--- title: "I think what you once told me, the finest of all," he replied; "you… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: "I think what you once told me, the finest of all," he replied; "you told me of a thing that has never been out of my thoughts--of the good old custom of 'the bond of friendship,'--a custom I should like to follow. Who acts: I, you, radiance, thing. 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C. Andersen, The Shepherd's Story of the Bond of Friendship. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (I, you, radiance, thing), 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:pg27200:36:104 # text = "I think what you once told me, the finest of all," he replied; "you told me of a thing that has never been out of my thoughts--of the good old custom of 'the bond of friendship,'--a custom I should like to follow. 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 think think VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 7 obj _ _ 5 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 6 once once ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 7 advmod _ _ 7 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 ccomp _ _ 8 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 7 iobj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 finest fine ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 7 ccomp _ _ 12 of of ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 11 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 " " PUNCT `` _ 17 punct _ _ 16 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 17 replied reply VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 18 ; ; PUNCT : _ 21 punct _ _ 19 " " PUNCT `` _ 21 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 20 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 21 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 22 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 21 iobj _ _ 23 of of ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 thing thing NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ _ 26 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 27 nsubj _ _ 27 has have VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 25 acl:relcl _ _ 28 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 33 advmod _ _ 29 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 33 cop _ _ 30 out out ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 31 of of ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 33 nmod:poss _ _ 33 thoughts thought NOUN NNS Number=Plur 27 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 34 -- -- PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 35 of of ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 37 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 amod _ _ 38 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 amod _ _ 39 custom custom NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 appos _ _ 40 of of ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 41 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 43 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 bond bond NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 nmod _ _ 44 of of ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 45 friendship friendship NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 46 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 47 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 21 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 48 -- -- PUNCT , _ 53 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 49 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 50 det _ _ 50 custom custom NOUN NN Number=Sing 53 nsubj _ _ 51 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 53 nsubj _ _ 52 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 53 aux _ _ 53 like like VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 21 ccomp _ _ 54 to to PART TO _ 55 mark _ _ 55 follow follow VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 53 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 56 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **think** *speech: other* *in a quote* | present | I | | | | | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 2 | **tell** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | past | you | | me | | | once *property* | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent i=Recipient what=Topic | | 3 | **reply** *speech: assert* | past | radiance | | | | | | vn respond-113 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **tell** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | past | you | | me | | | of a thing | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent i=Recipient clause=Topic | | 5 | **have** *in a quote* | present | a thing | | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **not** **is** *in a quote* | participle | | | | my thoughts | | | tree rules | | 7 | **like** *in a quote* | should | a custom | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 8 | **follow** *not said to happen, in a quote* | to-infinitive | a custom *not said here* | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 9 | **bond** *in a quote* | | | friendship | | | | | nom bond «phenomenon 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 103](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/36/103/) - next →: [sentence 105](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/36/105/) - ↑ back to [The Shepherd's Story of the Bond of Friendship](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/36/)