--- title: I am told they are open to poor creatures such as I am, and I have n… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: I am told they are open to poor creatures such as I am, and I have now no house left on earth; but I do not think that will give me a claim to be admitted here." Who acts: People, I, that. A sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. 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Andersen, The Snowdrop. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (People, I, 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:pg27200:177:197 # text = I am told they are open to poor creatures such as I am, and I have now no house left on earth; but I do not think that will give me a claim to be admitted here." 1 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux:pass _ _ 3 told tell VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 4 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 5 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 6 open open ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 ccomp _ _ 7 to to ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 poor poor ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 creatures creature NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obl _ _ 10 such such ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 11 as as ADP IN _ 10 fixed _ _ 12 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 13 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 16 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 17 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 18 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 17 advmod _ _ 19 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 20 det _ _ 20 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nsubj _ _ 21 left leave VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 20 acl _ _ 22 on on ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 23 earth earth NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 24 ; ; PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 25 but but CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 26 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 27 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 29 aux _ _ 28 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 29 advmod _ _ 29 think think VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 ccomp _ _ 30 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 32 nsubj _ _ 31 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 32 aux _ _ 32 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 29 ccomp _ _ 33 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 32 iobj _ _ 34 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 claim claim NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obj _ _ 36 to to PART TO _ 38 mark _ _ 37 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 38 aux:pass _ _ 38 admitted admit VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 35 acl _ _ 39 here here ADV RB PronType=Dem 38 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 40 . . PUNCT . _ 29 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 41 " " PUNCT '' _ 29 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | present · passive | | I | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: subject=Recipient clause=Topic | | 2 | **is** | present | People | | | | | to poor creatures; open *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **have** | present | I | | | | now | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **leave** | participle | | no house *not said here* | | earth | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent on earth=Location | | 5 | **not** **think** *speech: other* | present · do-support | I | | | | | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 6 | **give** | future | that | a claim | me | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent i=Recipient claim=Theme | | 7 | **admit** *speech: other* | to-infinitive · passive | that *not said here* | a claim *not said here* | | here | | | vn confess-37.10 «NP V how S» | 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 196](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/177/196/) - next →: [sentence 198](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/177/198/) - ↑ back to [The Snowdrop](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/177/)