--- title: "We thank you," they said to Knud, "for you have loosened our tongue… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: "We thank you," they said to Knud, "for you have loosened our tongues; we have learnt from you that thoughts should be spoken freely, or nothing will come of them; and now something has come of our thoughts, for we are engaged to be married." Who acts: We, tree, Knud, nothing. 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C. Andersen, Under the Willow-tree, part 3. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (We, tree, Knud, nothing), 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:pg27200:204:29 # text = "We thank you," they said to Knud, "for you have loosened our tongues; we have learnt from you that thoughts should be spoken freely, or nothing will come of them; and now something has come of our thoughts, for we are engaged to be married." 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 We we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 thank thank VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 ccomp _ _ 4 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 3 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 " " PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ 7 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 8 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 to to ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 Knud Knud PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 12 " " PUNCT `` _ 16 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 for for SCONJ IN _ 16 mark _ _ 14 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 15 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 16 aux _ _ 16 loosened loosen VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 10 acl:relcl _ _ 17 our our PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 18 nmod:poss _ _ 18 tongues tongue NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 19 ; ; PUNCT : _ 22 punct _ _ 20 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 21 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 22 aux _ _ 22 learnt learn VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 8 conj _ _ 23 from from ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 24 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 22 obl _ _ 25 that that SCONJ IN _ 29 mark _ _ 26 thoughts thought NOUN NNS Number=Plur 29 nsubj:pass _ _ 27 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 29 aux _ _ 28 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 29 aux:pass _ _ 29 spoken speak VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 22 advcl _ _ 30 freely freely ADV RB _ 29 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 32 or or CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 33 nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 35 nsubj _ _ 34 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 35 aux _ _ 35 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 22 parataxis _ _ 36 of of ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 37 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 38 ; ; PUNCT : _ 43 punct _ _ 39 and and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 40 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 43 advmod _ _ 41 something something PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 43 nsubj _ _ 42 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 43 aux _ _ 43 come come VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 8 parataxis _ _ 44 of of ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 45 our our PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 46 nmod:poss _ _ 46 thoughts thought NOUN NNS Number=Plur 43 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 47 , , PUNCT , _ 51 punct _ _ 48 for for SCONJ IN _ 51 mark _ _ 49 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 51 nsubj _ _ 50 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 51 aux:pass _ _ 51 engaged engage VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 43 conj _ _ 52 to to PART TO _ 54 mark _ _ 53 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 54 aux:pass _ _ 54 married marry VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 51 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 55 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 56 " " PUNCT '' _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **thank** *speech: thank* *in a quote* | present | We | | Knud | | | | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Theme | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | tree | | Knud | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to knud=Recipient clause=Topic | | 3 | **loosen** *in a quote* | present · perfect | Knud | our tongues | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent tongue=Patient | | 4 | **learn** *in a quote* | present · perfect | we | | | | | from Knud | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V PP.source»: agent=Agent from you=Source | | 5 | **speak** *speech: other* *in a quote* | should · passive | | thoughts | | | | freely *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **come** *in a quote* | future | nothing | | | | | of tree | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme of they=Initial\_Location | | 7 | **come** *in a quote* | present · perfect | something | | | | now | of our thoughts | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme of thought=Initial\_Location | | 8 | **engage** *in a quote* | present · passive | | we | | | | | vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP to be NP»: subject=Theme clause=Attribute | | 9 | **marry** *in a quote* | to-infinitive · passive | | | | | | | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V» | | 10 | **think** *in a quote* | | our | | | | | | 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 28](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/204/28/) - next →: [sentence 30](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/204/30/) - ↑ back to [Under the Willow-tree, part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/204/)