--- title: How delightful it must be to live there," said Babette, who again fe… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: How delightful it must be to live there," said Babette, who again felt the greatest wish to visit the island; and an opportunity offered to gratify her wish at once, for on the shore lay a boat, and the rope by which it was moored could be very easily loosened. Who acts: island, Babette, rope. 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C. Andersen, XV. the Conclusion. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (island, Babette, rope), 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:pg27200:66:6 # text = How delightful it must be to live there," said Babette, who again felt the greatest wish to visit the island; and an opportunity offered to gratify her wish at once, for on the shore lay a boat, and the rope by which it was moored could be very easily loosened. 1 How how ADV WRB PronType=Int 2 advmod _ _ 2 delightful delightful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 advmod _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 4 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 5 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 7 cop _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 7 live live VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 ccomp _ _ 8 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 7 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 " " PUNCT '' _ 7 punct _ _ 11 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 12 Babette Babette PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 14 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 16 nsubj _ _ 15 again again ADV RB _ 16 advmod _ _ 16 felt feel VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 acl:relcl _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 18 greatest great ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 19 amod _ _ 19 wish wish NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obj _ _ 20 to to PART TO _ 21 mark _ _ 21 visit visit VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 16 advcl _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 island island NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 24 ; ; PUNCT : _ 25 punct _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 26 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 opportunity opportunity NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 appos _ _ 28 offered offer VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 27 acl _ _ 29 to to PART TO _ 30 mark _ _ 30 gratify gratify VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 28 xcomp _ _ 31 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 32 nmod:poss _ _ 32 wish wish NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obj _ _ 33 at at ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 34 once once ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 30 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 36 for for SCONJ IN _ 40 mark _ _ 37 on on ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 shore shore NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obl _ _ 40 lay lay VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 30 parataxis _ _ 41 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 boat boat NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 56 punct _ _ 44 and and CCONJ CC _ 56 cc _ _ 45 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 rope rope NOUN NN Number=Sing 56 nsubj:pass _ _ 47 by by ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 48 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 51 obl _ _ 49 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 51 nsubj:pass _ _ 50 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 51 aux:pass _ _ 51 moored moor VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 46 acl:relcl _ _ 52 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 56 aux _ _ 53 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 56 aux:pass _ _ 54 very very ADV RB _ 55 advmod _ _ 55 easily easily ADV RB _ 56 advmod _ _ 56 loosened loosen VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 40 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 57 . . PUNCT . _ 11 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | must | island | | | there | | live *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | past | Babette | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **feel** *in a quote* | past | Babette | the greatest wish | | | again | | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wish=Theme | | 4 | **visit** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | Babette *not said here* | the island | | | | | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent island=Co-Agent | | 5 | **offer** *in a quote* | participle | | a opportunity *not said here* | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **gratify** *not said to happen, in a quote* | to-infinitive | | Babette's wish | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus wish=Experiencer | | 7 | **lay** *in a quote* | present | | a boat | | the shore | | | vn put\_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent boat=Theme on shore=Destination | | 8 | **moor** *in a quote* | past · passive | the rope | island | | | | | vn pocket-9.10-1 «NP V ADVP»: agent=Theme subject=Destination | | 9 | **loosen** *in a quote* | could · passive | | the rope | | | | easily *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: subject=Patient | | 10 | **wish** *in a quote* | | Babette | | | | | | nom wish «feeling intransitive»: poss=agent | 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 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/66/5/) - next →: [sentence 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/66/7/) - ↑ back to [XV. the Conclusion](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/66/)