--- title: "Jurgen, I have something I want to say to you; let me be your manag… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: "Jurgen, I have something I want to say to you; let me be your manager, for you are like a brother to me; but Martin, whose housekeeper I am--he is my lover--but you need not tell this to the others." Who acts: Martin, you, Jurgen. A sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. 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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 (Martin, you, Jurgen), 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:pg27200:160:65 # text = "Jurgen, I have something I want to say to you; let me be your manager, for you are like a brother to me; but Martin, whose housekeeper I am--he is my lover--but you need not tell this to the others." 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Jurgen Jurgen PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 4 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 something something PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 5 obj _ _ 7 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 8 want want VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 acl:relcl _ _ 9 to to PART TO _ 10 mark _ _ 10 say say VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 xcomp _ _ 11 to to ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ; ; PUNCT : _ 14 punct _ _ 14 let let VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 15 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 14 obj _ _ 16 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 18 cop _ _ 17 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 18 nmod:poss _ _ 18 manager manager NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 20 for for ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 21 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 22 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 25 cop _ _ 23 like like ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 brother brother NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obl _ _ 26 to to ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 27 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 25 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 28 ; ; PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 29 but but CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 30 Martin Martin PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 32 whose whose PRON WP$ Poss=Yes|PronType=Rel 33 nmod:poss _ _ 33 housekeeper housekeeper NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 appos _ _ 34 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 35 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 30 cop _ SpaceAfter=No 36 -- -- PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 37 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 38 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 40 cop _ _ 39 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 40 nmod:poss _ _ 40 lover lover NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 41 -- -- PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 42 but but CCONJ CC _ 46 cc _ _ 43 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 46 nsubj _ _ 44 need need AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 46 aux _ _ 45 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 46 advmod _ _ 46 tell tell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 parataxis _ _ 47 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 46 obj _ _ 48 to to ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 49 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 50 det _ _ 50 others other NOUN NNS Number=Plur 46 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 51 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 52 " " PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** *in a quote* | present | Martin | Jurgen | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent something=Patient | | 2 | **want** *in a quote* | present | Martin | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* *not said to happen, in a quote* | to-infinitive | Martin *not said here* | | you | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to you=Recipient | | 4 | **let** *in a quote* | infinitive | | Martin | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Theme | | 5 | **is a** *in a quote* | infinitive | Martin *not said here* | your manager | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **is** *in a quote* | present | you | | Martin | | | for a brother | tree rules | | 7 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | | Martin | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | Jurgen | my lover | | | | | tree rules | | 9 | **not** **tell** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | present | you | this | the others | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent this=Topic to other=Recipient | 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 64](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/160/64/) - next →: [sentence 66](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/160/66/) - ↑ back to [A Story From the Sand-hills, part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/160/)