--- title: "You are invited to the elf hill for this evening," said she; "but w… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: "You are invited to the elf hill for this evening," said she; "but will you do me a great favor and undertake the invitations? you ought to do something, for you have no housekeeping to attend to as I have. Who acts: maiden, you. A sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. 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C. Andersen, The Elfin Hill. 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), 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:pg27200:31:13 # text = "You are invited to the elf hill for this evening," said she; "but will you do me a great favor and undertake the invitations? you ought to do something, for you have no housekeeping to attend to as I have. 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 You you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux:pass _ _ 4 invited invite VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 14 ccomp _ _ 5 to to ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 elf elf NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 compound _ _ 8 hill hill NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 9 for for ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 11 det _ _ 11 evening evening NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 " " PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ 14 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 15 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 ; ; PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 17 " " PUNCT `` _ 18 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 18 but but CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 19 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 21 aux _ _ 20 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 21 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 14 ccomp _ _ 22 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 21 iobj _ _ 23 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 24 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 amod _ _ 25 favor favor NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obj _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 27 undertake undertake VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 21 conj _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 invitations invitation NOUN NNS Number=Plur 27 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 30 ? ? PUNCT . _ 14 punct _ _ 31 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 32 ought ought AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 34 aux _ _ 33 to to PART TO _ 34 mark _ _ 34 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 14 ccomp _ _ 35 something something PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 34 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 37 for for SCONJ IN _ 39 mark _ _ 38 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 39 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 34 parataxis _ _ 40 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 41 det _ _ 41 housekeeping housekeeping NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obj _ _ 42 to to PART TO _ 43 mark _ _ 43 attend attend VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 41 acl _ _ 44 to to ADP IN _ 43 obl _ _ 45 as as SCONJ IN _ 47 mark _ _ 46 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 47 nsubj _ _ 47 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 43 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 14 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **invite** *in a quote* | present · passive | | You | | | evening | to the elf hill | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Recipient | | 2 | **say** *speech: ask* | past | maiden | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **do** *in a quote* | future | you | a great favor | maiden | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **undertake** *in a quote* | infinitive | you *not said here* | the invitations | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent invitation=Eventuality | | 5 | **do** *in a quote* | ought | you | something | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent something=Eventuality | | 6 | **have** *in a quote* | present | you | no housekeeping | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent housekeeping=Patient | | 7 | **attend** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | no housekeeping *not said here* | | | | | vn caring-75.2-1-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **have** *in a quote* | present | maiden | | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: 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 12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/31/12/) - next →: [sentence 14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/31/14/) - ↑ back to [The Elfin Hill](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/31/)