--- title: "I have thought of something," said the chimney-sweep; "let us get i… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: "I have thought of something," said the chimney-sweep; "let us get into the great pot-pourri jar which stands in the corner; there we can lie on rose-leaves and lavender, and throw salt in his eyes if he comes near us." Who acts: chimney sweep, us, great pourri jar, we. 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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 (chimney sweep, us, great pourri jar, we), 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:pg27200:166:39 # text = "I have thought of something," said the chimney-sweep; "let us get into the great pot-pourri jar which stands in the corner; there we can lie on rose-leaves and lavender, and throw salt in his eyes if he comes near us." 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 3 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 thought think VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 9 ccomp _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 something something PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 " " PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ 9 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 11 chimney chimney NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 12 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 sweep sweep NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ; ; PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 15 " " PUNCT `` _ 16 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 16 let let VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 ccomp _ _ 17 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 16 obj _ _ 18 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 16 xcomp _ _ 19 into into ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 21 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 amod _ _ 22 pot pot NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 23 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 22 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 24 pourri pourri NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 compound _ _ 25 jar jar NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obl _ _ 26 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 27 nsubj _ _ 27 stands stand VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 25 acl:relcl _ _ 28 in in ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 corner corner NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 31 ; ; PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 32 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 35 expl _ _ 33 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 34 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 35 aux _ _ 35 lie lie VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 16 conj _ _ 36 on on ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 37 rose rose NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 38 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 37 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 39 leaves leaf NOUN NNS Number=Plur 35 obl _ _ 40 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 41 lavender lavender NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 43 and and CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 44 throw throw VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 16 conj _ _ 45 salt salt NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obj _ _ 46 in in ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 47 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 48 nmod:poss _ _ 48 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 44 obl _ _ 49 if if SCONJ IN _ 51 mark _ _ 50 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 51 nsubj _ _ 51 comes come VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 44 advcl _ _ 52 near near ADP IN _ 53 case _ _ 53 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 51 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 54 . . PUNCT . _ 16 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 55 " " PUNCT '' _ 16 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **think** *speech: other* *in a quote* | present · perfect | the chimney sweep *= sweep* | | | | | of something | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the chimney sweep | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **let** *in a quote* | infinitive | | us | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **get** *in a quote* | infinitive | us *not said here* | | | the great pourri jar | | | vn escape-51.1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme into jar=Destination | | 5 | **stand** *in a quote* | present | the great pourri jar | | | the corner | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in corner=Location | | 6 | **lie** *in a quote* | can | we | | | rose leaves and lavender; there | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on leaf=Location | | 7 | **throw** *in a quote* | infinitive | | salt | | place's eyes | | | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent salt=Theme in eye=Destination | | 8 | **come** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | present | place | | | | | near us | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme near we=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 38](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/166/38/) - next →: [sentence 40](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/166/40/) - ↑ back to [The Shepherdess and the Sheep](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/166/)