--- title: Such a Will-o'-the-Wisp can attain to the honor of being a runner be… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: Such a Will-o'-the-Wisp can attain to the honor of being a runner before the devil's state coach; and then he'll wear clothes of fiery yellow, and breathe forth flames out of his throat. Who acts: Wisp, 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, 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:pg27200:211:181 # text = Such a Will-o'-the-Wisp can attain to the honor of being a runner before the devil's state coach; and then he'll wear clothes of fiery yellow, and breathe forth flames out of his throat. 1 Such such DET PDT PronType=Ind 10 det:predet _ _ 2 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 3 Will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 10 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 4 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 o of ADP IN Abbr=Yes 10 case _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ SpaceAfter=No 9 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 Wisp wisp NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nsubj _ _ 11 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 12 aux _ _ 12 attain attain VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 13 to to ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 honor honor NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ _ 16 of of ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 17 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 19 cop _ _ 18 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 runner runner NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nmod _ _ 20 before before ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 devil Devil PROPN NNP Number=Sing 25 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 23 's 's PART POS _ 22 case _ _ 24 state state NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 compound _ _ 25 coach coach NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 26 ; ; PUNCT : _ 31 punct _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 28 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 31 advmod _ _ 29 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 30 'll will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 31 aux _ _ 31 wear wear VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 parataxis _ _ 32 clothes clothes NOUN NNS Number=Ptan 31 obj _ _ 33 of of ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 fiery fiery ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 amod _ _ 35 yellow yellow ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 32 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 38 breathe breathe VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 31 conj _ _ 39 forth forth ADV RB _ 38 advmod _ _ 40 flames flame NOUN NNS Number=Plur 38 obj _ _ 41 out out ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 42 of of ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 43 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 44 nmod:poss _ _ 44 throat throat NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 12 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **attain** | can | such Wisp | | | | before the devil's state coach | to the honor | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is** | gerund | | | | | | of a runner | tree rules | | 3 | **wear** | future | person | clothes of fiery yellow | | | then | | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent clothes=Source | | 4 | **breathe** | present | person *not said here* | flames | | person's throat | | forth *property* | vn breathe-40.1.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent flame=Theme | 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 180](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/211/180/) - next →: [sentence 182](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/211/182/) - ↑ 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/)