--- title: He is a man, he ought to speak the first word,' thought the gingerbr… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: He is a man, he ought to speak the first word,' thought the gingerbread maiden; but she felt quite happy--she was sure that her love was returned. Who acts: man, first word, heart. A sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. 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C. Andersen, Under the Willow-tree, 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 (man, first word, heart), 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:pg27200:202:27 # text = He is a man, he ought to speak the first word,' thought the gingerbread maiden; but she felt quite happy--she was sure that her love was returned. 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 6 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 7 ought ought AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ _ 8 to to PART TO _ 9 mark _ _ 9 speak speak VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 acl:relcl _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 11 first first ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 12 amod _ _ 12 word word NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 15 punct _ _ 15 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 acl _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 17 gingerbread gingerbread NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 compound _ _ 18 maiden maiden NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 19 ; ; PUNCT : _ 22 punct _ _ 20 but but CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 21 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 22 felt feel VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 parataxis _ _ 23 quite quite ADV RB _ 24 advmod _ _ 24 happy happy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 25 -- -- PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 26 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 27 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 cop _ _ 28 sure sure ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 conj _ _ 29 that that SCONJ IN _ 33 mark _ _ 30 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 31 nmod:poss _ _ 31 love love NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 nsubj _ _ 32 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 33 aux:pass _ _ 33 returned return VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 28 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 34 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | man | a man | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **speak** *speech: other* | ought | man | the first word | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **think** *speech: other* | past | the first word *not said here* | the gingerbread maiden | | | | | vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot maiden=Theme | | 4 | **feel** | past | heart | | | | | happy *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus | | 5 | **is** | past | heart | | | | | sure *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **return** | past · passive | | heart's love | | | | | vn send-11.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 7 | **love** | | heart | | | | | | nom love «feeling 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 26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/202/26/) - next →: [sentence 28](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/202/28/) - ↑ back to [Under the Willow-tree, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/202/)