--- title: She would ask him to guess three things which she had just thought o… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: She would ask him to guess three things which she had just thought of, and if he succeed, he was to marry her, and be king over all the land when her father died; but if he could not guess these three things, then she ordered him to be hanged or to have his head cut off. 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C. Andersen, The Travelling Companion, part 2. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Heaven, landlord, father, head), 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:pg27200:197:29 # text = She would ask him to guess three things which she had just thought of, and if he succeed, he was to marry her, and be king over all the land when her father died; but if he could not guess these three things, then she ordered him to be hanged or to have his head cut off. 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 ask ask VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 obj _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 6 mark _ _ 6 guess guess VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 xcomp _ _ 7 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 8 nummod _ _ 8 things thing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obj _ _ 9 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 13 nsubj:pass _ _ 10 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 11 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 aux _ _ 12 just just ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ _ 13 thought think VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 8 acl:relcl _ _ 14 of of ADP IN _ 13 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 17 if if SCONJ IN _ 19 mark _ _ 18 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 19 succeed succeed VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 24 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 21 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 22 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 cop _ _ 23 to to PART TO _ 24 mark _ _ 24 marry marry VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 conj _ _ 25 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 28 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 29 cop _ _ 29 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 parataxis _ _ 30 over over ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 31 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 33 det:predet _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 land land NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 nmod _ _ 34 when when SCONJ WRB _ 37 mark _ _ 35 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 36 nmod:poss _ _ 36 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 nsubj _ _ 37 died die VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 38 ; ; PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 39 but but CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 40 if if SCONJ IN _ 44 mark _ _ 41 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 44 nsubj _ _ 42 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 44 aux _ _ 43 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 44 advmod _ _ 44 guess guess VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 conj _ _ 45 these this DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 47 det _ _ 46 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 47 nummod _ _ 47 things thing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 44 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 48 , , PUNCT , _ 51 punct _ _ 49 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 51 advmod _ _ 50 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 51 nsubj _ _ 51 ordered order VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 44 advcl _ _ 52 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 51 obj _ _ 53 to to PART TO _ 55 mark _ _ 54 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 55 aux:pass _ _ 55 hanged hange VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 51 advcl _ _ 56 or or CCONJ CC _ 58 cc _ _ 57 to to PART TO _ 58 mark _ _ 58 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 55 conj _ _ 59 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 60 nmod:poss _ _ 60 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 61 nsubj _ _ 61 cut cut VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 58 advcl _ _ 62 off off ADP RP _ 61 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 63 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | would | Heaven | | landlord | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S\_INF»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic | | 2 | **guess** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | Heaven *not said here* | three things | | | | | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thing=Theme | | 3 | **think** *speech: other* | past · perfect · passive | | three things | | | | | vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 4 | **succeed** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | landlord | | | | | | vn succeed-74-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **is** | past | landlord | | | | | marry *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **is a** | infinitive | | king | | all land | | | tree rules | | 7 | **die** | past | Heaven's father | | | | | | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | | 8 | **not** **guess** *a condition, not said to happen* | could | landlord | this three things | | | | | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thing=Theme | | 9 | **order** | past | Heaven | | landlord | | then | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | | 10 | **hange** | to-infinitive · passive | Heaven *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 11 | **have** | to-infinitive | Heaven *not said here* | | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 12 | **cut off** | past | landlord's head | | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | 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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