--- title: No one can stand the sight of such a thing; people know that, and no… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: No one can stand the sight of such a thing; people know that, and now you know it too--you know what is in me, and what a champion of all cocks I am!" Who acts: one, people, you. A sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. 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C. Andersen, The Farm-yard Cock and the Weather-cock. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (one, people, 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:pg27200:19:37 # text = No one can stand the sight of such a thing; people know that, and now you know it too--you know what is in me, and what a champion of all cocks I am!" 1 No no DET DT PronType=Neg 2 det _ _ 2 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 stand stand VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 sight sight NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 8 such such DET PDT PronType=Ind 10 det:predet _ _ 9 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 thing thing NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ; ; PUNCT : _ 13 punct _ _ 12 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 nsubj _ _ 13 know know VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 14 that that SCONJ IN _ 19 mark _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 17 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 19 advmod _ _ 18 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 19 know know VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 13 advcl _ _ 20 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 obj _ _ 21 too too ADV RB _ 19 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 22 -- -- PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 23 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 24 know know VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 13 parataxis _ _ 25 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 28 nsubj _ _ 26 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 28 cop _ _ 27 in in ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 28 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 24 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 31 what what PRON WP PronType=Rel 24 conj _ _ 32 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 champion champion NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 nsubj _ _ 34 of of ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 36 det _ _ 36 cocks cock NOUN NNS Number=Plur 33 nmod _ _ 37 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 38 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 31 cop _ SpaceAfter=No 39 ! ! PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 40 " " PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stand** | can | no one | the sight of such thing | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer sight=Stimulus | | 2 | **know** | present | people | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 3 | **know** | present | you | sight | | | now | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus | | 4 | **know** | present | you | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 5 | **is** | present | | | | | | in me | tree rules | | 6 | **is a** | present | you *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **sight** | | | such thing | | | | | nom sight «cognition transitive»: of=patient | 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 36](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/19/36/) - next →: [sentence 38](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/19/38/) - ↑ back to [The Farm-yard Cock and the Weather-cock](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/19/)