--- title: "Pardon me," said the counsellor, addressing the landlady, "I do not… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: "Pardon me," said the counsellor, addressing the landlady, "I do not feel quite well, and I should be much obliged if you will send for a fly to take me to Christian's Haven." Who acts: counsellor, you. A sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. 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C. Andersen, What Happened to the Counsellor. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (counsellor, you), 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:pg27200:41:58 # text = "Pardon me," said the counsellor, addressing the landlady, "I do not feel quite well, and I should be much obliged if you will send for a fly to take me to Christian's Haven." 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Pardon pardon VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 6 parataxis _ _ 3 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 2 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 " " PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ 6 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 counsellor counsellor NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 10 addressing address VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 6 advcl _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 landlady landlady NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 14 " " PUNCT `` _ 18 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 16 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 18 aux _ _ 17 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 18 advmod _ _ 18 feel feel VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 advcl _ _ 19 quite quite ADV RB _ 20 advmod _ _ 20 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 18 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 23 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 24 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 27 aux _ _ 25 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 27 aux:pass _ _ 26 much much ADV RB _ 27 advmod _ _ 27 obliged oblige VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 6 conj _ _ 28 if if SCONJ IN _ 31 mark _ _ 29 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 30 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 31 aux _ _ 31 send send VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 27 advcl _ _ 32 for for ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 fly fly NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl _ _ 35 to to PART TO _ 36 mark _ _ 36 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 31 advcl _ _ 37 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 36 obj _ _ 38 to to ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 39 Christian Christian PROPN NNP Number=Sing 41 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 40 's 's PART POS _ 39 case _ _ 41 Haven Haven PROPN NNP Number=Sing 36 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 43 " " PUNCT '' _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **pardon** *in a quote* | infinitive | | the counsellor *= counsellor* | | | | | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Theme | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the counsellor | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **address** | gerund | the counsellor *not said here* | the landlady | | | | | vn illustrate-25.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent landlady=Destination | | 4 | **not** **feel** *in a quote* | present · do-support | the counsellor *= counsellor* | | | | | well *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | | 5 | **oblige** *in a quote* | should · passive | | the counsellor *= counsellor* | | | | | vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | | 6 | **send** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | future | you | | | | | for a fly | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **take** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | the counsellor *= counsellor* | Christian's Haven | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent i=Theme to haven=Destination | 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 57](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/41/57/) - next →: [sentence 59](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/41/59/) - ↑ back to [What Happened to the Counsellor](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/41/)