--- title: He began to boast and to say that he had obtained a house and intend… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: He began to boast and to say that he had obtained a house and intended to marry, and when Niels asked him where he was going to get the money, he slapped his pocket proudly and said: Who acts: Martin, Niels. 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 4. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Martin, Niels), 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:pg27200:161:56 # text = He began to boast and to say that he had obtained a house and intended to marry, and when Niels asked him where he was going to get the money, he slapped his pocket proudly and said: 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 began begin VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 to to PART TO _ 4 mark _ _ 4 boast boast VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 xcomp _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 7 say say VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 conj _ _ 8 that that SCONJ IN _ 11 mark _ _ 9 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 10 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ _ 11 obtained obtain VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 7 ccomp _ _ 12 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 15 intended intend VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 11 conj _ _ 16 to to PART TO _ 17 mark _ _ 17 marry marry VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 20 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 22 advmod _ _ 21 Niels Niels PROPN NNP Number=Sing 22 nsubj _ _ 22 asked ask VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 34 advcl _ _ 23 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 iobj _ _ 24 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 27 advmod _ _ 25 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 26 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 aux _ _ 27 going go VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 22 advcl _ _ 28 to to PART TO _ 29 mark _ _ 29 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 27 xcomp _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 money money NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 33 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 34 slapped slap VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 35 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 36 nmod:poss _ _ 36 pocket pocket NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obj _ _ 37 proudly proudly ADV RB _ 34 advmod _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 39 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 40 : : PUNCT : _ 39 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **begin** | past | Martin | | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 2 | **boast** *speech: other* | to-infinitive | Martin *not said here* | | | | | | vn complain-37.8 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | to-infinitive | Martin *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **obtain** | past · perfect | Martin | a house | | | | | vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent house=Theme | | 5 | **intend** | participle | Martin *not said here* | | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 6 | **marry** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | Martin *not said here* | | | | | | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient | | 7 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past | Niels | | Martin | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient | | 8 | **go** | past · progressive | Martin | | | | | | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 9 | **get** | to-infinitive | Martin *not said here* | the money | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer money=Stimulus | | 10 | **slap** | past | Martin | Martin's pocket | | | | proudly *property* | vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pocket=Patient | | 11 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Martin *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | 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 55](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/161/55/) - next →: [sentence 57](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/161/57/) - ↑ back to [A Story From the Sand-hills, part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/161/)