--- title: "Let us first see what the other case contains before we are angry,"… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: "Let us first see what the other case contains before we are angry," said the emperor; then the nightingale was taken out, and it sang so beautifully that no one could possibly say anything unkind about it. Who acts: you, us, other case, we. 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C. Andersen, The Swineherd. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (you, us, other case, we), 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:pg27200:188:17 # text = "Let us first see what the other case contains before we are angry," said the emperor; then the nightingale was taken out, and it sang so beautifully that no one could possibly say anything unkind about it. 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Let let VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 4 first first ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 5 advmod _ _ 5 see see VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 ccomp _ _ 6 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 10 obj _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 8 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 case case NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _ 10 contains contain VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 ccomp _ _ 11 before before SCONJ IN _ 14 mark _ _ 12 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 13 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 14 cop _ _ 14 angry angry ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 16 " " PUNCT '' _ 14 punct _ _ 17 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 conj _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 emperor emperor NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 20 ; ; PUNCT : _ 25 punct _ _ 21 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 25 advmod _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 nightingale nightingale NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 nsubj:pass _ _ 24 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 aux:pass _ _ 25 taken take VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 xcomp _ _ 26 out out ADP RP _ 25 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 29 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 30 sang sing VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 conj _ _ 31 so so ADV RB _ 32 advmod _ _ 32 beautifully beautifully ADV RB _ 30 advmod _ _ 33 that that SCONJ IN _ 38 mark _ _ 34 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 35 det _ _ 35 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 nsubj _ _ 36 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 38 aux _ _ 37 possibly possibly ADV RB _ 38 advmod _ _ 38 say say VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 30 advcl _ _ 39 anything anything PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 38 obj _ _ 40 unkind unkind ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 amod _ _ 41 about about ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 42 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **let** *in a quote* | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **see** *in a quote* | present | us | | | | | first *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 3 | **contain** *in a quote* | present | the other case | | | | | | vn comprise-107.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot what=Theme | | 4 | **is** *in a quote* | present | we | | | | | angry *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the emperor | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **take out** | past · passive | | the nightingale | | | then | | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 7 | **sing** *speech: express* | past | tree | | | | | beautifully *property* | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **say** *speech: assert* | could | no one | anything | | | | possibly *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent anything=Topic | 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 16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/188/16/) - next →: [sentence 18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/188/18/) - ↑ back to [The Swineherd](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/188/)