--- title: "Well, the matter with me is," she said, "that I cannot collect my t… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: "Well, the matter with me is," she said, "that I cannot collect my thoughts, and am unable to grasp the meaning of what you said to-day in church--that there are so many wicked people, and that they should burn eternally. Who acts: matter, you, thoughts, my. 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C. Andersen, A Story. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (matter, you, thoughts, my), 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:pg27200:2:17 # text = "Well, the matter with me is," she said, "that I cannot collect my thoughts, and am unable to grasp the meaning of what you said to-day in church--that there are so many wicked people, and that they should burn eternally. 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Well well INTJ UH _ 12 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 matter matter NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nsubj _ _ 6 with with ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 5 nmod _ _ 8 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 12 cop _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 " " PUNCT `` _ 12 punct _ _ 11 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 12 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 14 " " PUNCT '' _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 19 obj _ _ 16 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 17 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 19 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 18 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 19 advmod _ _ 19 collect collect VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 ccomp _ _ 20 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 21 nmod:poss _ _ 21 thoughts thought NOUN NNS Number=Plur 19 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 24 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 25 cop _ _ 25 unable unable ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 ccomp _ _ 26 to to PART TO _ 27 mark _ _ 27 grasp grasp VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 25 xcomp _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 meaning meaning NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obj _ _ 30 of of ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 31 what what PRON WP PronType=Rel 29 nmod _ _ 32 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 33 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 acl:relcl _ _ 34 to to ADP IN _ 36 case _ SpaceAfter=No 35 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 34 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 36 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obl _ _ 37 in in ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 38 church church NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 39 -- -- PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 40 that that SCONJ IN _ 42 mark _ _ 41 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 42 expl _ _ 42 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 46 cop _ _ 43 so so ADV RB _ 44 advmod _ _ 44 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 46 amod _ _ 45 wicked wicked ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 46 amod _ _ 46 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 27 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 47 , , PUNCT , _ 52 punct _ _ 48 and and CCONJ CC _ 52 cc _ _ 49 that that SCONJ IN _ 52 mark _ _ 50 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 52 nsubj _ _ 51 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 52 aux _ _ 52 burn burn VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 25 parataxis _ _ 53 eternally eternally ADV RB _ 52 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 54 . . PUNCT . _ 12 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **be** *speech: assert* | present | the matter with me | | | | | say *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **not** **collect** *in a quote* | can | the matter with me *= matter* | that | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **is** *in a quote* | present | | | | | | unable *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **grasp** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | | the meaning | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer meaning=Stimulus | | 5 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | past | you | | | church | day | | vn pronounce-29.3.1 «NP V NP PP.manner»: agent=Agent in church=Manner | | 6 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | | many wicked people | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **burn** *in a quote* | should | thoughts *= thought* | | | | | eternally *property* | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **think** *in a quote* | | my | | | | | | nom thought «cognition transitive»: poss=agent | 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 16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/2/16/) - next →: [sentence 18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/2/18/) - ↑ back to [A Story](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/2/)