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title: All this pleases Phantaesus, but it is not enough for him; I am obli… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics
description: All this pleases Phantaesus, but it is not enough for him; I am obliged to relate to him of my life in the woods; and to go back to my childhood, when I was little, and the tree so small and delicate that a stinging-nettle could overshadow it, and I have to tell everything that has happened since th
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# Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen, What the Second Mouse Had to Tell, sentence 50

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All this pleases Phantaesus, but it is not enough for him; I am obliged to relate to him of my life in the woods; and to go back to my childhood, when I was little, and the tree so small and delicate that a stinging-nettle could overshadow it, and I have to tell everything that has happened since then till now that the tree is so large and strong.

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**Who acts:** this, nest, I, stinging nettle, tree · **What happens:** please, not be, oblige, relate, go back, be · **To what, where:** Phantaesus, I, woods, nest, everything · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is a sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. Andersen, What the Second Mouse Had to Tell. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (this, nest, I, stinging nettle), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**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:pg27200:180:50
# text = All this pleases Phantaesus, but it is not enough for him; I am obliged to relate to him of my life in the woods; and to go back to my childhood, when I was little, and the tree so small and delicate that a stinging-nettle could overshadow it, and I have to tell everything that has happened since then till now that the tree is so large and strong.
1	All	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	3	det:predet	_	_
2	this	this	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	3	nsubj	_	_
3	pleases	please	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	Phantaesus	Phantaesus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
6	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
7	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
8	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
9	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	10	advmod	_	_
10	enough	enough	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	conj	_	_
11	for	for	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
14	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	16	nsubj	_	_
15	am	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	16	aux:pass	_	_
16	obliged	oblige	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	conj	_	_
17	to	to	PART	TO	_	18	mark	_	_
18	relate	relate	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	16	xcomp	_	_
19	to	to	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
20	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	18	obl	_	_
21	of	of	ADP	IN	_	23	case	_	_
22	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	23	nmod:poss	_	_
23	life	life	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	obl	_	_
24	in	in	ADP	IN	_	26	case	_	_
25	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	26	det	_	_
26	woods	wood	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	18	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
27	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	30	punct	_	_
28	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	30	cc	_	_
29	to	to	PART	TO	_	30	mark	_	_
30	go	go	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	conj	_	_
31	back	back	ADV	RB	_	30	advmod	_	_
32	to	to	ADP	IN	_	34	case	_	_
33	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	34	nmod:poss	_	_
34	childhood	childhood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	31	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
35	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	39	punct	_	_
36	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	39	advmod	_	_
37	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	39	nsubj	_	_
38	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	39	cop	_	_
39	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	30	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
40	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	45	punct	_	_
41	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	45	cc	_	_
42	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	43	det	_	_
43	tree	tree	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	45	nsubj	_	_
44	so	so	ADV	RB	_	45	advmod	_	_
45	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	30	parataxis	_	_
46	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	47	cc	_	_
47	delicate	delicate	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	45	conj	_	_
48	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	54	mark	_	_
49	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	52	det	_	_
50	stinging	stinging	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	52	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
51	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	50	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
52	nettle	nettle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	54	nsubj	_	_
53	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	54	aux	_	_
54	overshadow	overshadow	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	47	ccomp	_	_
55	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	54	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
56	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	59	punct	_	_
57	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	59	cc	_	_
58	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	59	nsubj	_	_
59	have	have	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	parataxis	_	_
60	to	to	PART	TO	_	61	mark	_	_
61	tell	tell	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	59	xcomp	_	_
62	everything	everything	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	61	obj	_	_
63	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	65	nsubj	_	_
64	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	65	aux	_	_
65	happened	happen	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	62	acl:relcl	_	_
66	since	since	ADP	IN	_	67	case	_	_
67	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	65	obl	_	_
68	till	till	ADP	IN	_	69	case	_	_
69	now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	61	obl	_	_
70	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	75	mark	_	_
71	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	72	det	_	_
72	tree	tree	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	75	nsubj	_	_
73	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	75	cop	_	_
74	so	so	ADV	RB	_	75	advmod	_	_
75	large	large	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	61	advcl	_	_
76	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	77	cc	_	_
77	strong	strong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	75	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
78	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **please** | present | this | Phantaesus |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus phantaesus=Experiencer |
| 2 | **not** **is** | present | nest |  |  |  |  | for Phantaesus; enough *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **oblige** | present · passive |  | I |  |  |  |  | vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: subject=Patient clause=Result |
| 4 | **relate** | to-infinitive |  |  | Phantaesus | the woods |  | of my life | vn relate-86.2-2 «NP V PP.co-theme»: agent=Theme to he=Co-Theme |
| 5 | **go back** | to-infinitive | this *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient |
| 6 | **is** | past | I |  |  |  |  | little *property* | tree rules |
| 7 | **overshadow** | could | a stinging nettle | nest |  |  |  |  | vn remedy-45.7 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent it=Patient |
| 8 | **have** | present | I |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 9 | **tell** *speech: assert* | to-infinitive | I *not said here* | everything |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent everything=Recipient |
| 10 | **happen** | present · perfect |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 11 | **is** | present | the tree |  |  |  |  | large *property* | tree rules |
| 12 | **be** |  | the tree *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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.

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**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.

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