--- title: She was very pleased with Tiny, so she said, "You are quite welcome… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: She was very pleased with Tiny, so she said, "You are quite welcome to stay with me all the winter, if you like; but you must keep my rooms clean and neat, and tell me stories, for I shall like to hear them very much." Who acts: creature, You. 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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 (creature, You), 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:pg27200:79:69 # text = She was very pleased with Tiny, so she said, "You are quite welcome to stay with me all the winter, if you like; but you must keep my rooms clean and neat, and tell me stories, for I shall like to hear them very much." 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 very very ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 pleased pleased ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 5 with with ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 Tiny tiny ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 8 so so ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 9 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 10 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 12 " " PUNCT `` _ 16 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 You you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 14 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 16 cop _ _ 15 quite quite ADV RB _ 16 advmod _ _ 16 welcome welcome ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 ccomp _ _ 17 to to PART TO _ 18 mark _ _ 18 stay stay VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 16 xcomp _ _ 19 with with ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 20 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 18 obl _ _ 21 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 23 det:predet _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 winter winter NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 25 if if SCONJ IN _ 27 mark _ _ 26 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 27 like like VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 18 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 28 ; ; PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 29 but but CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 30 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 31 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 32 aux _ _ 32 keep keep VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 parataxis _ _ 33 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 34 nmod:poss _ _ 34 rooms room NOUN NNS Number=Plur 32 obj _ _ 35 clean clean ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 32 xcomp _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 37 neat neat ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 39 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 40 tell tell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 32 conj _ _ 41 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 40 iobj _ _ 42 stories story NOUN NNS Number=Plur 40 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 44 for for SCONJ IN _ 47 mark _ _ 45 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 47 nsubj _ _ 46 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 47 aux _ _ 47 like like VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 40 conj _ _ 48 to to PART TO _ 49 mark _ _ 49 hear hear VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 47 xcomp _ _ 50 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 49 obj _ _ 51 very very ADV RB _ 52 advmod _ _ 52 much much ADV RB _ 49 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 53 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 54 " " PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | creature | | | | | with Tiny; pleased *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | creature | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **is** *in a quote* | present | You | | | | | welcome *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **stay** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | You *not said here* | | | | winter | with creature | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme with i=Location | | 5 | **like** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | present | you | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot | | 6 | **keep** *in a quote* | must | you | my rooms | | | | clean *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent room=Theme | | 7 | **tell** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | infinitive | you *not said here* | stories | creature | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent i=Recipient story=Topic | | 8 | **like** *in a quote* | shall | creature | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 9 | **hear** *not said to happen, in a quote* | to-infinitive | creature *not said here* | stories *= story* | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer they=Stimulus | 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 68](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/79/68/) - next →: [sentence 70](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/79/70/) - ↑ back to [Little Tiny or Thumbelina](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/79/)