--- title: "'Take that,' they said, 'and then you'll know the higher dance, the… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: "'Take that,' they said, 'and then you'll know the higher dance, the most difficult turns and twists--that is to say, if you should find them necessary. Who acts: maiden, you, 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 (maiden, you, 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:pg27200:211:198 # text = "'Take that,' they said, 'and then you'll know the higher dance, the most difficult turns and twists--that is to say, if you should find them necessary. 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 3 Take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 ccomp _ _ 4 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 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 _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 10 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 12 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 15 advmod _ _ 13 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 'll will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 15 aux _ _ 15 know know VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 conj _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 17 higher high ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 18 amod _ _ 18 dance dance NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 21 most most ADV RBS Degree=Sup 22 advmod _ _ 22 difficult difficult ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 amod _ _ 23 turns turn NOUN NNS Number=Plur 18 nmod _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 25 twists twist VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 15 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 26 -- -- PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 27 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 30 nsubj:outer _ _ 28 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 30 cop _ _ 29 to to PART TO _ 30 mark _ _ 30 say say VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 32 if if SCONJ IN _ 35 mark _ _ 33 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 34 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 35 aux _ _ 35 find find VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 30 ccomp _ _ 36 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 obj _ _ 37 necessary necessary ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 38 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **take** *in a quote* | infinitive | | that | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent that=Theme | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | past | maiden | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **know** *in a quote* | future | you | the higher dance the difficult turns | | | then | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer dance=Stimulus | | 4 | **twist** *in a quote* | present | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **is** *in a quote* | present | that | | | | | say *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **find** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | should | you | maiden | | | | necessary *property* | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Topic | 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 197](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/211/197/) - next →: [sentence 199](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/211/199/) - ↑ 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/)