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title: We must have all the old demons of the first class, with tails, and… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics
description: We must have all the old demons of the first class, with tails, and the hobgoblins and imps; and then I think we ought not to leave out the death-horse, or the grave-pig, or even the church dwarf, although they do belong to the clergy, and are not reckoned among our people; but that is merely their 
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# Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen, The Elfin Hill, sentence 19

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We must have all the old demons of the first class, with tails, and the hobgoblins and imps; and then I think we ought not to leave out the death-horse, or the grave-pig, or even the church dwarf, although they do belong to the clergy, and are not reckoned among our people; but that is merely their office, they are nearly related to us, and visit us very frequently."

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**Who acts:** We, hobgoblins, that · **What happens:** have, think, not leave out, belong, not reckon, be · **To what, where:** old demons, death horse, office, us · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is a sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. 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 (We, hobgoblins, that), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**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:pg27200:31:19
# text = We must have all the old demons of the first class, with tails, and the hobgoblins and imps; and then I think we ought not to leave out the death-horse, or the grave-pig, or even the church dwarf, although they do belong to the clergy, and are not reckoned among our people; but that is merely their office, they are nearly related to us, and visit us very frequently."
1	We	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	have	have	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	7	det:predet	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	demons	demon	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	first	first	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	11	amod	_	_
11	class	class	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
13	with	with	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	tails	tail	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	25	punct	_	_
16	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	25	cc	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	hobgoblins	hobgoblin	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	25	nsubj	_	_
19	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	20	cc	_	_
20	imps	imp	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	18	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	25	punct	_	_
22	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	25	cc	_	_
23	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	25	advmod	_	_
24	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	25	nsubj	_	_
25	think	think	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	parataxis	_	_
26	we	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	30	nsubj	_	_
27	ought	ought	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	30	aux	_	_
28	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	30	advmod	_	_
29	to	to	PART	TO	_	30	mark	_	_
30	leave	leave	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	25	ccomp	_	_
31	out	out	ADP	RP	_	30	compound:prt	_	_
32	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	35	det	_	_
33	death	death	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	35	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
34	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	33	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
35	horse	horse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	30	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
36	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	41	punct	_	_
37	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	41	cc	_	_
38	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	41	det	_	_
39	grave	grave	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	41	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
40	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	39	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
41	pig	pig	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	30	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
42	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	47	punct	_	_
43	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	47	cc	_	_
44	even	even	ADV	RB	_	47	advmod	_	_
45	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	47	det	_	_
46	church	church	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	47	compound	_	_
47	dwarf	dwarf	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	41	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
48	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	52	punct	_	_
49	although	although	SCONJ	IN	_	52	mark	_	_
50	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	52	nsubj	_	_
51	do	do	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	52	aux	_	_
52	belong	belong	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	30	parataxis	_	_
53	to	to	ADP	IN	_	55	case	_	_
54	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	55	det	_	_
55	clergy	clergy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	52	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
56	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	60	punct	_	_
57	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	60	cc	_	_
58	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	60	aux:pass	_	_
59	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	60	advmod	_	_
60	reckoned	reckon	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	52	conj	_	_
61	among	among	ADP	IN	_	63	case	_	_
62	our	our	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	63	nmod:poss	_	_
63	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	60	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
64	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	70	punct	_	_
65	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	70	cc	_	_
66	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	70	nsubj	_	_
67	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	70	cop	_	_
68	merely	merely	ADV	RB	_	70	advmod	_	_
69	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	70	nmod:poss	_	_
70	office	office	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	25	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
71	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	75	punct	_	_
72	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	75	nsubj	_	_
73	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	75	cop	_	_
74	nearly	nearly	ADV	RB	_	75	advmod	_	_
75	related	related	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	70	parataxis	_	_
76	to	to	ADP	IN	_	77	case	_	_
77	us	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	75	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
78	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	80	punct	_	_
79	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	80	cc	_	_
80	visit	visit	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	75	conj	_	_
81	us	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	80	obj	_	_
82	very	very	ADV	RB	_	83	advmod	_	_
83	frequently	frequently	ADV	RB	_	80	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
84	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	70	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
85	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	70	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | must | We | all old demons of the first class and tails |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent demon=Patient |
| 2 | **think** *speech: other* | present | the hobgoblins and imps |  |  |  | then |  | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme |
| 3 | **not** **leave out** | ought | we | the death horse |  |  |  | the grave pig *obl* | vn neglect-75.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent horse=Theme |
| 4 | **belong** | present · do-support | hobgoblins *= hobgoblin* |  |  |  |  | to the clergy | vn attend-107.4-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme |
| 5 | **not** **reckon** | present · passive | hobgoblins *= hobgoblin* *not said here* |  |  |  |  | among our people | vn consider-29.9-1 «NP V how S» |
| 6 | **is a** | present | that | hobgoblins's office |  |  |  | merely *property* | tree rules |
| 7 | **is** | present | hobgoblins *= hobgoblin* |  | us |  |  | nearly, related *property* | tree rules |
| 8 | **visit** | infinitive | hobgoblins *= hobgoblin* *not said here* | us |  |  |  | frequently *property* | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent we=Co-Agent |

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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.

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**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.

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