--- title: The mayor sent for the boy to come to him, and promised to take care… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: The mayor sent for the boy to come to him, and promised to take care of him, but most cruelly added that it was a good thing that his mother was dead, for "she was good for nothing." Who acts: mayor, most, care, good thing. A sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. 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C. Andersen, She Was Good For Nothing. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (mayor, most, care, good 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:pg27200:46:161 # text = The mayor sent for the boy to come to him, and promised to take care of him, but most cruelly added that it was a good thing that his mother was dead, for "she was good for nothing." 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 mayor mayor NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 sent send VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 for for ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 boy boy NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 7 to to PART TO _ 8 mark _ _ 8 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 advcl _ _ 9 to to ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 13 promised promise VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 14 to to PART TO _ 15 mark _ _ 15 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 13 xcomp _ _ 16 care care NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obj _ _ 17 of of ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 18 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 20 but but CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 21 most most ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 23 nsubj _ _ 22 cruelly cruelly ADV RB _ 23 advmod _ _ 23 added add VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 24 that that SCONJ IN _ 29 mark _ _ 25 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 26 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 cop _ _ 27 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 28 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 amod _ _ 29 thing thing NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 ccomp _ _ 30 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 34 nsubj _ _ 31 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 32 nmod:poss _ _ 32 mother mother NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 nsubj _ _ 33 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 34 cop _ _ 34 dead dead ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 36 for for SCONJ IN _ 40 mark _ _ 37 " " PUNCT `` _ 40 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 38 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 39 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 40 cop _ _ 40 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 parataxis _ _ 41 for for ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 42 nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 40 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 44 " " PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **send** | past | the mayor | | | | | for the boy | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **come** | to-infinitive | the mayor *not said here* | | mayor | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to he=Initial\_Location | | 3 | **promise** *speech: promise* | past | the mayor *not said here* | | | | | | vn promise-37.13 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **take** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | the mayor *not said here* | care | | | | of mayor | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent care=Theme of he=Initial\_Location | | 5 | **add** *speech: assert* | past | most | | | | | cruelly *property* | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 6 | **is a** | past | care | a good thing | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **is** | past | a good thing | | | | | dead *property* | tree rules | | 8 | **is** *in a quote* | past | mother | | | | | for nothing; good *property* | 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. 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