--- title: Then the chimney-sweep tried to reason with her, and spoke of the ol… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: Then the chimney-sweep tried to reason with her, and spoke of the old Chinaman, and of the Major-general-field-sergeant-commander Billy-goat's legs; but she sobbed so bitterly, and kissed her little chimney-sweep till he was obliged to do all she asked, foolish as it was. 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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, sweep, commander), 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:pg27200:166:59 # text = Then the chimney-sweep tried to reason with her, and spoke of the old Chinaman, and of the Major-general-field-sergeant-commander Billy-goat's legs; but she sobbed so bitterly, and kissed her little chimney-sweep till he was obliged to do all she asked, foolish as it was. 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 6 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 3 chimney chimney NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 4 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 sweep sweep NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 6 tried try VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 to to ADP TO _ 8 case _ _ 8 reason reason NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 9 with with ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 13 spoke speak VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 14 of of ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 16 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 amod _ _ 17 Chinaman Chinaman PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 20 of of ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 22 Major major ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 23 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 22 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 24 general general ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 25 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 24 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 26 field field NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 27 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 26 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 28 sergeant sergeant NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 29 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 30 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 30 commander commander NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 parataxis _ _ 31 Billy Billy PROPN NNP Number=Sing 33 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 32 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 31 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 33 goat goat NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 34 's 's PART POS _ 33 case _ _ 35 legs leg NOUN NNS Number=Plur 30 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 36 ; ; PUNCT : _ 39 punct _ _ 37 but but CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 38 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 39 sobbed sob VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 parataxis _ _ 40 so so ADV RB _ 41 advmod _ _ 41 bitterly bitterly ADV RB _ 39 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 43 and and CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 44 kissed kiss VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 39 conj _ _ 45 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 49 nmod:poss _ _ 46 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 49 amod _ _ 47 chimney chimney NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 48 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 47 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 49 sweep sweep NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obj _ _ 50 till till SCONJ IN _ 53 mark _ _ 51 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 53 nsubj _ _ 52 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 53 aux:pass _ _ 53 obliged oblige VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 44 advcl _ _ 54 to to PART TO _ 55 mark _ _ 55 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 53 xcomp _ _ 56 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 55 obj _ _ 57 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 58 nsubj _ _ 58 asked ask VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 56 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 59 , , PUNCT , _ 60 punct _ _ 60 foolish foolish ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 conj _ _ 61 as as SCONJ IN _ 63 mark _ _ 62 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 63 nsubj _ _ 63 was be VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 60 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 64 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **try** | past | the chimney sweep | | | | then | to reason with wife | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | | 2 | **speak** *speech: other* | past | the chimney sweep *not said here* | | | | | of the old Chinaman | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **sob** | past | sweep | | | | | bitterly *property* | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **kiss** | past | sweep *not said here* | sweep's little chimney sweep | | | | | vn marry-36.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sweep=Co-Agent | | 5 | **oblige** | past · passive | | goat | | | | | vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: subject=Patient clause=Result | | 6 | **do** | to-infinitive | | all | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent all=Eventuality | | 7 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past | sweep | | | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **be** | past | commander | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | 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 58](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/166/58/) - next →: [sentence 60](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/166/60/) - ↑ back to [The Shepherdess and the Sheep](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/166/)