--- title: "He says that you must go and open that large chest which stands in… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: "He says that you must go and open that large chest which stands in the corner, and you will see the evil one crouching down inside; but you must hold the lid firmly, that he may not slip out." Who acts: conjuror, you, large chest, evil one. 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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 (conjuror, you, large chest, evil one), 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:pg27200:71:71 # text = "He says that you must go and open that large chest which stands in the corner, and you will see the evil one crouching down inside; but you must hold the lid firmly, that he may not slip out." 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 says say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 that that SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 5 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 6 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 7 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 ccomp _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 9 open open VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 conj _ _ 10 that that SCONJ IN _ 14 mark _ _ 11 large large ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 12 chest chest NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nsubj _ _ 13 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 12 nmod _ _ 14 stands stand VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 ccomp _ _ 15 in in ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 corner corner NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 20 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 21 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 22 aux _ _ 22 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 conj _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 24 evil evil ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 amod _ _ 25 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obj _ _ 26 crouching crouch VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 25 acl:relcl _ _ 27 down down ADV RB _ 26 advmod _ _ 28 inside inside ADV RB _ 26 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 29 ; ; PUNCT : _ 33 punct _ _ 30 but but CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 31 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 32 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 33 aux _ _ 33 hold hold VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 parataxis _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 lid lid NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obj _ _ 36 firmly firmly ADV RB _ 33 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 38 that that SCONJ IN _ 42 mark _ _ 39 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 40 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 42 aux _ _ 41 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 42 advmod _ _ 42 slip slip VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 33 conj _ _ 43 out out ADP RP _ 42 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 45 " " PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | present | conjuror | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **go** *in a quote* | must | you | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **open** *in a quote* | infinitive | you *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **stand** *in a quote* | present | large chest | | | the corner | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in corner=Location | | 5 | **see** *in a quote* | future | you | the evil one | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer one=Stimulus | | 6 | **crouch down** *in a quote* | gerund | the evil one *not said here* | | | | | down, inside *property* | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **hold** *in a quote* | must | you | the lid | | | | firmly *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lid=Theme | | 8 | **not** **slip out** *in a quote* | may | conjuror | | | | | | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | 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 70](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/71/70/) - next →: [sentence 72](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/71/72/) - ↑ back to [Little Claus and Big Claus](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/71/)