--- title: He shall be my summer gauk," she said; and she took the delicate Flo… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: He shall be my summer gauk," she said; and she took the delicate Flower and laid it in a piece of scented paper, on which verses were written, beginning with summer gauk and ending with summer gauk. " Who acts: friend, gauk. A sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. 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" **Who acts:** friend, gauk · **What happens:** be, say, take, lay, scent, write · **To what, where:** summer gauk, delicate Flower, examination, piece, verses · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. 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 (friend, gauk), 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:pg27200:177:53 # text = He shall be my summer gauk," she said; and she took the delicate Flower and laid it in a piece of scented paper, on which verses were written, beginning with summer gauk and ending with summer gauk. " 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 2 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 3 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 6 cop _ _ 4 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 5 summer summer NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 compound _ _ 6 gauk gauk NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 " " PUNCT '' _ 6 punct _ _ 9 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 10 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ; ; PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 13 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 14 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 ccomp _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 16 delicate delicate ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 amod _ _ 17 Flower Flower PROPN NNP Number=Sing 14 obj _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 19 laid lay VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 conj _ _ 20 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 obj _ _ 21 in in ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 piece piece NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ _ 24 of of ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 scented scent VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 26 amod _ _ 26 paper paper NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 28 on on SCONJ IN _ 32 mark _ _ 29 which which DET WDT PronType=Int 30 det _ _ 30 verses verse NOUN NNS Number=Plur 32 nsubj:pass _ _ 31 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 aux:pass _ _ 32 written write VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 19 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 34 beginning begin VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 32 conj _ _ 35 with with ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 summer summer NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 compound _ _ 37 gauk gauk NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obl _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 39 ending end VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 34 conj _ _ 40 with with ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 summer summer NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 compound _ _ 42 gauk gauk NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 10 punct _ _ 44 " " PUNCT '' _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | shall | friend | my summer gauk | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | past | gauk | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **take** *in a quote* | past | gauk | | the delicate Flower | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument flower=Destination | | 4 | **lay** *in a quote* | past | gauk *not said here* | examination | | a piece of scented paper | | | vn put\_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme in piece=Destination | | 5 | **scent** *in a quote* | participle | | | | | | | vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **write** *in a quote* | past · passive | | which verses | | | | | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 7 | **begin** *in a quote* | gerund | | | | | | with summer gauk | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V PP.subeventuality»: agent=Eventuality with gauk=Subeventuality | | 8 | **end** *in a quote* | gerund | | | | | | with summer gauk | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality PP.subeventuality»: agent=Affector with gauk=Subeventuality | 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 52](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/177/52/) - next →: [sentence 54](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/177/54/) - ↑ back to [The Snowdrop](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/177/)