--- title: The Will-o'-the-Wisp may take whatever form he likes, of man or woma… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: The Will-o'-the-Wisp may take whatever form he likes, of man or woman, and can act in their spirit and in their disguise in such a way that he can effect whatever he wishes to do. Who acts: Wisp, form, person. 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 (Wisp, form, person), 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:pg27200:211:178 # text = The Will-o'-the-Wisp may take whatever form he likes, of man or woman, and can act in their spirit and in their disguise in such a way that he can effect whatever he wishes to do. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 2 Will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 3 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 o of ADP IN Abbr=Yes 9 case _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ SpaceAfter=No 8 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 Wisp wisp NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ _ 10 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ _ 11 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 12 whatever whatever PRON WP PronType=Rel 15 obj _ _ 13 form form NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nsubj _ _ 14 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 15 likes like VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 17 of of ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 18 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obj _ _ 19 or or CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 20 woman woman NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 23 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 24 aux _ _ 24 act act VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 advcl _ _ 25 in in ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 27 nmod:poss _ _ 27 spirit spirit NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 29 in in ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 31 nmod:poss _ _ 31 disguise disguise NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 conj _ _ 32 in in ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 33 such such DET PDT PronType=Ind 35 det:predet _ _ 34 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl _ _ 36 that that SCONJ IN _ 39 mark _ _ 37 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 38 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 39 aux _ _ 39 effect effect NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 nmod _ _ 40 whatever whatever PRON WP PronType=Rel 42 obj _ _ 41 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 42 wishes wish VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 39 acl:relcl _ _ 43 to to PART TO _ 44 mark _ _ 44 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 42 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 11 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **take** | may | the Wisp | | | | | | vn require-103 «NP V for NP S\_INF»: agent=Theme clause=Precondition | | 2 | **like** | present | form | whatever | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **act** | can | the Wisp *not said here* | | | Wisps's spirit and Wisps's disguise | | in such way | vn act-114-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **effect** | can | person | | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **wish** | present | person | whatever | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **do** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | person *not said here* | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «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 177](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/211/177/) - next →: [sentence 179](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/211/179/) - ↑ back to [The Will-o-the Wisp Is in the Town, Says the Moor Woman](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/211/)