--- title: The poor child was very unhappy at the thought of saying farewell to… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: The poor child was very unhappy at the thought of saying farewell to the beautiful sun, and as the field-mouse had given her permission to stand at the door, she went to look at it once more. Who acts: poor child, thought, child. A sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. 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C. Andersen, Little Tiny or Thumbelina. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (poor child, thought, child), 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:pg27200:79:144 # text = The poor child was very unhappy at the thought of saying farewell to the beautiful sun, and as the field-mouse had given her permission to stand at the door, she went to look at it once more. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 poor poor ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 child child NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 5 very very ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 unhappy unhappy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 7 at at ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 thought thought NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 10 of of SCONJ IN _ 11 mark _ _ 11 saying say VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 9 acl _ _ 12 farewell farewell ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ _ 13 to to ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 15 beautiful beautiful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 amod _ _ 16 sun sun NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 19 as as ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 21 field field NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 22 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 21 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 23 mouse mouse NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ _ 24 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 aux _ _ 25 given give VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 6 parataxis _ _ 26 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 27 nmod:poss _ _ 27 permission permission NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obj _ _ 28 to to PART TO _ 29 mark _ _ 29 stand stand VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 27 acl _ _ 30 at at ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 door door NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 34 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 35 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 36 to to PART TO _ 37 mark _ _ 37 look look VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 35 xcomp _ _ 38 at at ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 39 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 obl _ _ 40 once once ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 41 advmod _ _ 41 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 37 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | the poor child | | | the thought | | unhappy *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | the thought *not said here* | | the beautiful sun | | | farewell *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to sun=Recipient | | 3 | **give** | past · perfect | | child's permission | | | | as the field mouse | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent permission=Theme | | 4 | **stand** | to-infinitive | | child's permission *not said here* | | the door | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent at door=Location | | 5 | **go** | past | child | | | | | | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 6 | **look** | to-infinitive | child *not said here* | | | | | at sun | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at it=Theme | | 7 | **permit** | | child | | | | | | nom permission «communication transitive»: poss=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 143](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/79/143/) - next →: [sentence 145](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/79/145/) - ↑ back to [Little Tiny or Thumbelina](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/79/)