--- title: "Oh, yes!" replied Little Claus, "my conjuror can do anything I ask… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: "Oh, yes!" replied Little Claus, "my conjuror can do anything I ask him,--can you not?" he asked, treading at the same time on the sack till it squeaked. " Who acts: conjuror, I, nest. A sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. 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" **Who acts:** conjuror, I, nest · **What happens:** reply, do, ask, tread, squeak · **To what, where:** Little, anything, conjuror · **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 (conjuror, I, nest), 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:pg27200:71:60 # text = "Oh, yes!" replied Little Claus, "my conjuror can do anything I ask him,--can you not?" he asked, treading at the same time on the sack till it squeaked. " 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Oh oh INTJ UH _ 7 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 4 yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 2 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ! ! PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 " " PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ 7 replied reply VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 Little Little ADJ NNP Degree=Pos 7 obl:unmarked _ _ 9 Claus Claus PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 11 " " PUNCT `` _ 15 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 13 nmod:poss _ _ 13 conjuror conjuror NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nsubj _ _ 14 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 15 aux _ _ 15 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 conj _ _ 16 anything anything PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 15 obj _ _ 17 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 18 ask ask VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 16 acl:relcl _ _ 19 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 21 -- -- PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 22 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 15 advcl _ _ 23 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 24 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 22 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 25 ? ? PUNCT . _ 22 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 26 " " PUNCT '' _ 7 punct _ _ 27 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 28 asked ask VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 30 treading tread VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 28 advcl _ _ 31 at at ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 33 same same ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 amod _ _ 34 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl _ _ 35 on on ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 sack sack NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 nmod _ _ 38 till till SCONJ IN _ 40 mark _ _ 39 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 40 squeaked squeak VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 41 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ 42 " " PUNCT '' _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **reply** *speech: ask* | past | | Little | | | | | vn respond-113 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **do** *in a quote* | can | my conjuror | anything | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent anything=Eventuality | | 3 | **ask** *speech: ask* *in a quote* | present | I | | conjuror | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient | | 4 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past | conjuror | | | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **tread** | gerund | conjuror *not said here* | | | | time | | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **squeak** | past | nest | | | | | | vn animal\_sounds-38 «NP V»: agent=Agent | 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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