--- title: "Father-let me come!" he said, and he glanced at Martin and across t… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: "Father-let me come!" he said, and he glanced at Martin and across the waves; every oar bent with the exertions of the rowers as the great wave came towards them, and he saw his father's pale face, and dared not obey the evil impulse that had shot through his brain. Who acts: Father, oar. 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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 (Father, oar), 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:pg27200:160:79 # text = "Father-let me come!" he said, and he glanced at Martin and across the waves; every oar bent with the exertions of the rowers as the great wave came towards them, and he saw his father's pale face, and dared not obey the evil impulse that had shot through his brain. 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Father Father PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 let let VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 ccomp _ _ 5 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 4 obj _ _ 6 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 7 ! ! PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 " " PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ 9 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 10 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 13 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 14 glanced glance VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 ccomp _ _ 15 at at ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 16 Martin Martin PROPN NNP Number=Sing 14 obl _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 18 across across ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 waves wave NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 21 ; ; PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 22 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 23 det _ _ 23 oar oar NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 nsubj _ _ 24 bent bend VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 23 acl _ _ 25 with with ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 exertions exertion NOUN NNS Number=Plur 24 obl _ _ 28 of of ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 rowers rower NOUN NNS Number=Plur 27 nmod _ _ 31 as as ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 33 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 amod _ _ 34 wave wave NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 nmod _ _ 35 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 conj _ _ 36 towards towards ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 37 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 39 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 40 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj _ _ 41 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 parataxis _ _ 42 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 43 nmod:poss _ _ 43 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 44 's 's PART POS _ 43 case _ _ 45 pale pale ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 46 amod _ _ 46 face face NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 47 , , PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 48 and and CCONJ CC _ 49 cc _ _ 49 dared dare VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 41 conj _ _ 50 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 49 advmod _ _ 51 obey obey VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 49 xcomp _ _ 52 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 54 det _ _ 53 evil evil ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 54 amod _ _ 54 impulse impulse NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 obj _ _ 55 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 57 nsubj:pass _ _ 56 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 57 aux _ _ 57 shot shoot VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 54 acl:relcl _ _ 58 through through ADP IN _ 60 case _ _ 59 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 60 nmod:poss _ _ 60 brain brain NOUN NN Number=Sing 57 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 61 . . PUNCT . _ 10 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **let** *in a quote* | infinitive | Father | father | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **come** *in a quote* | infinitive | father *not said here* | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **say** *speech: express* | past | father | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **glance** | past | father | | | | | at Martin and the waves | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at martin=Theme | | 5 | **bend** | participle | | every oar *not said here* | | | | with the exertions of the rowers as the great wave | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **come** | past | every oar | | | | | towards rowers *= rower* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme towards they=Initial\_Location | | 7 | **see** | past | father | father's father's pale face | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer face=Stimulus | | 8 | **not** **dare** | past | father *not said here* | | | | | | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 9 | **not** **obey** | infinitive | father *not said here* | the evil impulse | | | | | vn abide\_by-93.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent impulse=Theme | | 10 | **shoot** | past · perfect · passive | | the evil impulse | | father's brain | | | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: subject=Theme through brain=Destination | | 11 | **exert** | | | the rowers as the great wave | | | | | nom exertion «act 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. 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