--- title: You refused an honest prince; you did not appreciate the rose and th… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: You refused an honest prince; you did not appreciate the rose and the nightingale; but you did not mind kissing a swineherd for his toys; you have no one but yourself to blame!" Who acts: You. 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 (You), 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:pg27200:188:91 # text = You refused an honest prince; you did not appreciate the rose and the nightingale; but you did not mind kissing a swineherd for his toys; you have no one but yourself to blame!" 1 You you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 refused refuse VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 honest honest ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 prince prince NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ; ; PUNCT : _ 10 punct _ _ 7 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 8 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 aux _ _ 9 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 10 advmod _ _ 10 appreciate appreciate VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 parataxis _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 rose rose NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 nightingale nightingale NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 ; ; PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 17 but but CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 18 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 19 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 aux _ _ 20 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 21 advmod _ _ 21 mind mind VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 conj _ _ 22 kissing kiss VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 21 xcomp _ _ 23 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 swineherd swineherd NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obj _ _ 25 for for ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 27 nmod:poss _ _ 27 toys toy NOUN NNS Number=Plur 22 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 28 ; ; PUNCT : _ 30 punct _ _ 29 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 30 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 31 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 32 det _ _ 32 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obj _ _ 33 but but CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 34 yourself yourself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 32 conj _ _ 35 to to PART TO _ 36 mark _ _ 36 blame blame VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 32 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 37 ! ! PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 38 " " PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **refuse** | past | You | a honest prince | | | | | vn reject-77.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent prince=Theme | | 2 | **not** **appreciate** | past · do-support | you | the rose and the nightingale | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer rose=Stimulus | | 3 | **not** **mind** | past · do-support | you | | | | | | vn care-88.1 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 4 | **kiss** | gerund | you *not said here* | a swineherd | | | | for prince's toys | vn marry-36.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent swineherd=Co-Agent | | 5 | **have** | present | you | no one | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent one=Patient | | 6 | **blame** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | no one *not said here* | | | | | vn judgment-33.1 «NP V NP»: agent=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 90](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/188/90/) - next →: [sentence 92](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/188/92/) - ↑ back to [The Swineherd](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/188/)