--- title: "'Certainly, you are right,' he said; 'and in yonder corner stood a… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: "'Certainly, you are right,' he said; 'and in yonder corner stood a large water-tub; there I used to sail my boat, which I had cut out myself--it sailed so well; but soon I had to sail somewhere else.' Who acts: you, spout, boat. A sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. 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C. Andersen, The Little Elder-tree Mother. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (you, spout, boat), 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:pg27200:72:33 # text = "'Certainly, you are right,' he said; 'and in yonder corner stood a large water-tub; there I used to sail my boat, which I had cut out myself--it sailed so well; but soon I had to sail somewhere else.' 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 3 Certainly certainly ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 5 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 6 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 7 right right ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 7 punct _ _ 10 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 11 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ; ; PUNCT : _ 11 punct _ _ 13 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 15 in in ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 yonder yonder ADV RB _ 17 advmod _ _ 17 corner corner NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obl _ _ 18 stood stand VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 conj _ _ 19 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 20 large large ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 amod _ _ 21 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 22 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 21 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 23 tub tub NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 24 ; ; PUNCT : _ 27 punct _ _ 25 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 27 advmod _ _ 26 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 27 used use VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 conj _ _ 28 to to PART TO _ 29 mark _ _ 29 sail sail VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 27 xcomp _ _ 30 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 31 nmod:poss _ _ 31 boat boat NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 33 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 36 nsubj:pass _ _ 34 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 35 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 aux _ _ 36 cut cut VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 31 acl:relcl _ _ 37 out out ADP RP _ 36 compound:prt _ _ 38 myself myself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Emp|Reflex=Yes 36 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 39 -- -- PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 40 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj _ _ 41 sailed sail VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 conj _ _ 42 so so ADV RB _ 43 advmod _ _ 43 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 41 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 44 ; ; PUNCT : _ 48 punct _ _ 45 but but CCONJ CC _ 48 cc _ _ 46 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 48 advmod _ _ 47 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 48 nsubj _ _ 48 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 ccomp _ _ 49 to to PART TO _ 50 mark _ _ 50 sail sail VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 48 xcomp _ _ 51 somewhere somewhere ADV RB PronType=Ind 50 advmod _ _ 52 else else ADV RB _ 51 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 53 . . PUNCT . _ 48 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 54 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 48 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** *in a quote* | present | you | | | | | certainly, right *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | past | spout | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **stand** *in a quote* | past | spout *not said here* | a large water tub | | corner | | | vn put\_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent tub=Theme in corner=Destination | | 4 | **use** *in a quote* | past | spout | | | there | | | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 5 | **sail** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | spout *not said here* | my boat | | | | | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme boat=Trajectory | | 6 | **cut out** *in a quote* | past · perfect · passive | | my boat | | | | myself *obl:unmarked* | vn stop-55.4-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: subject=Eventuality | | 7 | **sail** *in a quote* | past | boat | | | | | well *property* | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **have** *in a quote* | past | spout | | | | | soon *property* | tree rules | | 9 | **sail** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | spout *not said here* | | | | | somewhere *property* | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP.agent 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. 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 32](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/72/32/) - next →: [sentence 34](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/72/34/) - ↑ back to [The Little Elder-tree Mother](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/72/)