--- title: "Now we shall be in the green shade," said the man, as he seated him… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: "Now we shall be in the green shade," said the man, as he seated himself under it, "and the tree will have the pleasure of hearing also, but I shall only relate one story; what shall it be? Who acts: we, green shade, man, tree. A sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. 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C. Andersen, The Fir Tree. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (we, green shade, man, tree), 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:pg27200:33:84 # text = "Now we shall be in the green shade," said the man, as he seated himself under it, "and the tree will have the pleasure of hearing also, but I shall only relate one story; what shall it be? 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 9 advmod _ _ 3 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 4 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ _ 5 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 9 cop _ _ 6 in in ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 8 green green ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 shade shade NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 " " PUNCT '' _ 9 punct _ _ 12 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 16 as as SCONJ IN _ 18 mark _ _ 17 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 18 seated seat VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 advcl _ _ 19 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 18 obj _ _ 20 under under ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 21 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 23 " " PUNCT '' _ 18 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 nsubj _ _ 27 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 28 aux _ _ 28 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 18 conj _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 pleasure pleasure NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obj _ _ 31 of of ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 32 hearing hearing NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 nmod _ _ 33 also also ADV RB _ 28 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 35 but but CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 36 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 37 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 39 aux _ _ 38 only only ADV RB _ 39 advmod _ _ 39 relate relate VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 parataxis _ _ 40 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 41 nummod _ _ 41 story story NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 42 ; ; PUNCT : _ 46 punct _ _ 43 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 46 obj _ _ 44 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 46 aux _ _ 45 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 46 nsubj _ _ 46 be be VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 39 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 47 ? ? PUNCT . _ 12 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** *in a quote* | shall | we | | | the green shade | now | | tree rules | | 2 | **say** *speech: ask* | past | the green shade | the man | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **seat** | past | man | man | | shade | | | vn fit-54.3 «NP.location V NP»: agent=Location himself=Value | | 4 | **have** *in a quote* | future | the tree | the pleasure of hearing | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pleasure=Patient | | 5 | **relate** *in a quote* | shall | the green shade *= shade* | one story | | | | | vn involve-107.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent story=Theme | | 6 | **be** *in a quote* | shall | shade | | | | | | vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot what=Theme | | 7 | **please** *in a quote* | | | hearing | | | | | nom pleasure «feeling transitive»: of=patient | 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 83](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/33/83/) - next →: [sentence 85](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/33/85/) - ↑ back to [The Fir Tree](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/33/)