--- title: They will be very proud when they find that I am going to marry a Tu… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: They will be very proud when they find that I am going to marry a Turkish angel; but you must think of some very pretty stories to tell them, for my parents like to hear stories better than anything. Who acts: thoughts, I, you, parents. A sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. 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C. Andersen, The Flying Trunk. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (thoughts, I, you, parents), 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:pg27200:35:25 # text = They will be very proud when they find that I am going to marry a Turkish angel; but you must think of some very pretty stories to tell them, for my parents like to hear stories better than anything. 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 2 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 3 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 5 cop _ _ 4 very very ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 proud proud ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 6 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 8 advmod _ _ 7 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 8 find find VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 9 that that SCONJ IN _ 12 mark _ _ 10 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 11 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 12 aux _ _ 12 going go VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 8 ccomp _ _ 13 to to PART TO _ 14 mark _ _ 14 marry marry VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 xcomp _ _ 15 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 16 Turkish Turkish ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 amod _ _ 17 angel angel NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 18 ; ; PUNCT : _ 22 punct _ _ 19 but but CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 20 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 21 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 22 aux _ _ 22 think think VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 conj _ _ 23 of of ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 24 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 27 det _ _ 25 very very ADV RB _ 26 advmod _ _ 26 pretty pretty ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 amod _ _ 27 stories story NOUN NNS Number=Plur 22 obl _ _ 28 to to PART TO _ 29 mark _ _ 29 tell tell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 22 advcl _ _ 30 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 iobj _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 32 for for SCONJ IN _ 37 mark _ _ 33 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 34 nmod:poss _ _ 34 parents parent NOUN NNS Number=Plur 37 nsubj _ _ 35 like like SCONJ IN _ 37 mark _ _ 36 to to PART TO _ 37 mark _ _ 37 hear hear VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 29 conj _ _ 38 stories story NOUN NNS Number=Plur 37 obj _ _ 39 better well ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 37 advmod _ _ 40 than than ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 41 anything anything PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 39 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | future | thoughts *= thought* | | | | | proud *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **find** | present | thoughts *= thought* | | | | | | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 3 | **go** | present · progressive | I | | | | | | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **marry** | to-infinitive | I *not said here* | a Turkish angel | | | | | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent angel=Patient | | 5 | **think** *speech: other* | must | you | | | | | of some pretty stories | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **tell** *speech: assert* | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | | thoughts *= thought* | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent they=Recipient | | 7 | **hear** | to-infinitive | my parents | stories | | | | well *property* | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer story=Stimulus | 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 24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/35/24/) - next →: [sentence 26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/35/26/) - ↑ back to [The Flying Trunk](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/35/)