--- title: Every time I fly up in the air, he puts his head out of the nest, an… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: Every time I fly up in the air, he puts his head out of the nest, and says, 'Will you?' and I have said, 'Yes,' to myself silently, and that is as good as being half engaged; but I will promise never to forget you." Who acts: I, ball, that. 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C. Andersen, The Top and Ball. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (I, ball, that), 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:pg27200:195:18 # text = Every time I fly up in the air, he puts his head out of the nest, and says, 'Will you?' and I have said, 'Yes,' to myself silently, and that is as good as being half engaged; but I will promise never to forget you." 1 Every every DET DT PronType=Tot 2 det _ _ 2 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl:unmarked _ _ 3 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 fly fly VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 acl:relcl _ _ 5 up up ADP RP _ 4 compound:prt _ _ 6 in in ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 air air NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 10 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 11 puts put VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 12 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 13 nmod:poss _ _ 13 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ _ 14 out out ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 15 of of ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 nest nest NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 20 says say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 22 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 23 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 23 Will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 20 ccomp _ _ 24 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 25 ? ? PUNCT . _ 23 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 26 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 23 punct _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 28 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 29 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 30 aux _ _ 30 said say VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 20 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 32 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 33 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 33 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 30 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 35 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 33 punct _ _ 36 to to ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 37 myself myself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 30 obl _ _ 38 silently silently ADV RB _ 30 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 40 and and CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 41 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 44 nsubj _ _ 42 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 44 cop _ _ 43 as as ADV RB _ 44 advmod _ _ 44 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 parataxis _ _ 45 as as SCONJ IN _ 48 mark _ _ 46 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 48 aux:pass _ _ 47 half half ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Frac 48 advmod _ _ 48 engaged engage VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 44 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 49 ; ; PUNCT , _ 53 punct _ _ 50 but but CCONJ CC _ 53 cc _ _ 51 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 53 nsubj _ _ 52 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 53 aux _ _ 53 promise promise VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 parataxis _ _ 54 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 56 advmod _ _ 55 to to PART TO _ 56 mark _ _ 56 forget forget VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 53 ccomp _ _ 57 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 56 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 58 . . PUNCT . _ 53 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 59 " " PUNCT '' _ 53 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fly up** | present | I | every time *not said here* | | the air | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V NP.theme PP»: agent=Agent time=Theme in air=Location | | 2 | **put** | present | ball | ball's head | | the nest | time | | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent head=Theme out nest=Destination | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | ball *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | present · perfect | I | | myself | | | silently *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent yes=Topic to myself=Recipient | | 5 | **is** | present | that | | | | | good *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **engage** | gerund · passive | that *not said here* | | | | | half *property* | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-2 «NP V» | | 7 | **promise** *speech: promise* | future | I | | | | | | vn promise-37.13 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 8 | **not** **forget** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | | you | | | | | 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 17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/195/17/) - next →: [sentence 19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/195/19/) - ↑ back to [The Top and Ball](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/195/)