--- title: "I have only fifty dollars," said John, "it is all I possess in the… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: "I have only fifty dollars," said John, "it is all I possess in the world, but I will give it to you if you will promise me faithfully to leave the dead man in peace. Who acts: John, money, you. A sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. 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C. Andersen, The Travelling Companion, part 1. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (John, money, 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:pg27200:196:64 # text = "I have only fifty dollars," said John, "it is all I possess in the world, but I will give it to you if you will promise me faithfully to leave the dead man in peace. 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 ccomp _ _ 4 only only ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 fifty fifty NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 6 nummod _ _ 6 dollars dollar NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 " " PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ 9 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 10 John John PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 12 " " PUNCT `` _ 17 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj:outer _ _ 14 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 17 cop _ _ 15 all all ADV RB _ 17 advmod _ _ 16 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 17 possess possess VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 parataxis _ _ 18 in in ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 world world NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 22 but but CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 23 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 24 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 25 aux _ _ 25 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 17 conj _ _ 26 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 obj _ _ 27 to to ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 28 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 25 obl _ _ 29 if if SCONJ IN _ 32 mark _ _ 30 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 31 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 32 aux _ _ 32 promise promise VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 25 conj _ _ 33 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 32 iobj _ _ 34 faithfully faithfully ADV RB _ 32 advmod _ _ 35 to to PART TO _ 36 mark _ _ 36 leave leave VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 32 acl _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 38 dead dead ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 amod _ _ 39 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obj _ _ 40 in in ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 41 peace peace NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** *in a quote* | present | John | fifty dollars | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dollar=Patient | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | John | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **is** *in a quote* | present | money | | | the world | | all, possess *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **give** *in a quote* | future | John | money | you | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent it=Theme to you=Recipient | | 5 | **promise** *speech: promise* *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | future | you | | John | | | faithfully *property* | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent i=Theme | | 6 | **leave** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | | the dead man | | peace | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent man=Theme in peace=Location | 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. 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