--- title: "'What an interesting way you have of relating a story,' said the ca… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: "'What an interesting way you have of relating a story,' said the carpet-broom; 'it is easy to perceive that you have been a great deal in women's society, there is something so pure runs through what you say.' Who acts: you, interesting way, something. 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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 (you, interesting way, something), 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:pg27200:35:59 # text = "'What an interesting way you have of relating a story,' said the carpet-broom; 'it is easy to perceive that you have been a great deal in women's society, there is something so pure runs through what you say.' 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 3 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 15 nsubj:outer _ _ 4 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 interesting interesting ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 7 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 8 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 acl:relcl _ _ 9 of of SCONJ IN _ 10 mark _ _ 10 relating relate VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 6 acl _ _ 11 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 story story NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ 15 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 17 carpet carpet NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 18 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 17 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 19 broom broom NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 20 ; ; PUNCT : _ 24 punct _ _ 21 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 24 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 22 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 expl _ _ 23 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 24 cop _ _ 24 easy easy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 ccomp _ _ 25 to to PART TO _ 26 mark _ _ 26 perceive perceive VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 24 csubj _ _ 27 that that SCONJ IN _ 33 mark _ _ 28 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 29 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 33 aux _ _ 30 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 33 cop _ _ 31 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 32 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 33 amod _ _ 33 deal deal NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 ccomp _ _ 34 in in ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 35 women woman NOUN NNS Number=Plur 37 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 36 's 's PART POS _ 35 case _ _ 37 society society NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 39 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 40 expl _ _ 40 is be VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 24 conj _ _ 41 something something PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 44 nsubj _ _ 42 so so ADV RB _ 43 advmod _ _ 43 pure pure ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 41 amod _ _ 44 runs run VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 40 ccomp _ _ 45 through through ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 46 what what PRON WP PronType=Rel 44 obl _ _ 47 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 48 nsubj _ _ 48 say say VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 46 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 49 . . PUNCT . _ 24 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 50 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 24 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** *in a quote* | present | you | a interesting way *not said here* | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent way=Patient | | 2 | **relate** *in a quote* | gerund | a interesting way *not said here* | a story | | | | | vn involve-107.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent story=Theme | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | past | | the carpet broom | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent broom=Topic | | 4 | **is** *in a quote* | present | | | | | | easy *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **perceive** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | | 6 | **is a** *in a quote* | present · perfect | you | a great deal | | women's society | | | tree rules | | 7 | **be** *in a quote* | present | | | | there | | | tree rules | | 8 | **run** *in a quote* | present | something | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme through what=Trajectory | | 9 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | present | you | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: 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 58](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/35/58/) - next →: [sentence 60](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/35/60/) - ↑ back to [The Flying Trunk](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/35/)