--- title: "The letter written by you to your father I have read, and see from… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: "The letter written by you to your father I have read, and see from it that you are prosperous in everything, and that still better fortune is in store for you. Who acts: Ib, letter, you, better fortune. A sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. 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Andersen, Ib and Little Christina. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Ib, letter, you, better fortune), 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:pg27200:51:132 # text = "The letter written by you to your father I have read, and see from it that you are prosperous in everything, and that still better fortune is in store for you. 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 15 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 letter letter NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nsubj _ _ 4 written write VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 acl _ _ 5 by by ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 4 obl _ _ 7 to to ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 9 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 10 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 11 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 12 aux _ _ 12 read read VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 9 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 15 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 16 from from ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 17 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 obl _ _ 18 that that SCONJ IN _ 21 mark _ _ 19 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 20 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 21 cop _ _ 21 prosperous prosperous ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 obl _ _ 22 in in ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 23 everything everything PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Tot 21 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 26 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 29 det _ _ 27 still still ADV RB _ 28 advmod _ _ 28 better good ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 29 amod _ _ 29 fortune fortune NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 nsubj _ _ 30 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 32 cop _ _ 31 in in ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 32 store store NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 parataxis _ _ 33 for for ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 34 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 32 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 35 . . PUNCT . _ 15 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **write** *in a quote* | participle | | the letter *not said here* | your father | | | by you | vn lecture-37.11-1 «NP V PP.recipient PP.topic»: agent=Agent to father=Recipient | | 2 | **read** *in a quote* | present · perfect | Ib | your father *not said here* | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent father=Topic | | 3 | **see** *in a quote* | infinitive | the letter | | | word | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 4 | **is** *in a quote* | present | you | | | everything | | prosperous *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **is** *in a quote* | present | that better fortune | | | store | | for you | 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 131](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/51/131/) - next →: [sentence 133](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/51/133/) - ↑ back to [Ib and Little Christina](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/51/)