--- title: I can lie up there," said Little Claus, as he saw the roof; "it will… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: I can lie up there," said Little Claus, as he saw the roof; "it will make a famous bed, but I hope the stork will not fly down and bite my legs;" for on it stood a living stork, whose nest was in the roof. Who acts: I, Little Claus, Claus, roof. 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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, Little Claus, Claus, roof), 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:pg27200:71:26 # text = I can lie up there," said Little Claus, as he saw the roof; "it will make a famous bed, but I hope the stork will not fly down and bite my legs;" for on it stood a living stork, whose nest was in the roof. 1 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 lie lie VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 ccomp _ _ 4 up up ADP RP _ 3 compound:prt _ _ 5 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 3 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 " " PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ 8 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 Little Little ADJ NNP Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 Claus Claus PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 12 as as SCONJ IN _ 14 mark _ _ 13 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 14 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 parataxis _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 roof roof NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 ; ; PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 18 " " PUNCT `` _ 21 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 19 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 20 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 21 aux _ _ 21 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 14 conj _ _ 22 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 23 famous famous ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 amod _ _ 24 bed bed NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 26 but but CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 27 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 28 hope hope VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 conj _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 stork stork NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 nsubj _ _ 31 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 33 aux _ _ 32 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 33 advmod _ _ 33 fly fly VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 28 ccomp _ _ 34 down down ADP RP _ 33 compound:prt _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 36 bite bite VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 33 conj _ _ 37 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 38 nmod:poss _ _ 38 legs leg NOUN NNS Number=Plur 36 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 39 ; ; PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 40 " " PUNCT `` _ 44 punct _ _ 41 for for ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 42 on on ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 43 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 44 obl _ _ 44 stood stand VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 conj _ _ 45 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 46 living living ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 47 amod _ _ 47 stork stork NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 48 , , PUNCT , _ 54 punct _ _ 49 whose whose PRON WP$ Poss=Yes|PronType=Rel 50 nmod:poss _ _ 50 nest nest NOUN NN Number=Sing 54 nsubj _ _ 51 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 54 cop _ _ 52 in in ADP IN _ 54 case _ _ 53 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 54 det _ _ 54 roof roof NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 55 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **lie up** | can | I | | | there | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | past | Little Claus | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **see** *in a quote* | past | Claus | the roof | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer roof=Stimulus | | 4 | **make** | future | roof | a famous bed | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.material V NP»: agent=Material bed=Product | | 5 | **hope** | present | I | | | | | | vn long-32.2 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 6 | **not** **fly down** | future | the stork | | | | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **bite** | infinitive | the stork *not said here* | my legs | | | | | vn swat-18.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent leg=Patient | | 8 | **stand** *in a quote* | past | Little Claus *not said here* | a living stork and the roof | | | | for roof | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer stork=Stimulus for it=Attribute | | 9 | **is** *in a quote* | past | the roof's nest | | | the roof | | | 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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