--- title: "What does this mean?" he said, when he saw that his daughter was ki… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: "What does this mean?" he said, when he saw that his daughter was kissing the swineherd, and then hit their heads with his shoe just as the swineherd received the sixty-eighth kiss. Who acts: this, remainder, daughter, swineherd. A sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. 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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 (this, remainder, daughter, swineherd), 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:pg27200:188:84 # text = "What does this mean?" he said, when he saw that his daughter was kissing the swineherd, and then hit their heads with his shoe just as the swineherd received the sixty-eighth kiss. 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 5 obj _ _ 3 does do AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 4 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 5 nsubj _ _ 5 mean mean VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 " " PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ 8 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 9 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 11 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 13 advmod _ _ 12 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 13 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 ccomp _ _ 14 that that SCONJ IN _ 18 mark _ _ 15 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 16 nmod:poss _ _ 16 daughter daughter NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nsubj _ _ 17 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 aux _ _ 18 kissing kiss VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 13 ccomp _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 swineherd swineherd NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 23 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 24 advmod _ _ 24 hit hit VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 conj _ _ 25 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 26 nmod:poss _ _ 26 heads head NOUN NNS Number=Plur 24 obj _ _ 27 with with ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 29 nmod:poss _ _ 29 shoe shoe NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl _ _ 30 just just ADV RB _ 33 advmod _ _ 31 as as ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 swineherd swineherd NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 nsubj _ _ 34 received receive VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 parataxis _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 36 sixty sixty NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 38 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 37 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 36 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 38 eighth eighth ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 amod _ _ 39 kiss kiss NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 40 . . PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **mean** *in a quote* | present · do-support | this | | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Topic | | 2 | **say** *speech: ask* | past | remainder | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **see** | past | remainder | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 4 | **kiss** | past · progressive | remainder's daughter | the swineherd | | | | | vn marry-36.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent swineherd=Co-Agent | | 5 | **hit** | past | remainder *not said here* | ladies's heads | | | then | with remainder's shoe | vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent head=Patient with shoe=Instrument | | 6 | **receive** | past | the swineherd | the eighth kiss | | | | | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent kiss=Theme | 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 83](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/188/83/) - next →: [sentence 85](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/188/85/) - ↑ back to [The Swineherd](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/188/)