--- title: Mai--!" and they were very nearly pronouncing the whole word "maiden… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: Mai--!" and they were very nearly pronouncing the whole word "maiden;" but they broke off short, and swallowed the last syllable; for after mature deliberation they considered it beneath their dignity to protest. Who acts: Mai, chips. A sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. 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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 (Mai, chips), 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:pg27200:200:25 # text = Mai--!" and they were very nearly pronouncing the whole word "maiden;" but they broke off short, and swallowed the last syllable; for after mature deliberation they considered it beneath their dignity to protest. 1 Mai Mai X FW Foreign=Yes 10 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 -- -- PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 3 ! ! PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 " " PUNCT '' _ 1 punct _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 6 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 7 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 aux _ _ 8 very very ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 9 nearly nearly ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 10 pronouncing pronounce VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 12 whole whole ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 13 word word NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ _ 14 " " PUNCT `` _ 15 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 maiden maiden NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 16 ; ; PUNCT : _ 20 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 17 " " PUNCT `` _ 20 punct _ _ 18 but but CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 19 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 20 broke break VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 parataxis _ _ 21 off off ADP RP _ 20 compound:prt _ _ 22 short short ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 25 swallowed swallow VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 conj _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 27 last last ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 amod _ _ 28 syllable syllable NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 29 ; ; PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 30 for for ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 31 after after ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 mature mature ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 33 amod _ _ 33 deliberation deliberation NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl _ _ 34 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 35 considered consider VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 conj _ _ 36 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 obj _ _ 37 beneath beneath ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 39 nmod:poss _ _ 39 dignity dignity NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl _ _ 40 to to PART TO _ 41 mark _ _ 41 protest protest VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 39 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 10 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **pronounce** *in a quote* | past · progressive | Mai | the whole word | | | | nearly *property* | vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent word=Theme | | 2 | **break off** *in a quote* | past | chips *= chip* | | | | | short *property* | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient | | 3 | **swallow** *in a quote* | past | chips *= chip* *not said here* | the last syllable | | | | | vn gobble-39.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent syllable=Patient | | 4 | **consider** *in a quote* | past | chips *= chip* | syllable | | | | for mature deliberation; beneath chips's dignity | vn consider-29.9-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent it=Attribute | | 5 | **protest** *speech: disagree* *in a quote* | to-infinitive | chips *= chip* *not said here* | | | | | | vn rebel-71.2-2 «NP V»: agent=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 24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/200/24/) - next →: [sentence 26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/200/26/) - ↑ back to [Two Maidens](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/200/)