--- title: I am not very young, I have neither wife nor children, nor a library… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: I am not very young, I have neither wife nor children, nor a library, but, as I said, I read the Intelligencer, which is enough for me; it is to me a delightful paper, and so it was to my father. Who acts: I, Intelligencer. A sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. 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C. Andersen, A Cheerful Temper. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (I, Intelligencer), 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:pg27200:16:12 # text = I am not very young, I have neither wife nor children, nor a library, but, as I said, I read the Intelligencer, which is enough for me; it is to me a delightful paper, and so it was to my father. 1 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 2 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 3 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 5 advmod _ _ 4 very very ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 7 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 8 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 9 neither neither DET DT PronType=Neg 10 det _ _ 10 wife wife NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ 11 nor nor CCONJ CC Polarity=Neg 12 cc _ _ 12 children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 14 nor nor CCONJ CC Polarity=Neg 16 cc _ _ 15 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 library library NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 18 but but CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 20 as as SCONJ IN _ 22 mark _ _ 21 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 22 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 24 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 25 read read VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 Intelligencer Intelligencer PROPN NNP Number=Sing 25 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 29 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 31 nsubj _ _ 30 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 31 cop _ _ 31 enough enough ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 appos _ _ 32 for for ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 33 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 31 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 34 ; ; PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 35 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 36 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 38 cop _ _ 37 to to ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 38 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 25 obl _ _ 39 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 40 delightful delightful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 41 amod _ _ 41 paper paper NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 43 and and CCONJ CC _ 49 cc _ _ 44 so so ADV RB _ 49 advmod _ _ 45 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 49 nsubj _ _ 46 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 49 cop _ _ 47 to to ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 48 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 49 nmod:poss _ _ 49 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 50 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **is** | present | I | | | | | young *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **have** | present | I | neither wife nor children nor a library | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wife=Patient | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | I | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **read** | past | I | a delightful paper | the Intelligencer | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent intelligencer=Recipient paper=Topic | | 5 | **is** | present | the Intelligencer | | | | | for me; enough *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **is** | present | Intelligencer | | | | | to me | tree rules | | 7 | **is** | past | Intelligencer | | | | | to my father | 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 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/16/11/) - next →: [sentence 13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/16/13/) - ↑ back to [A Cheerful Temper](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/16/)