--- title: "I promise you I will not say it any more," said the other; but as s… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: "I promise you I will not say it any more," said the other; but as soon as people came by, nodding to him, and wishing him "Good day," he became so pleased, and thought how grand it looked to have five horses ploughing in his field, that he cried out again, "Gee-up, all my horses!" 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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 (I, other, people, Big), 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:pg27200:71:13 # text = "I promise you I will not say it any more," said the other; but as soon as people came by, nodding to him, and wishing him "Good day," he became so pleased, and thought how grand it looked to have five horses ploughing in his field, that he cried out again, "Gee-up, all my horses!" 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 promise promise VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 14 ccomp _ _ 4 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 3 iobj _ _ 5 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 6 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 7 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 8 advmod _ _ 8 say say VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 ccomp _ _ 9 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 obj _ _ 10 any any ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ _ 11 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 8 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 " " PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ 14 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 ; ; PUNCT : _ 23 punct _ _ 18 but but CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 19 as as ADV RB _ 20 advmod _ _ 20 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 23 advmod _ _ 21 as as SCONJ IN _ 23 mark _ _ 22 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 23 nsubj _ _ 23 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 ccomp _ _ 24 by by ADP IN _ 23 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 26 nodding nod VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 23 advcl _ _ 27 to to ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 28 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 31 wishing wish VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 26 conj _ _ 32 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 obj _ _ 33 " " PUNCT `` _ 35 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 34 Good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 amod _ _ 35 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 37 " " PUNCT `` _ 39 punct _ _ 38 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 39 became become VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 conj _ _ 40 so so ADV RB _ 41 advmod _ _ 41 pleased pleased ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 43 and and CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 44 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 parataxis _ _ 45 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 46 advmod _ _ 46 grand grand ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 44 xcomp _ _ 47 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 48 nsubj _ _ 48 looked look VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 46 acl:relcl _ _ 49 to to PART TO _ 50 mark _ _ 50 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 48 xcomp _ _ 51 five five NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 52 nummod _ _ 52 horses horse NOUN NNS Number=Plur 50 obj _ _ 53 ploughing plough VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 52 acl _ _ 54 in in ADP IN _ 56 case _ _ 55 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 56 nmod:poss _ _ 56 field field NOUN NN Number=Sing 53 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 57 , , PUNCT , _ 60 punct _ _ 58 that that SCONJ IN _ 60 mark _ _ 59 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 60 nsubj _ _ 60 cried cry VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 44 conj _ _ 61 out out ADP RP _ 60 compound:prt _ _ 62 again again ADV RB _ 60 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 63 , , PUNCT , _ 67 punct _ _ 64 " " PUNCT `` _ 67 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 65 Gee gee NOUN NN Number=Sing 67 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 66 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 67 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 67 up up NOUN NN Number=Sing 60 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 68 , , PUNCT , _ 67 punct _ _ 69 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 71 det:predet _ _ 70 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 71 nmod:poss _ _ 71 horses horse NOUN NNS Number=Plur 60 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 72 ! ! PUNCT . _ 23 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 73 " " PUNCT '' _ 23 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **promise** *speech: promise* *in a quote* | present | I | | you | | | | vn promise-37.13 «NP V NP that S»: agent=Agent you=Recipient clause=Topic | | 2 | **not** **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | future | I | dead | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent it=Topic | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the other | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **come by** | past | people | | | | | soon *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **nod** | gerund | people *not said here* | | Big | | | | vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to he=Recipient | | 6 | **wish** | gerund | people *not said here* | Big | | | day | | vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot he=Theme | | 7 | **become** | past | Big | | | | | pleased *property* | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient | | 8 | **think** *speech: other* | past | | | | | | grand *property* | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 9 | **look** | past | dead | | | | | | tree rules | | 10 | **have** | to-infinitive | dead *not said here* | five horses | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent horse=Patient | | 11 | **plough** | gerund | five horses *not said here* | | | Big's field | | | vn wipe\_instr-10.4.2 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent | | 12 | **cry out** *speech: express* | past | Big | Gee up | | | again | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent horse=Topic | 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 12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/71/12/) - next →: [sentence 14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/71/14/) - ↑ back to [Little Claus and Big Claus](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/71/)