--- title: "Yes, that's better and more agreeable," the man replied, "for then… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: "Yes, that's better and more agreeable," the man replied, "for then we shall escape from the newspapers, and not be tied up by them, which is just as uncomfortable as for a Will-o'-the-Wisp to lie in decaying wood, to have to gleam, and not to be able to stir." Who acts: that, man, we, newspapers. 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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 (that, man, we, newspapers), 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:pg27200:211:215 # text = "Yes, that's better and more agreeable," the man replied, "for then we shall escape from the newspapers, and not be tied up by them, which is just as uncomfortable as for a Will-o'-the-Wisp to lie in decaying wood, to have to gleam, and not to be able to stir." 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 6 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 4 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 6 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 6 better good ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 0 root _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 8 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 9 advmod _ _ 9 agreeable agreeable ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 " " PUNCT `` _ 14 punct _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nsubj _ _ 14 replied reply VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 16 " " PUNCT `` _ 21 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 17 for for ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 18 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 21 obl _ _ 19 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 20 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 21 aux _ _ 21 escape escape VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 14 ccomp _ _ 22 from from ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 newspapers newspaper NOUN NNS Number=Plur 21 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 27 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 29 advmod _ _ 28 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 29 aux:pass _ _ 29 tied tie VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 21 parataxis _ _ 30 up up ADP RP _ 29 compound:prt _ _ 31 by by ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 32 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 34 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 38 nsubj _ _ 35 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 38 cop _ _ 36 just just ADV RB _ 38 advmod _ _ 37 as as ADV RB _ 38 advmod _ _ 38 uncomfortable uncomfortable ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 conj _ _ 39 as as ADP IN ExtPos=ADP 45 case _ _ 40 for for ADP IN _ 39 fixed _ _ 41 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 42 Will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 45 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 43 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 45 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 44 o of ADP IN Abbr=Yes 45 case _ SpaceAfter=No 45 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 38 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 46 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 49 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 47 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 49 det _ SpaceAfter=No 48 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 47 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 49 Wisp wisp NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 appos _ _ 50 to to PART TO _ 51 mark _ _ 51 lie lie VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 49 acl _ _ 52 in in SCONJ IN _ 53 mark _ _ 53 decaying decay VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 51 advcl _ _ 54 wood wood NOUN NN Number=Sing 53 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 55 , , PUNCT , _ 57 punct _ _ 56 to to PART TO _ 57 mark _ _ 57 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 51 conj _ _ 58 to to PART TO _ 59 mark _ _ 59 gleam gleam VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 57 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 60 , , PUNCT , _ 65 punct _ _ 61 and and CCONJ CC _ 65 cc _ _ 62 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 65 advmod _ _ 63 to to PART TO _ 65 mark _ _ 64 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 65 cop _ _ 65 able able ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 57 parataxis _ _ 66 to to PART TO _ 67 mark _ _ 67 stir stir VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 65 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 68 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 69 " " PUNCT '' _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** *in a quote* | present | that | | | | | good *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **be** *in a quote* | | that *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **reply** *speech: assert* | past | the man | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **escape** *in a quote* | shall | we | | | the newspapers | | | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from newspaper=Initial\_Location | | 5 | **not** **tie up** *in a quote* | infinitive · passive | newspapers *= newspaper* | | | | | | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V ADVP-Middle»: agent=Patient | | 6 | **is** *in a quote* | present | | | | | | uncomfortable *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **lie** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **decay** *in a quote* | gerund | | wood | | | | | tree rules | | 9 | **have** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | | | | | | | tree rules | | 10 | **gleam** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 11 | **not** **is** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | | | | | | able *property* | tree rules | | 12 | **stir** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | 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 214](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/211/214/) - next →: [sentence 216](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/211/216/) - ↑ 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/)