--- title: She certainly might have asked more sensible questions; but if she h… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: She certainly might have asked more sensible questions; but if she had not been allowed to say just what she liked, would her daughter have been there, leaning so gracefully on her shoulder, and looking straight before her, with a smile that was almost mournful on her face? 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C. Andersen, Beauty of Form and Beauty of Mind. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (pope, daughter, smile), 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:pg27200:7:26 # text = She certainly might have asked more sensible questions; but if she had not been allowed to say just what she liked, would her daughter have been there, leaning so gracefully on her shoulder, and looking straight before her, with a smile that was almost mournful on her face? 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 2 certainly certainly ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 3 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 4 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 5 aux _ _ 5 asked ask VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 6 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 7 advmod _ _ 7 sensible sensible ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 questions question NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 ; ; PUNCT : _ 18 punct _ _ 10 but but CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 11 if if SCONJ IN _ 16 mark _ _ 12 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj:pass _ _ 13 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 aux _ _ 14 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 16 advmod _ _ 15 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 16 aux:pass _ _ 16 allowed allow VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 18 advcl _ _ 17 to to PART TO _ 18 mark _ _ 18 say say VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 conj _ _ 19 just just ADV RB _ 20 advmod _ _ 20 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 18 obj _ _ 21 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 22 liked like VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 24 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 26 aux _ _ 25 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 26 nmod:poss _ _ 26 daughter daughter NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 parataxis _ _ 27 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 29 aux _ _ 28 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 29 cop _ _ 29 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 26 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 31 leaning lean VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 18 advcl _ _ 32 so so ADV RB _ 33 advmod _ _ 33 gracefully gracefully ADV RB _ 31 advmod _ _ 34 on on ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 36 nmod:poss _ _ 36 shoulder shoulder NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 39 looking look VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 31 conj _ _ 40 straight straight ADV RB _ 39 advmod _ _ 41 before before ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 42 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 44 with with ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 45 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 smile smile NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obl _ _ 47 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 50 nsubj _ _ 48 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 50 cop _ _ 49 almost almost ADV RB _ 50 advmod _ _ 50 mournful mournful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 46 acl:relcl _ _ 51 on on ADP IN _ 53 case _ _ 52 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 53 nmod:poss _ _ 53 face face NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 54 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | might · perfect | pope | sensible questions | | | | certainly *property* | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent question=Recipient | | 2 | **not** **allow** *a condition, not said to happen* | past · perfect · passive | | pope | | | | | vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Beneficiary | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | to-infinitive | pope *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent what=Topic | | 4 | **like** | past | pope | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot | | 5 | **is** | present · perfect | pope's daughter *not said here* | | | | | there *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **lean** | gerund | pope *not said here* | | | pope's shoulder | | gracefully *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on shoulder=Location | | 7 | **look** | gerund | pope *not said here* | | | | before pope | with a smile; straight *property* | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent before she=Theme | | 8 | **is** | past | a smile | | | pope's face | | almost, mournful *property* | 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 25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/7/25/) - next →: [sentence 27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/7/27/) - ↑ back to [Beauty of Form and Beauty of Mind](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/7/)