--- title: That is the wife for me," he thought; "but she is too grand, and liv… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: That is the wife for me," he thought; "but she is too grand, and lives in a castle, while I have only a box to live in, five-and-twenty of us altogether, that is no place for her. Who acts: That, lid, wife, I. A sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. 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C. Andersen, The Brave Tin Soldier. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (That, lid, wife, I), 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:pg27200:192:13 # text = That is the wife for me," he thought; "but she is too grand, and lives in a castle, while I have only a box to live in, five-and-twenty of us altogether, that is no place for her. 1 That that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 4 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 wife wife NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 5 for for ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 4 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 " " PUNCT `` _ 10 punct _ _ 9 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 10 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ; ; PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 12 " " PUNCT `` _ 17 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 but but CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 14 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 15 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 17 cop _ _ 16 too too ADV RB _ 17 advmod _ _ 17 grand grand ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 20 lives live VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 17 parataxis _ _ 21 in in ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 castle castle NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 25 while while SCONJ IN _ 27 mark _ _ 26 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 27 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 20 parataxis _ _ 28 only only ADV RB _ 30 advmod _ _ 29 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 box box NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obj _ _ 31 to to PART TO _ 32 mark _ _ 32 live live VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 30 acl _ _ 33 in in ADP IN _ 32 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 35 five five NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 39 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 36 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 39 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 38 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 39 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 39 twenty twenty NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 30 conj _ _ 40 of of ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 41 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 39 nmod _ _ 42 altogether altogether ADV RB _ 27 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 44 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 47 nsubj _ _ 45 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 47 cop _ _ 46 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 47 det _ _ 47 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 conj _ _ 48 for for ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 49 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 47 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 50 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | That | the wife | | | | for me | tree rules | | 2 | **think** *speech: other* *in a quote* | past | lid | | | | | | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **is** | present | wife | | | | | grand *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **live** | present | | | | a castle | | | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in castle=Location | | 5 | **have** | present | I | a box | | | | altogether *property* | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent box=Patient | | 6 | **live in** | to-infinitive | I *not said here* | a box *not said here* | | | | | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **is a** | present | that | no place | | | | for wife | tree rules | 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 12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/192/12/) - next →: [sentence 14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/192/14/) - ↑ back to [The Brave Tin Soldier](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/192/)