seem** *in a quote* | present | It | | the wild rose *= rose* | | | | vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Theme clause=Attribute | | 2 | **think** *speech: other* | past | the wild rose | | | | | | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **not** **express** | past · do-support | Buz | Buz's opinion | | | | aloud *property* | vn reflexive\_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent opinion=Theme | | 4 | **not** **is** | present | opinion | | | Buz's nature | | | tree rules | | 5 | **do** | to-infinitive | Buz *not said here* | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **have** | infinitive | | | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **is** | participle | | | | | | as *property* | tree rules | | 8 | **have** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | Buz | | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 9 | **seem** *in a quote* | present | it | | Buz | | | certainly *property* | vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Theme | | 10 | **have** *in a quote* | ought · perfect | the sunbeam | the honor | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent honor=Patient | | 11 | **receive** *in a quote* | gerund | the honor *not said here* | the first prize | | | | | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent prize=Theme | | 12 | **opine** | | Buz | | | | | | nom opinion «cognition transitive»: poss=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 44](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/153/44/) - next →: [sentence 46](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/153/46/) - ↑ back to [The Races](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/153/)