--- title: I thought over all the stories that may be said to be connected with… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: I thought over all the stories that may be said to be connected with sausage pegs, and all that has ever been written about skewers, and sticks, and staves, and splinters came to my thoughts; the ant-queen must have had a wonderfully clear understanding. Who acts: I, splinters, ant queen, my. 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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 (I, splinters, ant queen, my), 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:pg27200:180:63 # text = I thought over all the stories that may be said to be connected with sausage pegs, and all that has ever been written about skewers, and sticks, and staves, and splinters came to my thoughts; the ant-queen must have had a wonderfully clear understanding. 1 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 over over ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 6 det:predet _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 stories story NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ _ 7 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 10 nsubj:pass _ _ 8 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 10 aux _ _ 9 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 10 aux:pass _ _ 10 said say VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 6 acl:relcl _ _ 11 to to PART TO _ 13 mark _ _ 12 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 13 aux:pass _ _ 13 connected connect VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 10 xcomp _ _ 14 with with ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 sausage sausage NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 compound _ _ 16 pegs peg NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 19 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 24 det:predet _ _ 20 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 24 nsubj:pass _ _ 21 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 24 aux _ _ 22 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 24 advmod _ _ 23 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 24 aux:pass _ _ 24 written write VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 conj _ _ 25 about about ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 26 skewers skewer NOUN NNS Number=Plur 24 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 29 sticks stick NOUN NNS Number=Plur 26 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 32 staves stave NOUN NNS Number=Plur 26 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 35 splinters splinter NOUN NNS Number=Plur 36 nsubj _ _ 36 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 37 to to ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 39 nmod:poss _ _ 39 thoughts thought NOUN NNS Number=Plur 36 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 40 ; ; PUNCT : _ 47 punct _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 42 ant ant NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 43 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 42 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 44 queen queen NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 nsubj _ _ 45 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 47 aux _ _ 46 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 47 aux _ _ 47 had have VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 2 parataxis _ _ 48 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 51 det _ _ 49 wonderfully wonderfully ADV RB _ 50 advmod _ _ 50 clear clear ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 51 amod _ _ 51 understanding understanding NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 52 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **think over** *speech: other* | past | I | all stories | | | | | vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot story=Theme | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | may · passive | | all stories | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **connect** | to-infinitive · passive | | | | | | with sausage pegs | vn mix-22.1-2-1 «NP V PP.patient»: with peg=Co-Patient | | 4 | **write** | present · perfect · passive | | that | | | ever | about skewers and sticks and staves | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: subject=Recipient about skewer=Topic | | 5 | **come** | past | splinters | | | my thoughts | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to thought=Initial\_Location | | 6 | **have** | must · perfect | the ant queen | a clear understanding | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent understanding=Patient | | 7 | **think** | | my | | | | | | nom thought «cognition transitive»: poss=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 62](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/180/62/) - next →: [sentence 64](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/180/64/) - ↑ back to [What the Second Mouse Had to Tell](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/180/)