--- title: He told it me himself, and he hadn't "a rogue on his back," as mothe… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: He told it me himself, and he hadn't "a rogue on his back," as mother used to tell me he had when he wanted to make me believe something outrageous, for now he looked quite trustworthy. Who acts: grandpapa, me. A sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. 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C. Andersen, The Storm Shakes the Shield. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (grandpapa, me), 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:pg27200:184:29 # text = He told it me himself, and he hadn't "a rogue on his back," as mother used to tell me he had when he wanted to make me believe something outrageous, for now he looked quite trustworthy. 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obj _ _ 4 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 2 iobj _ _ 5 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 2 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 8 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 9 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 10 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 9 advmod _ _ 11 " " PUNCT '' _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 rogue rogue NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ _ 14 on on ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 16 nmod:poss _ _ 16 back back NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 18 " " PUNCT '' _ 20 punct _ _ 19 as as ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 20 mother mother NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 parataxis _ _ 21 used use VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 20 acl _ _ 22 to to PART TO _ 23 mark _ _ 23 tell tell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 21 advcl _ _ 24 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 23 iobj _ _ 25 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 26 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 ccomp _ _ 27 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 29 advmod _ _ 28 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 29 wanted want VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 ccomp _ _ 30 to to PART TO _ 31 mark _ _ 31 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 29 xcomp _ _ 32 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 31 obj _ _ 33 believe believe VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 31 xcomp _ _ 34 something something PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 33 obj _ _ 35 outrageous outrageous ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 37 for for SCONJ IN _ 40 mark _ _ 38 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 40 advmod _ _ 39 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 40 looked look VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 33 parataxis _ _ 41 quite quite ADV RB _ 42 advmod _ _ 42 trustworthy trustworthy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 40 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | grandpapa | grandpapa | me | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent i=Recipient it=Topic | | 2 | **not** **have** | past | grandpapa | a rogue | | grandpapa's back | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rogue=Patient | | 3 | **use** | participle | | mother *not said here* | | | | | vn eat-39.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **tell** *speech: assert* | to-infinitive | | | me | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent i=Recipient clause=Topic | | 5 | **have** | past | grandpapa | | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **want** | past | grandpapa | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 7 | **make** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | grandpapa *not said here* | me | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **believe** *not said to happen* | infinitive | me *not said here* | something | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer something=Stimulus | | 9 | **look** | past | grandpapa | | | | now | trustworthy *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus | 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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