--- title: You may believe that every word I tell you is true," said the crow,… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: You may believe that every word I tell you is true," said the crow, "for I have a tame sweetheart who goes freely about the palace, and she told me all this." Who acts: You, I, word, tame sweetheart. 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, I, word, tame sweetheart), 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:pg27200:173:25 # text = You may believe that every word I tell you is true," said the crow, "for I have a tame sweetheart who goes freely about the palace, and she told me all this." 1 You you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 believe believe VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 that that SCONJ IN _ 11 mark _ _ 5 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 6 det _ _ 6 word word NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ _ 7 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 8 tell tell VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 acl:relcl _ _ 9 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 8 iobj _ _ 10 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 cop _ _ 11 true true ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 " " PUNCT '' _ 11 punct _ _ 14 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 ccomp _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 crow crow NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 18 " " PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 19 for for SCONJ IN _ 21 mark _ _ 20 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 21 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 advcl _ _ 22 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 23 tame tame ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 amod _ _ 24 sweetheart sweetheart NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obj _ _ 25 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 26 nsubj _ _ 26 goes go VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 24 acl:relcl _ _ 27 freely freely ADV RB _ 26 advmod _ _ 28 about about ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 palace palace NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 33 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 34 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 35 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 34 iobj _ _ 36 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 37 det:predet _ _ 37 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 34 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 38 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 39 " " PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **believe** | may | You | | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 2 | **tell** *speech: assert* | present | I | every word *not said here* | you | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent you=Recipient | | 3 | **is** | present | every word | | | | | true *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | past | | the crow | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent crow=Topic | | 5 | **have** | present | I | a tame sweetheart | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sweetheart=Patient | | 6 | **go** | present | a tame sweetheart | | | | | about the palace; freely *property* | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme about palace=Location | | 7 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | crow | this | me | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent i=Recipient this=Topic | 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 24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/173/24/) - next →: [sentence 26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/173/26/) - ↑ back to [The Prince and Princess](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/173/)