--- title: He however assumed authority over her, and therefore when "Major-gen… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: He however assumed authority over her, and therefore when "Major-general-field-sergeant-commander Billy-goat's-legs" asked for the little shepherdess to be his wife, he nodded his head to show that he consented. " Who acts: beard, field. A sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. 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" **Who acts:** beard, field · **What happens:** assume, commander, ask, be, nod, show · **To what, where:** authority, goat's legs, wife, head · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. Andersen, The Shepherdess and the Sheep. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (beard, field), 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:pg27200:166:16 # text = He however assumed authority over her, and therefore when "Major-general-field-sergeant-commander Billy-goat's-legs" asked for the little shepherdess to be his wife, he nodded his head to show that he consented. " 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 however however ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 3 assumed assume VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 authority authority NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 5 over over ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 9 therefore therefore ADV RB _ 20 advmod _ _ 10 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 20 advmod _ _ 11 " " PUNCT `` _ 20 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 Major major ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 13 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 general general ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 15 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 16 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 16 field field NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 16 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 18 sergeant sergeant NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 19 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 20 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 20 commander commander NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 parataxis _ _ 21 Billy Billy PROPN NNP Number=Sing 20 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 22 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 21 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 23 goat's goat's NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 24 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 23 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 25 legs leg NOUN NNS Number=Plur 20 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 26 " " PUNCT `` _ 27 punct _ _ 27 asked ask VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 parataxis _ _ 28 for for ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 30 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 amod _ _ 31 shepherdess shepherdess NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl _ _ 32 to to PART TO _ 35 mark _ _ 33 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 35 cop _ _ 34 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 35 nmod:poss _ _ 35 wife wife NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 37 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 38 nodded nod VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 35 acl:relcl _ _ 39 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 40 nmod:poss _ _ 40 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obj _ _ 41 to to PART TO _ 42 mark _ _ 42 show show VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 38 advcl _ _ 43 that that SCONJ IN _ 45 mark _ _ 44 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 45 nsubj _ _ 45 consented consent VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 42 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 20 punct _ _ 47 " " PUNCT '' _ 20 punct _ SpaceAfter=No ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **assume** | past | beard | authority | | | | over Chinaman; however *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **commander** *in a quote* | | field | goat's legs | | | | therefore *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past | | | | | | for the little shepherdess | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **is a** | to-infinitive | | beard's wife | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **nod** | past | beard | beard's head | | | | | vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent head=Patient | | 6 | **show** | to-infinitive | beard *not said here* | | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 7 | **consent** | past | beard | | | | | | vn acquiesce-95.1-1-1 «NP V»: 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 15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/166/15/) - next →: [sentence 17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/166/17/) - ↑ back to [The Shepherdess and the Sheep](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/166/)