--- title: "I'll be a soldier," said Peter; for he was still quite a little lad… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: "I'll be a soldier," said Peter; for he was still quite a little lad, and it seemed to him the finest thing in the world to carry a gun, and to be able to march one, two--one, two, and to wear a uniform and a sword. Who acts: soldier, it. 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C. Andersen, The Golden Treasure. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (soldier, it), 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:pg27200:39:43 # text = "I'll be a soldier," said Peter; for he was still quite a little lad, and it seemed to him the finest thing in the world to carry a gun, and to be able to march one, two--one, two, and to wear a uniform and a sword. 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 'll will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 4 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 6 cop _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 soldier soldier NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 " " PUNCT '' _ 6 punct _ _ 9 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 10 Peter Peter PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ; ; PUNCT : _ 19 punct _ _ 12 for for ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 13 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 14 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 cop _ _ 15 still still ADV RB _ 19 advmod _ _ 16 quite quite ADV RB _ 19 advmod _ _ 17 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 18 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 amod _ _ 19 lad lad NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 22 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 23 seemed seem VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 parataxis _ _ 24 to to ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 25 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 obl _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 27 finest fine ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 28 amod _ _ 28 thing thing NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obj _ _ 29 in in ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 world world NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 nmod _ _ 32 to to PART TO _ 33 mark _ _ 33 carry carry VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 23 advcl _ _ 34 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 gun gun NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 38 to to PART TO _ 40 mark _ _ 39 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 40 cop _ _ 40 able able ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 ccomp _ _ 41 to to PART TO _ 42 mark _ _ 42 march march VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 40 xcomp _ _ 43 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 42 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 44 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 45 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 43 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 46 -- -- PUNCT HYPH _ 47 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 47 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 45 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 48 , , PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 49 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 43 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 50 , , PUNCT , _ 53 punct _ _ 51 and and CCONJ CC _ 53 cc _ _ 52 to to PART TO _ 53 mark _ _ 53 wear wear VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 42 conj _ _ 54 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 55 det _ _ 55 uniform uniform NOUN NN Number=Sing 53 obj _ _ 56 and and CCONJ CC _ 58 cc _ _ 57 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 58 det _ _ 58 sword sword NOUN NN Number=Sing 55 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 59 . . PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** *in a quote* | future | a soldier *= soldier* | a soldier | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | a soldier | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **is** | past | soldier | | | | still | for a little lad | tree rules | | 4 | **seem** | past | it | the finest thing | soldier | the world | | | vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme thing=Attribute | | 5 | **carry** | to-infinitive | | a gun | | | | | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent gun=Theme | | 6 | **is** | to-infinitive | | | | | | able *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **march** | to-infinitive | | one | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme one=Trajectory | | 8 | **wear** | to-infinitive | | a uniform and a sword | | | | | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent uniform=Theme | 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 42](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/39/42/) - next →: [sentence 44](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/39/44/) - ↑ back to [The Golden Treasure](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/39/)