--- title: "You are a fine fellow to go gadding about in this way," said she to… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: "You are a fine fellow to go gadding about in this way," said she to little Kay, "I should like to know whether you deserve that any one should go to the end of the world to find you." Who acts: little Kay, girl, one. A sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. 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C. Andersen, Of the Palace of the Snow Queen and What Happened There At Last. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (little Kay, girl, one), 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:pg27200:176:43 # text = "You are a fine fellow to go gadding about in this way," said she to little Kay, "I should like to know whether you deserve that any one should go to the end of the world to find you." 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 You you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 3 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 fine fine ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 fellow fellow NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 ccomp _ _ 7 to to PART TO _ 8 mark _ _ 8 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 acl _ _ 9 gadding gad VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 8 xcomp _ _ 10 about about ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 11 in in ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 13 det _ _ 13 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 " " PUNCT '' _ 6 punct _ _ 16 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 17 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 18 to to ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 amod _ _ 20 Kay Kay PROPN NNP Number=Sing 16 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 22 " " PUNCT `` _ 25 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 23 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 24 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 25 aux _ _ 25 like like VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 16 ccomp _ _ 26 to to PART TO _ 27 mark _ _ 27 know know VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 25 xcomp _ _ 28 whether whether SCONJ IN _ 30 mark _ _ 29 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 30 deserve deserve VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 27 ccomp _ _ 31 that that SCONJ IN _ 35 mark _ _ 32 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 33 det _ _ 33 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 nsubj _ _ 34 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 35 aux _ _ 35 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 30 ccomp _ _ 36 to to ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 end end NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl _ _ 39 of of ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 world world NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 nmod _ _ 42 to to PART TO _ 43 mark _ _ 43 find find VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 35 advcl _ _ 44 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 43 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 25 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 46 " " PUNCT '' _ 25 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | little Kay *= kay* | a fine fellow | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **go** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | girl *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **gad** *in a quote* | gerund | girl *not said here* | | | | | about this way | tree rules | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | girl | | little Kay | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to kay=Recipient clause=Topic | | 5 | **like** *in a quote* | should | girl | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 6 | **know** *not said to happen, in a quote* | to-infinitive | girl *not said here* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 7 | **deserve** *in a quote* | present | little Kay *= kay* | | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **go** *in a quote* | should | any one | | | | to the end of the world | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to end=Initial\_Location | | 9 | **find** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | any one *not said here* | little Kay *= kay* | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=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 42](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/176/42/) - next →: [sentence 44](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/176/44/) - ↑ back to [Of the Palace of the Snow Queen and What Happened There At Last](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/176/)