--- title: The Skipjack said nothing, but it was said of him that he thought al… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: The Skipjack said nothing, but it was said of him that he thought all the more; and directly the Yard Dog had smelt at him he was ready to assert that the Skipjack was of good family, and formed from the breastbone of an undoubted goose. Who acts: Skipjack, Grasshopper, Yard Dog. 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C. Andersen, The Jumper. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Skipjack, Grasshopper, Yard Dog), 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:pg27200:68:12 # text = The Skipjack said nothing, but it was said of him that he thought all the more; and directly the Yard Dog had smelt at him he was ready to assert that the Skipjack was of good family, and formed from the breastbone of an undoubted goose. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Skipjack skipjack NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 3 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 6 but but CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 7 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 8 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 aux:pass _ _ 9 said say VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 conj _ _ 10 of of ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 obl _ _ 12 that that SCONJ IN _ 14 mark _ _ 13 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 14 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 advcl _ _ 15 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 17 det:predet _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 14 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 18 ; ; PUNCT : _ 24 punct _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 20 directly directly ADV RB _ 24 advmod _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 22 Yard Yard PROPN NNP Number=Sing 23 compound _ _ 23 Dog Dog PROPN NNP _ 24 nsubj _ _ 24 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 advcl _ _ 25 smelt smelt NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obj _ _ 26 at at ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 27 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 obl _ _ 28 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 29 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 cop _ _ 30 ready ready ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 ccomp _ _ 31 to to PART TO _ 32 mark _ _ 32 assert assert VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 30 xcomp _ _ 33 that that SCONJ IN _ 39 mark _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 Skipjack Skipjack PROPN NNP Number=Sing 39 nsubj _ _ 36 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 39 cop _ _ 37 of of ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 amod _ _ 39 family family NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 41 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 42 formed form VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 conj _ _ 43 from from ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 breastbone breastbone NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obl _ _ 46 of of ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 47 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 48 undoubted undoubt VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 49 amod _ _ 49 goose goose NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 50 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the Skipjack | nothing | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent nothing=Topic | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past · passive | | Skipjack | | | | of Grasshopper | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: subject=Topic | | 3 | **think** *speech: other* | past | Grasshopper | | | | | | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **have** | past | the Yard Dog | smelt | | | | at Grasshopper; directly *property* | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent smelt=Patient | | 5 | **is** | past | Grasshopper | | | | | ready *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **assert** | to-infinitive | Grasshopper *not said here* | | | | | | vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **is** | past | the Skipjack | | | | | of good family | tree rules | | 8 | **form** | participle | the Skipjack *not said here* | | | the breastbone of a undoubted goose | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 9 | **undoubt** | participle | | | | | | | 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 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/68/11/) - next →: [sentence 13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/68/13/) - ↑ back to [The Jumper](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/68/)