--- title: Six elves brought me back my sausage skewer, and at the same time as… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: Six elves brought me back my sausage skewer, and at the same time asked me to make any request, which they would grant if in their power; so I begged them, if they could, to tell me how to make soup from a sausage skewer. Who acts: Six elves, request, I. 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C. Andersen, What the First Little Mouse Saw and Heard on Her Travels. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Six elves, request, I), 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:pg27200:179:47 # text = Six elves brought me back my sausage skewer, and at the same time asked me to make any request, which they would grant if in their power; so I begged them, if they could, to tell me how to make soup from a sausage skewer. 1 Six six NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 2 elves elf NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 3 brought bring VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 3 obj _ _ 5 back back ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 6 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 7 sausage sausage NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 compound _ _ 8 skewer skewer NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 11 at at ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 13 same same ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 amod _ _ 14 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ _ 15 asked ask VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 16 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 15 iobj _ _ 17 to to PART TO _ 18 mark _ _ 18 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 xcomp _ _ 19 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 20 det _ _ 20 request request NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 22 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 25 nsubj _ _ 23 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 24 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 25 aux _ _ 25 grant grant VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 20 acl:relcl _ _ 26 if if SCONJ IN _ 29 mark _ _ 27 in in ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 29 nmod:poss _ _ 29 power power NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 30 ; ; PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 31 so so ADV RB _ 33 advmod _ _ 32 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 33 begged beg VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 34 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 36 if if SCONJ IN _ 38 mark _ _ 37 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 38 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 41 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 40 to to PART TO _ 41 mark _ _ 41 tell tell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 33 conj _ _ 42 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 41 iobj _ _ 43 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 45 advmod _ _ 44 to to PART TO _ 45 mark _ _ 45 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 41 ccomp _ _ 46 soup soup NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 obj _ _ 47 from from ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 48 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 50 det _ _ 49 sausage sausage NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 compound _ _ 50 skewer skewer NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 51 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **bring back** | past | Six elves | my sausage skewer | me | | | | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent i=Destination skewer=Theme | | 2 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past | Six elves *not said here* | | me | | time | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S\_INF»: agent=Agent i=Recipient clause=Topic | | 3 | **make** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | Six elves *not said here* | any request | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset request=Product | | 4 | **grant** | would | any request | elves's power | | | | | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **beg** *speech: request* | past | I | | elves *= elf* | | | | vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V NP PP.Topic»: agent=Agent they=Recipient | | 6 | **tell** *speech: assert* | could | I *not said here* | | me | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent i=Recipient clause=Topic | | 7 | **make** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | | soup | | a sausage skewer | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V PP»: agent=Asset soup=Product from skewer=Material | 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. 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