--- title: It is of great use, for it contains all that a man requires to know;… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: It is of great use, for it contains all that a man requires to know; the names of the preachers at the church, and the new books which are published; where houses, servants, clothes, and provisions may be obtained. Who acts: Intelligencer, man. 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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 (Intelligencer, man), 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:pg27200:16:13 # text = It is of great use, for it contains all that a man requires to know; the names of the preachers at the church, and the new books which are published; where houses, servants, clothes, and provisions may be obtained. 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 use use NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 7 for for SCONJ IN _ 9 mark _ _ 8 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 9 contains contain VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 10 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 9 obj _ _ 11 that that SCONJ IN _ 14 mark _ _ 12 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nsubj _ _ 14 requires require VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 advcl _ _ 15 to to PART TO _ 16 mark _ _ 16 know know VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 14 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 17 ; ; PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 names name NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 parataxis _ _ 20 of of ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 preachers preacher NOUN NNS Number=Plur 19 nmod _ _ 23 at at ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 church church NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 29 new new ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 amod _ _ 30 books book NOUN NNS Number=Plur 33 nsubj:pass _ _ 31 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 33 nsubj:pass _ _ 32 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 33 aux:pass _ _ 33 published publish VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 34 ; ; PUNCT : _ 46 punct _ _ 35 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 46 advmod _ _ 36 houses house NOUN NNS Number=Plur 46 nsubj:pass _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 38 servants servant NOUN NNS Number=Plur 36 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 40 clothes clothes NOUN NNS Number=Ptan 36 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 42 and and CCONJ CC _ 46 cc _ _ 43 provisions provision NOUN NNS Number=Plur 46 nsubj:pass _ _ 44 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 46 aux _ _ 45 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 46 aux:pass _ _ 46 obtained obtain VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 33 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | Intelligencer | | | | | of great use | tree rules | | 2 | **contain** | present | Intelligencer | all | | | | | vn comprise-107.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot all=Theme | | 3 | **require** | present | a man | | | | | | vn require-103-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Theme clause=Precondition | | 4 | **know** | to-infinitive | a man *not said here* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 5 | **publish** | present · passive | | the new books | | | | | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: subject=Result | | 6 | **obtain** | may · passive | | houses and servants and clothes | | | | | vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Theme | | 7 | **name** | | | the preachers at the church | | | | | nom name «communication transitive»: of=patient | 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/pg27200/16/12/) - next →: [sentence 14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/16/14/) - ↑ back to [A Cheerful Temper](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/16/)