--- title: Then the old mouse-king rose and promised that the young lady-mouse… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: Then the old mouse-king rose and promised that the young lady-mouse who should learn how best to prepare this much-admired and savory soup should be his queen, and a year and a day should be allowed for the purpose." Who acts: old king rose, young lady mouse, savory soup. 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C. Andersen, Soup From a Sausage Skewer. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (old king rose, young lady mouse, savory soup), 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:pg27200:178:12 # text = Then the old mouse-king rose and promised that the young lady-mouse who should learn how best to prepare this much-admired and savory soup should be his queen, and a year and a day should be allowed for the purpose." 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 9 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 3 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 4 mouse mouse NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 5 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 compound _ _ 7 rose rose NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 9 promised promise VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 10 that that SCONJ IN _ 18 mark _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 12 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 amod _ _ 13 lady lady NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 14 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 mouse mouse NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nsubj _ _ 16 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 18 nsubj _ _ 17 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 18 aux _ _ 18 learn learn VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 ccomp _ _ 19 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 20 advmod _ _ 20 best good ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 18 obj _ _ 21 to to PART TO _ 22 mark _ _ 22 prepare prepare VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 18 xcomp _ _ 23 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 22 obj _ _ 24 much much ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 25 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 24 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 26 admired admire VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 23 acl _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 28 savory savory ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 amod _ _ 29 soup soup NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 nsubj _ _ 30 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 33 aux _ _ 31 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 33 cop _ _ 32 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 33 nmod:poss _ _ 33 queen queen NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 36 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 year year NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obl:unmarked _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 39 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 conj _ _ 41 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 43 aux _ _ 42 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 43 aux:pass _ _ 43 allowed allow VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 9 conj _ _ 44 for for ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 45 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 purpose purpose NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 48 " " PUNCT '' _ 9 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **promise** *speech: promise* | past | the old king rose | | | | then | | vn promise-37.13 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **learn** | should | the young lady mouse | best | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **prepare** | to-infinitive | the young lady mouse *not said here* | this | | | | | vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent this=Patient | | 4 | **admire** | participle | | | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer | | 5 | **is a** | should | savory soup | Soup's queen | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **allow** | should · passive | the old king rose *not said here* | | | | year | for the purpose *goal* | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP PP.goal»: for purpose=Goal | 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 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/178/11/) - next →: [sentence 13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/178/13/) - ↑ back to [Soup From a Sausage Skewer](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/178/)