--- title: "Yes, beware of the Will-o'-the-Wisps," said the Moor-woman, "for th… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: "Yes, beware of the Will-o'-the-Wisps," said the Moor-woman, "for they're out--they're let loose--that's what we must talk about! Who acts: you, Moor woman, Wisps, that. A sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. 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C. Andersen, The Will-o-the Wisp Is in the Town, Says the Moor Woman. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (you, Moor woman, Wisps, that), 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:pg27200:211:106 # text = "Yes, beware of the Will-o'-the-Wisps," said the Moor-woman, "for they're out--they're let loose--that's what we must talk about! 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 4 beware beware VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 7 Will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 14 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 8 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 14 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 o of ADP IN Abbr=Yes 14 case _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 14 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 14 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ SpaceAfter=No 13 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 Wisps wisp NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 16 " " PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ 17 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 19 Moor moor NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 20 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 19 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 21 woman woman NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 23 " " PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 24 for for SCONJ IN _ 27 mark _ _ 25 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 26 're be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 27 cop _ _ 27 out out ADV RB _ 4 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 28 -- -- PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 29 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj:pass _ SpaceAfter=No 30 're be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 31 aux:pass _ _ 31 let let VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 parataxis _ _ 32 loose loose ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 33 -- -- PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 34 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 36 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 35 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 36 cop _ _ 36 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 31 parataxis _ _ 37 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 38 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 39 aux _ _ 39 talk talk VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 36 acl:relcl _ _ 40 about about ADV RB _ 39 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 41 ! ! PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **beware** *in a quote* | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | of the Wisps | tree rules | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the Moor woman | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **is** *in a quote* | present | Wisps *= wisp* | | | | | out *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **let** *in a quote* | present · passive | | Wisps *= wisp* | | | | loose *property* | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 5 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | that | | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **talk about** *in a quote* | must | we | | | | | about *property* | vn talk-37.5 «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. 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