--- title: "Yes, you may well say that, as a clever man!" exclaimed the field-m… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: "Yes, you may well say that, as a clever man!" exclaimed the field-mouse, "What is the use of his twittering, for when winter comes he must either starve or be frozen to death. Who acts: you, field mouse, winter, man. 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 (you, field mouse, winter, man), 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:pg27200:79:91 # text = "Yes, you may well say that, as a clever man!" exclaimed the field-mouse, "What is the use of his twittering, for when winter comes he must either starve or be frozen to death. 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 7 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 4 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 5 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 6 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 7 advmod _ _ 7 say say VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 8 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 7 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 10 as as SCONJ IN _ 16 mark _ _ 11 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 12 clever clever ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 13 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ! ! PUNCT . _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 " " PUNCT '' _ 13 punct _ _ 16 exclaimed exclaim VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 advcl _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 18 field field NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 19 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 18 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 20 mouse mouse NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 22 " " PUNCT `` _ 26 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 23 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 26 nsubj _ _ 24 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 26 cop _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 use use NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl _ _ 27 of of ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 29 nmod:poss _ _ 29 twittering twittering NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 31 for for SCONJ IN _ 34 mark _ _ 32 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 34 advmod _ _ 33 winter winter NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 nsubj _ _ 34 comes come VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 38 advcl _ _ 35 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 36 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 38 aux _ _ 37 either either ADV RB PronType=Ind 38 advmod _ _ 38 starve starve VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 parataxis _ _ 39 or or CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 40 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 41 aux:pass _ _ 41 frozen freeze VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 38 conj _ _ 42 to to ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 43 death death NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | may | you | that | | | | well *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent that=Topic | | 2 | **exclaim** *speech: express* | past | the field mouse | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | | the use | | | | of man's twittering | tree rules | | 4 | **come** *in a quote* | present | winter | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **starve** *in a quote* | must | man | | | | | either *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **freeze** *in a quote* | infinitive · passive | man *not said here* | | | | | to death | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V» | 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 90](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/79/90/) - next →: [sentence 92](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/79/92/) - ↑ back to [Little Tiny or Thumbelina](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/79/)