--- title: "Really," he said, turning to the weavers, "your cloth has our most… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: "Really," he said, turning to the weavers, "your cloth has our most gracious approval;" and nodding contentedly he looked at the empty loom, for he did not like to say that he saw nothing. Who acts: thing, cloth, our. A sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. 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C. Andersen, The Emperor's New Suit. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (thing, cloth, our), 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:pg27200:32:53 # text = "Really," he said, turning to the weavers, "your cloth has our most gracious approval;" and nodding contentedly he looked at the empty loom, for he did not like to say that he saw nothing. 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Really really ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 " " PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ 5 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 6 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 8 turning turn VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 6 advcl _ _ 9 to to ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 weavers weaver NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 13 " " PUNCT `` _ 16 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 15 nmod:poss _ _ 15 cloth cloth NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nsubj _ _ 16 has have VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 advcl _ _ 17 our our PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 20 nmod:poss _ _ 18 most most ADV RBS Degree=Sup 19 advmod _ _ 19 gracious gracious ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 amod _ _ 20 approval approval NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 21 ; ; PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 22 " " PUNCT '' _ 6 punct _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 24 nodding nod VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 27 csubj _ _ 25 contentedly contentedly ADV RB _ 24 advmod _ _ 26 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 27 looked look VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 28 at at ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 30 empty empty ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 amod _ _ 31 loom loom NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 33 for for SCONJ IN _ 37 mark _ _ 34 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 35 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 37 aux _ _ 36 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 37 advmod _ _ 37 like like VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 27 conj _ _ 38 to to PART TO _ 39 mark _ _ 39 say say VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 37 xcomp _ _ 40 that that SCONJ IN _ 42 mark _ _ 41 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 42 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 39 ccomp _ _ 43 nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 42 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | thing | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **turn** | gerund | thing *not said here* | | | the weavers | | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme to weaver=Trajectory | | 3 | **have** *in a quote* | present | your cloth | our gracious approval | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent approval=Patient | | 4 | **nod** | gerund | | | | | | contentedly *property* | vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **look** | past | thing | | | | | at the empty loom | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at loom=Theme | | 6 | **not** **like** | past · do-support | thing | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 7 | **say** *speech: assert* *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | thing *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 8 | **see** | past | thing | nothing | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer nothing=Stimulus | | 9 | **approve** *in a quote* | | our | | | | | | nom approval «act transitive»: poss=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. 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