--- title: I will teach you to fly, and when you have learnt, we will fly into… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: I will teach you to fly, and when you have learnt, we will fly into the meadows, and pay a visit to the frogs, who will bow themselves to us in the water, and cry 'Croak, croak,' and then we shall eat them up; that will be fun." Who acts: I, you, we, that. 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C. Andersen, The Storks. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (I, you, we, that), 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:pg27200:183:20 # text = I will teach you to fly, and when you have learnt, we will fly into the meadows, and pay a visit to the frogs, who will bow themselves to us in the water, and cry 'Croak, croak,' and then we shall eat them up; that will be fun." 1 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 teach teach VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 3 iobj _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 6 mark _ _ 6 fly fly VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 9 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 12 advmod _ _ 10 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 11 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 12 aux _ _ 12 learnt learn VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 16 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 14 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 15 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 16 aux _ _ 16 fly fly VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 conj _ _ 17 into into ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 meadows meadow NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 22 pay pay VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 23 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 visit visit NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obj _ _ 25 to to ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 frogs frog NOUN NNS Number=Plur 22 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 29 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 31 nsubj _ _ 30 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 31 aux _ _ 31 bow bow VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 22 conj _ _ 32 themselves themselves PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 31 obj _ _ 33 to to ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 34 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 31 obl _ _ 35 in in ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 39 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 40 cry cry VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 22 parataxis _ _ 41 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 42 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 42 Croak croak NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 44 croak croak NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 45 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 46 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 42 punct _ _ 47 and and CCONJ CC _ 51 cc _ _ 48 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 51 advmod _ _ 49 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 51 nsubj _ _ 50 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 51 aux _ _ 51 eat eat VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 40 conj _ _ 52 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 51 obj _ _ 53 up up ADP RP _ 51 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 54 ; ; PUNCT : _ 58 punct _ _ 55 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 58 nsubj _ _ 56 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 58 aux _ _ 57 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 58 cop _ _ 58 fun fun ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 59 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 60 " " PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **teach** *speech: other* | future | I | | you | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent you=Recipient clause=Topic | | 2 | **fly** | to-infinitive | I *not said here* | | | | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **learn** | present · perfect | you | | | | | | vn learn-14-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **fly** | future | we | | | | | into the meadows *result* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme into meadow=Result | | 5 | **pay** | infinitive | | a visit | | | | to the frogs | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent visit=Asset | | 6 | **bow** | future | | frogs *= frog* | us | the water | | | vn curtsey-40.3.3 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent themselves=Topic to we=Recipient | | 7 | **cry** *speech: express* | infinitive | | Croak and croak | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent croak=Topic | | 8 | **eat up** | shall | we | frogs *= frog* | | | then | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Patient | | 9 | **is** | future | that | | | | | fun *property* | tree rules | 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 19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/183/19/) - next →: [sentence 21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/183/21/) - ↑ back to [The Storks](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/183/)