--- title: Every fisherman has a female helper, or manager as she is called, wh… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: Every fisherman has a female helper, or manager as she is called, who baits his hooks, prepares warm beer for him when he comes ashore, and gets the dinner cooked and ready for him by the time he comes back to the hut tired and hungry. Who acts: fisherman, manager, Norway, dinner. 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C. Andersen, A Story From the Sand-hills, part 3. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (fisherman, manager, Norway, dinner), 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:pg27200:160:60 # text = Every fisherman has a female helper, or manager as she is called, who baits his hooks, prepares warm beer for him when he comes ashore, and gets the dinner cooked and ready for him by the time he comes back to the hut tired and hungry. 1 Every every DET DT PronType=Tot 2 det _ _ 2 fisherman fisherman NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 has have VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 female female ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 helper helper NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 8 or or CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 9 manager manager NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 parataxis _ _ 10 as as SCONJ IN _ 13 mark _ _ 11 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj:pass _ _ 12 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 13 aux:pass _ _ 13 called call VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 9 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 15 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 16 nsubj _ _ 16 baits bait VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 13 parataxis _ _ 17 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 18 nmod:poss _ _ 18 hooks hook NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 20 prepares prepare VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 16 conj _ _ 21 warm warm ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 amod _ _ 22 beer beer NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obj _ _ 23 for for ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 24 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 obl _ _ 25 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 27 advmod _ _ 26 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 27 comes come VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 20 advcl _ _ 28 ashore ashore ADV RB _ 27 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 31 gets get VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 dinner dinner NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 nsubj _ _ 34 cooked cook VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 parataxis _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 36 ready ready ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 conj _ _ 37 for for ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 38 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 obl _ _ 39 by by ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obl _ _ 42 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 nsubj _ _ 43 comes come VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 34 parataxis _ _ 44 back back ADV RB _ 43 advmod _ _ 45 to to ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 46 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 47 hut hut NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obl _ _ 48 tired tired ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 47 amod _ _ 49 and and CCONJ CC _ 50 cc _ _ 50 hungry hungry ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 48 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 51 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | present | every fisherman | a female helper | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent helper=Patient | | 2 | **call** *speech: assert* | present · passive | manager *not said here* | cattle | | | | | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient | | 3 | **bait** | present | | Norway's hooks | | | | | vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent hook=Destination | | 4 | **prepare** | present | | warm beer | | | | for Norway | vn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent beer=Product for he=Beneficiary | | 5 | **come** | present | Norway | | | | | ashore *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **get** | present | | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | | 7 | **cook** | past | the dinner | | | | | for Norway | vn build-26.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent for he=Beneficiary | | 8 | **come back** | present | dinner | | | the hut | time | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to hut=Initial\_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 59](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/160/59/) - next →: [sentence 61](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/160/61/) - ↑ back to [A Story From the Sand-hills, part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/160/)