--- title: "No, that will never do," said she, "because I know that the Chinama… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: "No, that will never do," said she, "because I know that the Chinaman and the pot-pourri jar were lovers once, and there always remains behind a feeling of good-will between those who have been so intimate as that. Who acts: that, Chinaman. 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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 (that, Chinaman), 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:pg27200:166:40 # text = "No, that will never do," said she, "because I know that the Chinaman and the pot-pourri jar were lovers once, and there always remains behind a feeling of good-will between those who have been so intimate as that. 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 No no INTJ UH Polarity=Neg 7 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 4 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 7 nsubj _ _ 5 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 6 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 7 advmod _ _ 7 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 " " PUNCT '' _ 7 punct _ _ 10 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 11 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 13 " " PUNCT `` _ 16 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 because because SCONJ IN _ 16 mark _ _ 15 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 16 know know VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 ccomp _ _ 17 that that SCONJ IN _ 26 mark _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 Chinaman Chinaman PROPN NNP Number=Sing 26 nsubj _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 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 19 conj _ _ 26 were be VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 advcl _ _ 27 lovers lover NOUN NNS Number=Plur 26 nsubj _ _ 28 once once ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 26 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 31 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 33 expl _ _ 32 always always ADV RB PronType=Tot 33 advmod _ _ 33 remains remain VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 16 conj _ _ 34 behind behind ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 feeling feeling NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obl _ _ 37 of of SCONJ IN _ 40 mark _ _ 38 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 40 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 39 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 38 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 40 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 36 acl:relcl _ _ 41 between between ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 42 those that PRON DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 47 obl _ _ 43 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 47 nsubj _ _ 44 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 47 aux _ _ 45 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 47 cop _ _ 46 so so ADV RB _ 47 advmod _ _ 47 intimate intimate ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 33 conj _ _ 48 as as ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 49 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 47 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 50 . . PUNCT . _ 10 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **do** *in a quote* | future | that | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Chinaman | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **know** *in a quote* | present | Chinaman | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 4 | **be** *in a quote* | past | the Chinaman and the pourri jar | | | | | once *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **remain** *in a quote* | present | Chinaman *not said here* | | | a feeling; there | | always *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme behind feeling=Location | | 6 | **is** *in a quote* | present · perfect | | | | | | between those; as that; intimate *property* | tree rules | 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 39](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/166/39/) - next →: [sentence 41](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/166/41/) - ↑ back to [The Shepherdess and the Sheep](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/166/)