--- title: Then the King said, "The highest leap was taken by him who jumped up… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: Then the King said, "The highest leap was taken by him who jumped up to my daughter; for therein lies the point; but it requires head to achieve that, and the Skipjack has shown that he has a head." Who acts: King, point, Skipjack. A sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. 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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 (King, point, Skipjack), 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:pg27200:68:23 # text = Then the King said, "The highest leap was taken by him who jumped up to my daughter; for therein lies the point; but it requires head to achieve that, and the Skipjack has shown that he has a head." 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 4 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 6 " " PUNCT `` _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 8 highest high ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 9 amod _ _ 9 leap leap NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj:pass _ _ 10 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 aux:pass _ _ 11 taken take VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 conj _ _ 12 by by ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 obl _ _ 14 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 15 nsubj _ _ 15 jumped jump VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 conj _ _ 16 up up ADP RP _ 15 compound:prt _ _ 17 to to ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 19 nmod:poss _ _ 19 daughter daughter NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 20 ; ; PUNCT : _ 23 punct _ _ 21 for for ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 22 therein therein ADV RB _ 23 obl _ _ 23 lies lie VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 point point NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 26 ; ; PUNCT : _ 29 punct _ _ 27 but but CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 28 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 29 requires require VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 30 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obj _ _ 31 to to PART TO _ 32 mark _ _ 32 achieve achieve VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 29 xcomp _ _ 33 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 32 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 Skipjack Skipjack PROPN NNP Number=Sing 39 nsubj _ _ 38 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 39 aux _ _ 39 shown show VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 29 conj _ _ 40 that that SCONJ IN _ 42 mark _ _ 41 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 42 has have VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 39 ccomp _ _ 43 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 29 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 46 " " PUNCT '' _ 29 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the King | | | | then | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **take** *in a quote* | past · passive | King | the highest leap | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme | | 3 | **jump up** *in a quote* | past | | | | | | to my daughter *result* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to daughter=Result | | 4 | **lie** *in a quote* | present | the point | | | | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **require** *in a quote* | present | point | head | | | | | vn order-58.3-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent head=Recipient clause=Topic | | 6 | **achieve** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | point *not said here* | that | | | | | vn complete-55.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent that=Eventuality | | 7 | **show** *in a quote* | present · perfect | the Skipjack | | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 8 | **have** *in a quote* | present | King | a head | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent head=Patient | 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 22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/68/22/) - next →: [sentence 24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/68/24/) - ↑ back to [The Jumper](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/68/)