--- title: "Now I must beg you not to say that again," said Big Claus; "for if… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: "Now I must beg you not to say that again," said Big Claus; "for if you do, I shall hit your horse on the head, so that he will drop dead on the spot, and there will be an end of him." Who acts: Big, you, end. A sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. Andersen, Little Claus and --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/71/12/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/) / [Little Claus and Big Claus](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/71/) / 12 # Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen, Little Claus and Big Claus, sentence 12 "Now I must beg you not to say that again," said Big Claus; "for if you do, I shall hit your horse on the head, so that he will drop dead on the spot, and there will be an end of him." **Who acts:** Big, you, end · **What happens:** beg, not say, say, do, hit, drop · **To what, where:** you, that, horse, dead, spot · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. Andersen, Little Claus and Big Claus. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Big, you, end), 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:pg27200:71:12 # text = "Now I must beg you not to say that again," said Big Claus; "for if you do, I shall hit your horse on the head, so that he will drop dead on the spot, and there will be an end of him." 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 5 advmod _ _ 3 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 4 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 beg beg VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 14 ccomp _ _ 6 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 5 obj _ _ 7 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 9 advmod _ _ 8 to to PART TO _ 9 mark _ _ 9 say say VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 xcomp _ _ 10 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 9 obj _ _ 11 again again ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 " " PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ 14 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 15 Big Big PROPN NNP Number=Sing 14 nsubj _ _ 16 Claus Claus PROPN NNP Number=Sing 15 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 17 ; ; PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 18 " " PUNCT `` _ 26 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 19 for for SCONJ IN _ 22 mark _ _ 20 if if SCONJ IN _ 22 mark _ _ 21 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 22 do do VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 26 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 24 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 25 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 26 aux _ _ 26 hit hit VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 14 parataxis _ _ 27 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 28 nmod:poss _ _ 28 horse horse NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obj _ _ 29 on on ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 33 so so SCONJ IN ExtPos=SCONJ 37 mark _ _ 34 that that SCONJ IN _ 33 fixed _ _ 35 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 36 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 37 aux _ _ 37 drop drop VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 26 conj _ _ 38 dead dead ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 obj _ _ 39 on on ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 spot spot NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 43 and and CCONJ CC _ 46 cc _ _ 44 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 46 expl _ _ 45 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 46 aux _ _ 46 be be VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 26 conj _ _ 47 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 48 end end NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 nsubj _ _ 49 of of ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 50 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 48 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 51 . . PUNCT . _ 26 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 52 " " PUNCT '' _ 26 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **beg** *speech: request* *in a quote* | must | Big | | you | | now | | vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent you=Recipient clause=Topic | | 2 | **not** **say** *speech: assert* *not said to happen, in a quote* | to-infinitive | Big *not said here* | that | | | again | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent that=Topic | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Big | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **do** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | present | you | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **hit** *in a quote* | shall | Big | your horse | | | | on the head | vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent horse=Instrument on head=Patient | | 6 | **drop** *in a quote* | future | Big | dead | | the spot | | | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent dead=Theme on spot=Destination | | 7 | **be** *in a quote* | future | a end of Big | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | 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/pg27200/71/11/) - next →: [sentence 13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/71/13/) - ↑ back to [Little Claus and Big Claus](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/71/)