--- title: "I don't like to see you fret," said the little robber-girl; "you ou… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: "I don't like to see you fret," said the little robber-girl; "you ought to look quite happy now; and here are two loaves and a ham, so that you need not starve." Who acts: I, you. A sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. 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Andersen, Little Robber-girl. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (I, you), 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:pg27200:174:73 # text = "I don't like to see you fret," said the little robber-girl; "you ought to look quite happy now; and here are two loaves and a ham, so that you need not starve." 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 3 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 4 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 5 advmod _ _ 5 like like VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 ccomp _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 7 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 xcomp _ _ 8 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 9 fret fret VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 " " PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ 12 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 14 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 amod _ _ 15 robber robber NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 16 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 15 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 17 girl girl NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 18 ; ; PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 19 " " PUNCT `` _ 23 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 20 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 21 ought ought AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 23 aux _ _ 22 to to PART TO _ 23 mark _ _ 23 look look VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 conj _ _ 24 quite quite ADV RB _ 25 advmod _ _ 25 happy happy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 xcomp _ _ 26 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 23 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 27 ; ; PUNCT : _ 32 punct _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 29 here here ADV RB PronType=Dem 32 advmod _ _ 30 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 32 cop _ _ 31 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 32 nummod _ _ 32 loaves loaf NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 parataxis _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 34 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 ham ham NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 37 so so SCONJ IN ExtPos=SCONJ 42 mark _ _ 38 that that SCONJ IN _ 37 fixed _ _ 39 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 40 need need AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 42 aux _ _ 41 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 42 advmod _ _ 42 starve starve VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 42 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 44 " " PUNCT '' _ 42 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **like** *in a quote* | present · do-support | I | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 2 | **see** *not said to happen, in a quote* | to-infinitive | I *not said here* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 3 | **fret** *in a quote* | present | you | | | | | | vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 5 | **look** *in a quote* | ought | you | | | | now | happy *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus | | 6 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | | two loaves and a ham | | here | | | tree rules | | 7 | **not** **starve** *in a quote* | present | you | | | | | | 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 72](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/174/72/) - next →: [sentence 74](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/174/74/) - ↑ back to [Little Robber-girl](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/174/)