--- title: His uncle said that Rudy, in a very few years, would become a clever… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: His uncle said that Rudy, in a very few years, would become a clever hunter, he had quite a talent for it; he taught the boy to hold a gun properly, and to load and fire it. Who acts: uncle, Rudy. A sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. 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C. Andersen, III. the Uncle. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (uncle, Rudy), 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:pg27200:54:24 # text = His uncle said that Rudy, in a very few years, would become a clever hunter, he had quite a talent for it; he taught the boy to hold a gun properly, and to load and fire it. 1 His his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 2 nmod:poss _ _ 2 uncle uncle NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 that that SCONJ IN _ 14 mark _ _ 5 Rudy Rudy PROPN NNP Number=Sing 14 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 7 in in ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 8 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 9 very very ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 10 few few ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 years year NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 13 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 14 aux _ _ 14 become become VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 ccomp _ _ 15 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 16 clever clever ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 amod _ _ 17 hunter hunter NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 19 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 20 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 21 quite quite DET PDT PronType=Ind 23 det:predet _ _ 22 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 talent talent NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obj _ _ 24 for for ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 25 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 26 ; ; PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 27 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 28 taught teach VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 boy boy NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obj _ _ 31 to to PART TO _ 32 mark _ _ 32 hold hold VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 28 xcomp _ _ 33 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 gun gun NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obj _ _ 35 properly properly ADV RB _ 32 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 38 to to PART TO _ 39 mark _ _ 39 load load VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 conj _ _ 40 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 41 fire fire NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 conj _ _ 42 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | uncle's uncle | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **become** | would | Rudy | a clever hunter | | | | | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient | | 3 | **have** | past | uncle | quite talent | | | | for talent | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent talent=Patient | | 4 | **teach** *speech: other* | past | uncle | | the boy | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent boy=Recipient clause=Topic | | 5 | **hold** | to-infinitive | uncle *not said here* | a gun | | | | properly *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent gun=Theme | | 6 | **load** | to-infinitive | uncle's uncle *not said here* | talent | | | | | vn spray-9.7-2 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent it=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 23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/54/23/) - next →: [sentence 25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/54/25/) - ↑ back to [III. the Uncle](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/54/)