--- title: "Of course I know," replied the cask: "poetry is something that alwa… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: "Of course I know," replied the cask: "poetry is something that always stand in the corner of a newspaper, and is sometimes cut out; and I may venture to affirm that I have more of it in me than the student has, and I am only a poor tub of the huckster's." Who acts: cask, poetry, student. 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C. Andersen, The Goblin and the Huckster. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (cask, poetry, student), 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:pg27200:38:19 # text = "Of course I know," replied the cask: "poetry is something that always stand in the corner of a newspaper, and is sometimes cut out; and I may venture to affirm that I have more of it in me than the student has, and I am only a poor tub of the huckster's." 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Of of ADP IN ExtPos=ADV 5 advmod _ _ 3 course course NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 fixed _ _ 4 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 know know VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 " " PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ 8 replied reply VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 cask cask NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 : : PUNCT : _ 15 punct _ _ 12 " " PUNCT `` _ 15 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 poetry poetry NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nsubj _ _ 14 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 15 cop _ _ 15 something something PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 8 obl _ _ 16 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 18 obj _ _ 17 always always ADV RB PronType=Tot 18 advmod _ _ 18 stand stand VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 15 acl:relcl _ _ 19 in in ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 corner corner NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obl _ _ 22 of of ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 newspaper newspaper NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 27 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 29 aux:pass _ _ 28 sometimes sometimes ADV RB PronType=Ind 29 advmod _ _ 29 cut cut VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 18 conj _ _ 30 out out ADP RP _ 29 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 31 ; ; PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 33 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 34 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 35 aux _ _ 35 venture venture VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 18 conj _ _ 36 to to PART TO _ 37 mark _ _ 37 affirm affirm VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 35 xcomp _ _ 38 that that SCONJ IN _ 40 mark _ _ 39 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 40 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 37 advcl _ _ 41 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 40 obj _ _ 42 of of ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 43 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 nmod _ _ 44 in in ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 45 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 37 obl _ _ 46 than than SCONJ IN _ 49 mark _ _ 47 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 48 student student NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 nsubj _ _ 49 has have VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 37 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 50 , , PUNCT , _ 57 punct _ _ 51 and and CCONJ CC _ 57 cc _ _ 52 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 57 nsubj _ _ 53 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 57 cop _ _ 54 only only ADV RB _ 57 advmod _ _ 55 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 57 det _ _ 56 poor poor ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 57 amod _ _ 57 tub tub NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obl _ _ 58 of of ADP IN _ 60 case _ _ 59 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 60 det _ _ 60 huckster huckster NOUN NN Number=Sing 57 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 61 's 's PART POS _ 60 case _ SpaceAfter=No 62 . . PUNCT . _ 15 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 63 " " PUNCT '' _ 15 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **know** *in a quote* | present | the cask *= cask* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 2 | **reply** *speech: assert* | past | the cask | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | poetry | something | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **stand** *in a quote* | present | | | | the corner of a newspaper | | always *property* | vn put\_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent that=Theme in corner=Destination | | 5 | **cut out** *in a quote* | present · passive | | | | | | sometimes *property* | vn stop-55.4-1 «NP.eventuality V» | | 6 | **venture** *in a quote* | may | the cask *= cask* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 7 | **affirm** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | the cask *= cask* *not said here* | | | | | in the cask *= cask* | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer | | 8 | **have** *in a quote* | present | the cask *= cask* | more of poetry | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent more=Patient | | 9 | **have** *in a quote* | present | the student | | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 10 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | the cask *= cask* | a poor tub | | | | of the huckster | tree rules | 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 18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/38/18/) - next →: [sentence 20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/38/20/) - ↑ back to [The Goblin and the Huckster](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/38/)