--- title: "Your 'something' is not enough for me," said the second brother; "w… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: "Your 'something' is not enough for me," said the second brother; "what you talk of doing is nothing at all, it is journeyman's work, or might even be done by a machine. Who acts: something, second brother, you, position. 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 (something, second brother, you, position), 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:pg27200:177:88 # text = "Your 'something' is not enough for me," said the second brother; "what you talk of doing is nothing at all, it is journeyman's work, or might even be done by a machine. 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ _ 3 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 something something PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 8 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ 6 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 cop _ _ 7 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 8 advmod _ _ 8 enough enough ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 ccomp _ _ 9 for for ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 " " PUNCT '' _ 8 punct _ _ 13 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 15 second second ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 16 amod _ _ 16 brother brother NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 ; ; PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 18 " " PUNCT `` _ 19 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 19 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 25 nsubj _ _ 20 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 21 talk talk VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 19 acl:relcl _ _ 22 of of SCONJ IN _ 23 mark _ _ 23 doing do VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 21 advcl _ _ 24 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 25 cop _ _ 25 nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 13 ccomp _ _ 26 at at ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 27 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 25 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 29 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 30 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 33 cop _ _ 31 journeyman journeyman NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 32 's 's PART POS _ 31 case _ _ 33 work work NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 35 or or CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 36 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 39 aux _ _ 37 even even ADV RB _ 39 advmod _ _ 38 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 39 aux:pass _ _ 39 done do VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 13 conj _ _ 40 by by ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 machine machine NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 13 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **is** *in a quote* | present | something | | | | | for the second brother *= brother*; enough *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the second brother | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **talk** *in a quote* | present | you | | | | | | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **do** *in a quote* | gerund | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | | nothing | | all | | | tree rules | | 6 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | position | journeyman's work | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **do** *in a quote* | might · passive | a machine | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | 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 87](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/177/87/) - next →: [sentence 89](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/177/89/) - ↑ back to [The Snowdrop](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/177/)