--- title: Waldemar Daa wanted to build a noble ship, a man-of-war, a three-dec… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: Waldemar Daa wanted to build a noble ship, a man-of-war, a three-decker, which the king would be sure to buy; and these, the trees of the wood, the landmark of the seamen, the refuge of the birds, must be felled. Who acts: Waldemar, king. 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C. Andersen, The Story of the Wind. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Waldemar, king), 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:pg27200:212:47 # text = Waldemar Daa wanted to build a noble ship, a man-of-war, a three-decker, which the king would be sure to buy; and these, the trees of the wood, the landmark of the seamen, the refuge of the birds, must be felled. 1 Waldemar Waldemar PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 2 Daa Daa PROPN NNP Number=Sing 1 flat _ _ 3 wanted want VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 to to PART TO _ 5 mark _ _ 5 build build VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 xcomp _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 noble noble ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 ship ship NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 10 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 15 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 of of ADP IN _ 15 case _ SpaceAfter=No 14 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 war war NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 17 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 18 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 20 nummod _ SpaceAfter=No 19 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 18 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 20 decker decker NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 22 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 27 ccomp _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 nsubj _ _ 25 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 27 aux _ _ 26 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 27 cop _ _ 27 sure sure ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 parataxis _ _ 28 to to PART TO _ 29 mark _ _ 29 buy buy VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 27 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 30 ; ; PUNCT : _ 54 punct _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 54 cc _ _ 32 these this DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 35 det _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 trees tree NOUN NNS Number=Plur 54 nsubj:pass _ _ 36 of of ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 wood wood NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 landmark landmark NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 conj _ _ 42 of of ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 seamen seaman NOUN NNS Number=Plur 41 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 45 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 46 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 47 refuge refuge NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 conj _ _ 48 of of ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 49 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 50 det _ _ 50 birds bird NOUN NNS Number=Plur 47 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 51 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 52 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 54 aux _ _ 53 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 54 aux:pass _ _ 54 felled fell VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 55 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **want** | past | Waldemar | | | | | of war and a three decker | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 2 | **build** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | Waldemar *not said here* | a noble ship | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset ship=Product | | 3 | **is** | would | the king | | | | | sure *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **buy** | to-infinitive | the king *not said here* | | | | | | vn accept-77.1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **fell** | must · passive | | this trees of the wood and the landmark of the seamen and the refuge of the birds | | | | | tree rules | 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 46](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/212/46/) - next →: [sentence 48](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/212/48/) - ↑ back to [The Story of the Wind](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/212/)