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title: "No," said the old woman, "unless a man were to love you so much tha… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics
description: "No," said the old woman, "unless a man were to love you so much that you were more to him than his father or mother; and if all his thoughts and all his love were fixed upon you, and the priest placed his right hand in yours, and he promised to be true to you here and hereafter, then his soul would
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# Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen, The Little Mermaid, part 2, sentence 62

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"No," said the old woman, "unless a man were to love you so much that you were more to him than his father or mother; and if all his thoughts and all his love were fixed upon you, and the priest placed his right hand in yours, and he promised to be true to you here and hereafter, then his soul would glide into your body and you would obtain a share in the future happiness of mankind.

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**Who acts:** old woman, you, priest, soul, man · **What happens:** say, love, be, fix, place, promise · **To what, where:** you, man, thoughts, right hand, body, share · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is a sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. Andersen, The Little Mermaid, part 2. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (old woman, you, priest, soul), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**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:pg27200:76:62
# text = "No," said the old woman, "unless a man were to love you so much that you were more to him than his father or mother; and if all his thoughts and all his love were fixed upon you, and the priest placed his right hand in yours, and he promised to be true to you here and hereafter, then his soul would glide into your body and you would obtain a share in the future happiness of mankind.
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	2	punct	_	_
5	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	woman	woman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
10	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	16	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	unless	unless	SCONJ	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obl	_	_
14	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	16	aux	_	_
15	to	to	PART	TO	_	16	mark	_	_
16	love	love	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	5	parataxis	_	_
17	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	16	obj	_	_
18	so	so	ADV	RB	_	19	advmod	_	_
19	much	much	ADV	RB	_	16	advmod	_	_
20	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	23	mark	_	_
21	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	23	nsubj	_	_
22	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	23	cop	_	_
23	more	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	16	obj	_	_
24	to	to	ADP	IN	_	25	case	_	_
25	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	23	obl	_	_
26	than	than	ADP	IN	_	28	case	_	_
27	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	28	nmod:poss	_	_
28	father	father	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	23	obl	_	_
29	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	30	cc	_	_
30	mother	mother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	28	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
31	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	42	punct	_	_
32	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	42	cc	_	_
33	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	42	mark	_	_
34	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	36	det:predet	_	_
35	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	36	nmod:poss	_	_
36	thoughts	thought	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	42	nsubj:pass	_	_
37	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	40	cc	_	_
38	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	40	det:predet	_	_
39	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	40	nmod:poss	_	_
40	love	love	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	36	conj	_	_
41	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	42	aux:pass	_	_
42	fixed	fix	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	conj	_	_
43	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	44	case	_	_
44	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	42	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
45	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	49	punct	_	_
46	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	49	cc	_	_
47	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	48	det	_	_
48	priest	priest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	49	nsubj	_	_
49	placed	place	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
50	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	52	nmod:poss	_	_
51	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	52	amod	_	_
52	hand	hand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	49	obj	_	_
53	in	in	ADP	IN	_	54	case	_	_
54	yours	your	PRON	PRP	Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	49	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
55	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	58	punct	_	_
56	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	58	cc	_	_
57	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	58	nsubj	_	_
58	promised	promise	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
59	to	to	PART	TO	_	61	mark	_	_
60	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	61	cop	_	_
61	true	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	58	xcomp	_	_
62	to	to	ADP	IN	_	63	case	_	_
63	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	61	obl	_	_
64	here	here	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	58	advmod	_	_
65	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	66	cc	_	_
66	hereafter	hereafter	ADV	RB	_	64	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
67	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	72	punct	_	_
68	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	72	advmod	_	_
69	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	70	nmod:poss	_	_
70	soul	soul	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	72	nsubj	_	_
71	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	72	aux	_	_
72	glide	glide	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	58	parataxis	_	_
73	into	into	ADP	IN	_	75	case	_	_
74	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	75	nmod:poss	_	_
75	body	body	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	72	obl	_	_
76	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	79	cc	_	_
77	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	79	nsubj	_	_
78	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	79	aux	_	_
79	obtain	obtain	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	72	conj	_	_
80	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	81	det	_	_
81	share	share	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	79	obj	_	_
82	in	in	ADP	IN	_	85	case	_	_
83	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	85	det	_	_
84	future	future	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	85	amod	_	_
85	happiness	happiness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	79	obl	_	_
86	of	of	ADP	IN	_	87	case	_	_
87	mankind	mankind	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	85	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
88	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the old woman |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **love** *in a quote* | past |  | you |  |  |  | unless a man | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer you=Stimulus |
| 3 | **is** *in a quote* | past | you |  | man |  |  | than man's father or mother; more *property* | tree rules |
| 4 | **fix** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | past · passive |  | man's thoughts and man's love |  |  |  | upon you | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: subject=Patient |
| 5 | **place** *in a quote* | past | the priest | priest's right hand |  |  |  | in yours | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent hand=Theme in your=Destination |
| 6 | **promise** *speech: promise* *in a quote* | past | priest |  |  | here |  |  | vn promise-37.13 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 7 | **is** *not said to happen, in a quote* | to-infinitive | priest *not said here* |  | you |  |  | true *property* | tree rules |
| 8 | **glide** *in a quote* | would | priest's soul |  |  | your body | then |  | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme into body=Destination |
| 9 | **obtain** *in a quote* | would | you | a share |  | the future happiness of mankind |  |  | vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent share=Theme |
| 10 | **think** *in a quote* |  | man |  |  |  |  |  | nom thought «cognition transitive»: poss=agent |
| 11 | **love** *in a quote* |  | man |  |  |  |  |  | nom love «feeling transitive»: poss=agent |

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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.

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**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.

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