--- title: If I could only get some, too," thought Little Claus; and then, as h… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: If I could only get some, too," thought Little Claus; and then, as he stretched his neck towards the window he spied a large, beautiful pie,--indeed they had a glorious feast before them. Who acts: I, Claus, windows. 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 (I, Claus, windows), 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:pg27200:71:29 # text = If I could only get some, too," thought Little Claus; and then, as he stretched his neck towards the window he spied a large, beautiful pie,--indeed they had a glorious feast before them. 1 If if SCONJ IN _ 5 mark _ _ 2 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 3 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 4 only only ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 advcl _ _ 6 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 5 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 8 too too ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 " " PUNCT `` _ 11 punct _ _ 11 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 12 Little Little ADJ NNP Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 13 Claus Claus PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ; ; PUNCT : _ 20 punct _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 16 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 20 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 18 as as SCONJ IN _ 20 mark _ _ 19 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 20 stretched stretch VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 conj _ _ 21 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 22 nmod:poss _ _ 22 neck neck NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obj _ _ 23 towards towards ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 window window NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl _ _ 26 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 27 spied spy VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 parataxis _ _ 28 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 29 large large ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 32 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 31 beautiful beautiful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 32 amod _ _ 32 pie pie NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 34 -- -- PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 35 indeed indeed ADV RB _ 37 advmod _ _ 36 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 37 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 conj _ _ 38 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 39 glorious glorious ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 40 amod _ _ 40 feast feast NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obj _ _ 41 before before ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 42 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 11 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **get** *a condition, not said to happen* | could | I | some | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer some=Stimulus | | 2 | **think** *speech: other* *in a quote* | past | | Little Claus | | | | | vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot claus=Theme | | 3 | **stretch** *in a quote* | past | Claus | Claus's neck | | | then | | vn bend-45.2 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent neck=Patient | | 4 | **spy** *in a quote* | past | Claus | a large beautiful pie | | | | towards the window | vn sight-30.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer pie=Stimulus | | 5 | **have** *in a quote* | past | windows *= window* | a glorious feast | | | before wine | indeed *property* | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent feast=Patient | 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 28](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/71/28/) - next →: [sentence 30](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/71/30/) - ↑ back to [Little Claus and Big Claus](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/71/)