--- title: "Would you like to have your freedom?" asked the princess, "or would… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: "Would you like to have your freedom?" asked the princess, "or would you prefer to be raised to the position of court crows, with all that is left in the kitchen for yourselves?" Who acts: you, princess. A sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. 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C. Andersen, The Prince and Princess. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (you, princess), 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:pg27200:173:104 # text = "Would you like to have your freedom?" asked the princess, "or would you prefer to be raised to the position of court crows, with all that is left in the kitchen for yourselves?" 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 like like VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 6 mark _ _ 6 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 xcomp _ _ 7 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 8 freedom freedom NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 " " PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ 11 asked ask VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 15 " " PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 16 or or CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 17 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 19 aux _ _ 18 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 19 prefer prefer VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 conj _ _ 20 to to PART TO _ 22 mark _ _ 21 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 22 aux:pass _ _ 22 raised raise VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 19 xcomp _ _ 23 to to ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 position position NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obl _ _ 26 of of ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 court court NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 compound _ _ 28 crows crow NOUN NNS Number=Plur 25 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 30 with with SCONJ IN _ 34 mark _ _ 31 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 34 det:predet _ _ 32 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 34 nsubj:pass _ _ 33 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 34 aux:pass _ _ 34 left leave VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 22 conj _ _ 35 in in ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 kitchen kitchen NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obl _ _ 38 for for ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 39 yourselves yourselves PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 34 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 40 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 41 " " PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **like** *in a quote* | would | you | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 2 | **have** *not said to happen, in a quote* | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | your freedom | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent freedom=Patient | | 3 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past | the princess | | | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **prefer** *in a quote* | would | you | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 5 | **raise** *not said to happen, in a quote* | to-infinitive · passive | you *not said here* | | | the position of court crows | | | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: to position=Destination | | 6 | **leave** *in a quote* | present · passive | | that | | the kitchen | | for yourselves | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: subject=Theme in kitchen=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 103](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/173/103/) - next →: [sentence 105](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/173/105/) - ↑ back to [The Prince and Princess](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/173/)