--- title: Well," thought he, "this is charming; by day I sit in a police-offic… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: Well," thought he, "this is charming; by day I sit in a police-office, amongst the dryest law papers, and at night I can dream that I am a lark, flying about in the gardens of Fredericksburg. Who acts: this, I. A sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. 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C. Andersen, The Clerk's Transformation. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (this, I), 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:pg27200:44:88 # text = Well," thought he, "this is charming; by day I sit in a police-office, amongst the dryest law papers, and at night I can dream that I am a lark, flying about in the gardens of Fredericksburg. 1 Well well INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 3 " " PUNCT `` _ 4 punct _ _ 4 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 7 " " PUNCT `` _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 10 nsubj _ _ 9 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 aux _ _ 10 charming charm VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 4 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ; ; PUNCT : _ 15 punct _ _ 12 by by ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ _ 14 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 15 sit sit VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 16 in in ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 17 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 18 police police NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 19 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 18 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 20 office office NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 22 amongst amongst ADP IN _ 24 mark _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 dryest dry VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 15 conj _ _ 25 law law NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 compound _ _ 26 papers paper NOUN NNS Number=Plur 24 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 29 at at ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 30 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obl _ _ 31 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 32 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 33 aux _ _ 33 dream dream VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 conj _ _ 34 that that SCONJ IN _ 38 mark _ _ 35 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 36 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 38 cop _ _ 37 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 lark lark NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 40 flying fly VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 33 advcl _ _ 41 about about ADV RB _ 40 advmod _ _ 42 in in ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 gardens garden NOUN NNS Number=Plur 40 obl _ _ 45 of of ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 46 Fredericksburg Fredericksburg PROPN NNP Number=Sing 44 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **think** *speech: other* *in a quote* | past | | nature | | | | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent he=Attribute clause=Theme | | 2 | **charm** | present · progressive | this | | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | | 3 | **sit** | present | I | | | a police office | day | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in office=Location | | 4 | **dry** | present | I *not said here* | law papers | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Patient paper=Result | | 5 | **dream** | can | I | | | | night | | vn cognize-85 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **is a** | present | I | a lark | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **fly** | gerund | I *not said here* | | | the gardens of Fredericksburg | | about *property* | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in garden=Location | 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. 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