--- title: "I may perhaps win a hundred thousand dollars in the lottery," said… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: "I may perhaps win a hundred thousand dollars in the lottery," said the naval officer's widow; "and if I do, we will travel--I and my daughter; and you, Mr. Alfred, must be our guide. Who acts: widow, we, you. A sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. 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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 (widow, we, you), 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:pg27200:7:32 # text = "I may perhaps win a hundred thousand dollars in the lottery," said the naval officer's widow; "and if I do, we will travel--I and my daughter; and you, Mr. Alfred, must be our guide. 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 3 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 4 perhaps perhaps ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 win win VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 ccomp _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 hundred hundred NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 8 compound _ _ 8 thousand thousand NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 9 nummod _ _ 9 dollars dollar NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obj _ _ 10 in in ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 lottery lottery NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 " " PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ 15 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 17 naval naval ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 amod _ _ 18 officer officer NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 19 's 's PART POS _ 18 case _ _ 20 widow widow NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 21 ; ; PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 22 " " PUNCT '' _ 15 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 24 if if SCONJ IN _ 26 mark _ _ 25 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 26 do do VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 30 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 28 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 29 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 30 aux _ _ 30 travel travel VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 31 -- -- PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 32 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 30 obj _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 34 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 35 nmod:poss _ _ 35 daughter daughter NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 36 ; ; PUNCT : _ 46 punct _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 46 cc _ _ 38 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 46 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 40 Mr. Mr. PROPN NNP Number=Sing 41 nmod:desc _ _ 41 Alfred Alfred PROPN NNP Number=Sing 38 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 43 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 46 aux _ _ 44 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 46 cop _ _ 45 our our PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 46 nmod:poss _ _ 46 guide guide NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 15 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **win** *in a quote* | may | the naval officer's widow *= widow* | thousand dollars | | the lottery | | perhaps *property* | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dollar=Eventuality | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the naval officer's widow | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **do** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | present | the naval officer's widow *= widow* | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **travel** *in a quote* | future | we | the naval officer's widow *= widow* | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme i=Trajectory | | 5 | **is a** *in a quote* | must | you | our guide | | | | | 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. 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