--- title: "You must sell your conjuror to me," said the farmer; "ask as much a… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: "You must sell your conjuror to me," said the farmer; "ask as much as you like, I will pay it; indeed I would give you directly a whole bushel of gold." Who acts: You, farmer. 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 (You, farmer), 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:pg27200:71:77 # text = "You must sell your conjuror to me," said the farmer; "ask as much as you like, I will pay it; indeed I would give you directly a whole bushel of gold." 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 You you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 3 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 sell sell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 ccomp _ _ 5 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 conjuror conjuror NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 7 to to ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 " " PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ 11 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 farmer farmer NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ; ; PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 15 " " PUNCT `` _ 16 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 16 ask ask VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 11 ccomp _ _ 17 as as ADV RB _ 18 advmod _ _ 18 much much ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 obj _ _ 19 as as SCONJ IN _ 21 mark _ _ 20 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 21 like like VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 25 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 23 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 24 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 25 aux _ _ 25 pay pay VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 18 parataxis _ _ 26 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 27 ; ; PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 28 indeed indeed ADV RB _ 31 advmod _ _ 29 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 30 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 31 aux _ _ 31 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 16 conj _ _ 32 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 31 iobj _ _ 33 directly directly ADV RB _ 36 advmod _ _ 34 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 35 whole whole ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 amod _ _ 36 bushel bushel NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obj _ _ 37 of of ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 38 gold gold NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 39 . . PUNCT . _ 16 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 40 " " PUNCT '' _ 16 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sell** *in a quote* | must | You | your conjuror | the farmer *= farmer* | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent conjuror=Theme to i=Recipient | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the farmer | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **ask** *speech: ask* *in a quote* | infinitive | | much | | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent much=Recipient | | 4 | **like** *in a quote* | present | you | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot | | 5 | **pay** *in a quote* | future | the farmer *= farmer* | lid | | | | | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Asset | | 6 | **give** *in a quote* | would | the farmer *= farmer* | a whole bushel of gold | you | | | indeed *property* | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent you=Recipient bushel=Theme | 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 76](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/71/76/) - next →: [sentence 78](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/71/78/) - ↑ back to [Little Claus and Big Claus](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/71/)