--- title: I will write a few words on a dried stock-fish, for I have no paper,… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: I will write a few words on a dried stock-fish, for I have no paper, and you can take it from me to the Finland woman who lives there; she can give you better information than I can." Who acts: I, you, Finland woman, woman. A sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. 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C. Andersen, The Lapland Woman and the Finland Woman. 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, Finland woman, woman), 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:pg27200:175:7 # text = I will write a few words on a dried stock-fish, for I have no paper, and you can take it from me to the Finland woman who lives there; she can give you better information than I can." 1 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 write write VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 few few ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 words word NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obj _ _ 7 on on ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 8 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 9 dried dry VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 12 amod _ _ 10 stock stock NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 11 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 fish fish NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 14 for for SCONJ IN _ 16 mark _ _ 15 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 16 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 advcl _ _ 17 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 18 det _ _ 18 paper paper NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 21 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 22 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 23 aux _ _ 23 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 conj _ _ 24 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 obj _ _ 25 from from ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 26 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 23 obl _ _ 27 to to ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 29 Finland Finland PROPN NNP Number=Sing 30 compound _ _ 30 woman woman NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ _ 31 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 32 nsubj _ _ 32 lives live VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 30 acl:relcl _ _ 33 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 32 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 34 ; ; PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 35 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 36 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 37 aux _ _ 37 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 parataxis _ _ 38 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 37 iobj _ _ 39 better good ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 40 amod _ _ 40 information information NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obj _ _ 41 than than SCONJ IN _ 43 mark _ _ 42 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 43 nsubj _ _ 43 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 37 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 45 " " PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **write** | future | I | a few words | | | | on a dried stock fish | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent word=Theme on fish=Destination | | 2 | **dry** | participle | | | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 3 | **have** | present | I | no paper | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent paper=Patient | | 4 | **take** | can | you | paper | the Finland woman | | | from me | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme from i=Initial\_Location to woman=Destination | | 5 | **live** | present | the Finland woman | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **give** | can | woman | better information | you | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent you=Recipient information=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 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/175/6/) - next →: [sentence 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/175/8/) - ↑ back to [The Lapland Woman and the Finland Woman](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/175/)