--- title: If I could, I would slide along yonder on the ice, as I have seen th… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: If I could, I would slide along yonder on the ice, as I have seen the boys do; but I don't understand how; I don't even know how to run." Who acts: I, boys. A sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. 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Andersen, The Snow Man. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (I, boys), 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:pg27200:169:13 # text = If I could, I would slide along yonder on the ice, as I have seen the boys do; but I don't understand how; I don't even know how to run." 1 If if SCONJ IN _ 3 mark _ _ 2 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 5 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 6 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 7 slide slide VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 8 along along ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 9 yonder yonder ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ _ 10 on on ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 ice ice NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 14 as as SCONJ IN _ 17 mark _ _ 15 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 16 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 17 aux _ _ 17 seen see VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 7 conj _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 boys boy NOUN NNS Number=Plur 20 nsubj _ _ 20 do do VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 17 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 21 ; ; PUNCT : _ 26 punct _ _ 22 but but CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 23 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 24 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 26 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 25 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 26 advmod _ _ 26 understand understand VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 parataxis _ _ 27 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 26 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 28 ; ; PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 29 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 30 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 33 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 31 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 33 advmod _ _ 32 even even ADV RB _ 33 advmod _ _ 33 know know VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 26 parataxis _ _ 34 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 36 advmod _ _ 35 to to PART TO _ 36 mark _ _ 36 run run VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 33 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 37 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 38 " " PUNCT '' _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **slide** | would | I | | | the ice | | along *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on ice=Trajectory | | 2 | **see** | present · perfect | I | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 3 | **do** | present | the boys | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **not** **understand** | present · do-support | I | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 5 | **not** **know** | present · do-support | I | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 6 | **run** | to-infinitive | I *not said here* | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «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 12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/169/12/) - next →: [sentence 14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/169/14/) - ↑ back to [The Snow Man](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/169/)