--- title: "Cleanliness is a good thing," said she, scouring the vessel with sn… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: "Cleanliness is a good thing," said she, scouring the vessel with snakes, which she had tied together in a large knot; then she pricked herself in the breast, and let the black blood drop into it. Who acts: Cleanliness, thing. A sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. 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C. Andersen, The Little Mermaid, part 3. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Cleanliness, thing), 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:pg27200:77:28 # text = "Cleanliness is a good thing," said she, scouring the vessel with snakes, which she had tied together in a large knot; then she pricked herself in the breast, and let the black blood drop into it. 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Cleanliness cleanliness NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 thing thing NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 " " PUNCT '' _ 6 punct _ _ 9 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 10 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 12 scouring scour VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 9 advcl _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 vessel vessel NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obj _ _ 15 with with ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 16 snakes snake NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 18 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 21 nsubj:pass _ _ 19 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 20 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 aux _ _ 21 tied tie VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 16 acl:relcl _ _ 22 together together ADV RB _ 21 advmod _ _ 23 in in ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 24 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 25 large large ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 amod _ _ 26 knot knot NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 27 ; ; PUNCT : _ 30 punct _ _ 28 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 30 advmod _ _ 29 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 30 pricked prick VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 conj _ _ 31 herself herself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 30 obj _ _ 32 in in ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 breast breast NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 37 let let VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 30 advcl _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 39 black black ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 41 amod _ _ 40 blood blood NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 compound _ _ 41 drop drop NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obj _ _ 42 into into ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 43 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | Cleanliness | a good thing | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | thing | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **scour** | gerund | thing *not said here* | the vessel | | | | with snakes | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent vessel=Source | | 4 | **tie** | past · perfect · passive | | snakes | | a large knot | | together *property* | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | | 5 | **prick** | past | thing | thing | | the breast | then | | vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer herself=Patient | | 6 | **let** | infinitive | thing *not said here* | the black blood drop | | Cleanliness | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent drop=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 27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/77/27/) - next →: [sentence 29](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/77/29/) - ↑ back to [The Little Mermaid, part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/77/)