--- title: "Well," said Little Claus, "it was good policy on my part; you heard… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: "Well," said Little Claus, "it was good policy on my part; you heard me say just now that I was told by the sea-maiden to go a mile farther on the road, and I should find a whole herd of cattle. Who acts: Little, fish, you. A sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. 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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 (Little, fish, 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:pg27200:71:196 # text = "Well," said Little Claus, "it was good policy on my part; you heard me say just now that I was told by the sea-maiden to go a mile farther on the road, and I should find a whole herd of cattle. 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Well well INTJ UH _ 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 " " PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ 5 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 Little Little ADJ NNP Degree=Pos 5 nsubj _ _ 7 Claus Claus PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 9 " " PUNCT `` _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 11 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 cop _ _ 12 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 13 policy policy NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 ccomp _ _ 14 on on ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 16 nmod:poss _ _ 16 part part NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 17 ; ; PUNCT : _ 19 punct _ _ 18 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 19 heard hear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 20 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 19 obj _ _ 21 say say VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 19 xcomp _ _ 22 just just ADV RB _ 23 advmod _ _ 23 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 21 advmod _ _ 24 that that SCONJ IN _ 27 mark _ _ 25 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 26 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 aux:pass _ _ 27 told tell VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 23 advcl _ _ 28 by by SCONJ IN _ 32 mark _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 30 sea sea NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 31 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 30 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 32 maiden maiden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 conj _ _ 33 to to PART TO _ 34 mark _ _ 34 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 32 csubj _ _ 35 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 mile mile NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obj _ _ 37 farther far ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 34 advmod _ _ 38 on on ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 road road NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 42 and and CCONJ CC _ 45 cc _ _ 43 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 45 nsubj _ _ 44 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 45 aux _ _ 45 find find VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 19 conj _ _ 46 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 47 whole whole ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 48 amod _ _ 48 herd herd NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 obj _ _ 49 of of ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 50 cattle cattle NOUN NNS Number=Plur 48 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 51 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Little | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **is a** *in a quote* | past | fish | good policy | | my part | | | tree rules | | 3 | **hear** *in a quote* | past | you | Little | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | infinitive | Little *not said here* | | | | now | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **tell** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | past · passive | | Little | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient | | 6 | **go** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | | a mile | | | | far *property* | vn meander-47.7 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location mile=Theme | | 7 | **find** *in a quote* | should | Little | a whole herd of cattle | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent herd=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 195](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/71/195/) - next →: [sentence 197](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/71/197/) - ↑ back to [Little Claus and Big Claus](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/71/)