--- title: 'Why not indeed?' said she, and so she determined to marry if she co… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: 'Why not indeed?' said she, and so she determined to marry if she could find a husband who knew what to say when he was spoken to, and not one who could only look grand, for that was so tiresome. Who acts: princess, husband, one, that. A sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. 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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 (princess, husband, one, that), 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:pg27200:173:22 # text = 'Why not indeed?' said she, and so she determined to marry if she could find a husband who knew what to say when he was spoken to, and not one who could only look grand, for that was so tiresome. 1 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 7 advmod _ _ 3 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 4 advmod _ _ 4 indeed indeed ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ 7 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 11 so so ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ _ 12 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 13 determined determine VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 14 to to PART TO _ 15 mark _ _ 15 marry marry VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 13 xcomp _ _ 16 if if SCONJ IN _ 19 mark _ _ 17 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 18 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 19 aux _ _ 19 find find VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 advcl _ _ 20 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 husband husband NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obj _ _ 22 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 23 nsubj _ _ 23 knew know VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 acl:relcl _ _ 24 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 26 obj _ _ 25 to to PART TO _ 26 mark _ _ 26 say say VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 23 ccomp _ _ 27 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 30 advmod _ _ 28 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 29 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 aux:pass _ _ 30 spoken speak VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 26 ccomp _ _ 31 to to ADP IN _ 30 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 34 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 35 advmod _ _ 35 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 39 nsubj _ _ 36 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 39 nsubj _ _ 37 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 39 aux _ _ 38 only only ADV RB _ 39 advmod _ _ 39 look look VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 conj _ _ 40 grand grand ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 42 for for SCONJ IN _ 46 mark _ _ 43 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 46 nsubj _ _ 44 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 46 cop _ _ 45 so so ADV RB _ 46 advmod _ _ 46 tiresome tiresome ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | princess | | | | | indeed *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **determine** | past | princess | | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **marry** | to-infinitive | princess *not said here* | | | | | | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient | | 4 | **find** *a condition, not said to happen* | could | princess | a husband | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent husband=Topic | | 5 | **know** | past | a husband | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 6 | **say** *speech: assert* | to-infinitive | | | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **speak** *speech: other* | past · passive | | husband | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **look** | could | one | | | | | grand *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus | | 9 | **is** | past | that | | | | | tiresome *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 21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/173/21/) - next →: [sentence 23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/173/23/) - ↑ back to [The Prince and Princess](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/173/)