--- title: A great man has said and written that there are novels whose sole an… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: A great man has said and written that there are novels whose sole and only use appeared to be that they might relieve mankind of overflowing tears--a kind of sponge, in fact, for sucking up feelings and emotions. Who acts: great man, novels, sole. 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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 (great man, novels, sole), 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:pg27200:180:57 # text = A great man has said and written that there are novels whose sole and only use appeared to be that they might relieve mankind of overflowing tears--a kind of sponge, in fact, for sucking up feelings and emotions. 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 4 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 said say VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 written write VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 5 conj _ _ 8 that that SCONJ IN _ 10 mark _ _ 9 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 10 expl _ _ 10 are be VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 ccomp _ _ 11 novels novel NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 nsubj _ _ 12 whose whose PRON WP$ Poss=Yes|PronType=Rel 13 nmod:poss _ _ 13 sole sole NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 nsubj _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 15 only only ADV RB _ 16 advmod _ _ 16 use use VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 13 acl:relcl _ _ 17 appeared appear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 acl:relcl _ _ 18 to to PART TO _ 23 mark _ _ 19 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 23 cop _ _ 20 that that SCONJ IN _ 23 mark _ _ 21 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 22 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 23 aux _ _ 23 relieve relieve VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 17 xcomp _ _ 24 mankind mankind NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obj _ _ 25 of of ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 overflowing overflow VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 27 amod _ _ 27 tears tear NOUN NNS Number=Plur 24 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 28 -- -- PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 29 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 kind kind NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 appos _ _ 31 of of ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 32 sponge sponge NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 34 in in ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 35 fact fact NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 37 for for SCONJ IN _ 38 mark _ _ 38 sucking suck VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 23 advcl _ _ 39 up up ADP RP _ 38 compound:prt _ _ 40 feelings feeling NOUN NNS Number=Plur 38 obj _ _ 41 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 42 emotions emotion NOUN NNS Number=Plur 40 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present · perfect | a great man | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **write** | participle | a great man *not said here* | | | | | | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **does** | present | novels | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **use** | present | sole *not said here* | | | | | | vn eat-39.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **appear** | past | sole | | | | | | vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Theme clause=Attribute | | 6 | **is** | might · to-infinitive | novels *= novel* | | | | | relieve *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **overflow** | gerund | | | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **suck up** | gerund | novels *= novel* *not said here* | feelings and emotions | | | | | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent feeling=Source | 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 56](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/180/56/) - next →: [sentence 58](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/180/58/) - ↑ back to [What the Second Mouse Had to Tell](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/180/)