--- title: "I must submit to your notice," he said, "that the name 'maiden' is… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: "I must submit to your notice," he said, "that the name 'maiden' is common enough, and not nearly so refined as 'hand-rammer,' or 'stamper,' which latter has also been proposed, and through which you would be introduced into the category of seals; and only think of the great stamp of state, which im --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/200/14/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/) / [Two Maidens](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/200/) / 14 # Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen, Two Maidens, sentence 14 "I must submit to your notice," he said, "that the name 'maiden' is common enough, and not nearly so refined as 'hand-rammer,' or 'stamper,' which latter has also been proposed, and through which you would be introduced into the category of seals; and only think of the great stamp of state, which impresses the royal seal that gives effect to the laws! **Who acts:** name, great stamp, royal seal, your · **What happens:** submit, say, be, not refine, propose, introduce · **To what, where:** stamper, you, category, royal seal, effect, laws · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. Andersen, Two Maidens. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (name, great stamp, royal seal, your), 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:pg27200:200:14 # text = "I must submit to your notice," he said, "that the name 'maiden' is common enough, and not nearly so refined as 'hand-rammer,' or 'stamper,' which latter has also been proposed, and through which you would be introduced into the category of seals; and only think of the great stamp of state, which impresses the royal seal that gives effect to the laws! 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 3 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 submit submit VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 ccomp _ _ 5 to to ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 notice notice NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 " " PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ 10 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 11 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 13 " " PUNCT '' _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 that that SCONJ IN _ 21 mark _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 name name NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 nsubj _ _ 17 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 18 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 18 maiden maiden NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 19 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 18 punct _ _ 20 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 21 cop _ _ 21 common common ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 advcl _ _ 22 enough enough ADV RB _ 21 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 25 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 28 advmod _ _ 26 nearly nearly ADV RB _ 28 advmod _ _ 27 so so ADV RB _ 28 advmod _ _ 28 refined refine VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 11 parataxis _ _ 29 as as ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 30 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 33 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 31 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 32 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 31 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 33 rammer rammer NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 35 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 38 punct _ _ 36 or or CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 37 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 38 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 38 stamper stamper NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 40 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 38 punct _ _ 41 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 46 obj _ _ 42 latter latte ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 46 amod _ _ 43 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 46 aux _ _ 44 also also ADV RB _ 46 advmod _ _ 45 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 46 aux:pass _ _ 46 proposed propose VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 38 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 47 , , PUNCT , _ 54 punct _ _ 48 and and CCONJ CC _ 54 cc _ _ 49 through through ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 50 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 54 obl _ _ 51 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 54 nsubj:pass _ _ 52 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 54 aux _ _ 53 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 54 aux:pass _ _ 54 introduced introduce VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 46 conj _ _ 55 into into ADP IN _ 57 case _ _ 56 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 57 det _ _ 57 category category NOUN NN Number=Sing 54 obl _ _ 58 of of ADP IN _ 59 case _ _ 59 seals seal NOUN NNS Number=Plur 57 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 60 ; ; PUNCT : _ 63 punct _ _ 61 and and CCONJ CC _ 63 cc _ _ 62 only only ADV RB _ 63 advmod _ _ 63 think think VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 conj _ _ 64 of of ADP IN _ 67 case _ _ 65 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 67 det _ _ 66 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 67 amod _ _ 67 stamp stamp NOUN NN Number=Sing 63 obl _ _ 68 of of ADP IN _ 69 case _ _ 69 state state NOUN NN Number=Sing 67 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 70 , , PUNCT , _ 72 punct _ _ 71 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 72 nsubj _ _ 72 impresses impress VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 67 parataxis _ _ 73 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 75 det _ _ 74 royal royal ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 75 amod _ _ 75 seal seal NOUN NN Number=Sing 72 obj _ _ 76 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 77 nsubj _ _ 77 gives give VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 75 acl:relcl _ _ 78 effect effect NOUN NN Number=Sing 77 obj _ _ 79 to to ADP IN _ 81 case _ _ 80 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 81 det _ _ 81 laws law NOUN NNS Number=Plur 77 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 82 ! ! PUNCT . _ 11 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **submit** *in a quote* | must | name | | | | | to your notice | vn acquiesce-95.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to notice=Theme | | 2 | **say** *speech: express* | past | name | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **is** *in a quote* | present | the name | | | | | common, enough *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **not** **refine** *in a quote* | participle | | | | | | as hand rammer; nearly *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 5 | **propose** *in a quote* | present · perfect · passive | | stamper | | | | | vn reflexive\_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP»: which=Theme | | 6 | **introduce** *in a quote* | would · passive | | you | | the category of seals | | | vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: subject=Patient through which=Instrument | | 7 | **think** *speech: other* *in a quote* | infinitive | name *not said here* | | | | | of the great stamp of state | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **impress** *in a quote* | present | the great stamp of state | the royal seal | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus seal=Experiencer | | 9 | **give** *in a quote* | present | the royal seal | effect | the laws | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent effect=Theme to law=Recipient | | 10 | **notice** *in a quote* | | your | | | | | | nom notice «communication 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 13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/200/13/) - next →: [sentence 15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/200/15/) - ↑ back to [Two Maidens](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/200/)