--- title: "Well, you see, mother," he replied, "she believed what the doctors… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: "Well, you see, mother," he replied, "she believed what the doctors said, and what I have heard you state also, that the moor-flowers which grow about here would heal her sick father; and she has flown to the north in swan's plumage, in company with some other swan-princesses, who come to these part --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/83/29/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/) / [The Marsh King's Daughter, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/83/) / 29 # Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen, The Marsh King's Daughter, part 1, sentence 29 "Well, you see, mother," he replied, "she believed what the doctors said, and what I have heard you state also, that the moor-flowers which grow about here would heal her sick father; and she has flown to the north in swan's plumage, in company with some other swan-princesses, who come to these parts every year to renew their youth. **Who acts:** you, little, daughter, doctors, moor flowers, other swan princesses · **What happens:** see, reply, believe, say, hear, state · **To what, where:** mother, sick father, plumage, parts, youth · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. Andersen, The Marsh King's Daughter, part 1. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (you, little, daughter, doctors), 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:pg27200:83:29 # text = "Well, you see, mother," he replied, "she believed what the doctors said, and what I have heard you state also, that the moor-flowers which grow about here would heal her sick father; and she has flown to the north in swan's plumage, in company with some other swan-princesses, who come to these parts every year to renew their youth. 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Well well INTJ UH _ 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 4 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 see see VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 7 mother mother NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 " " PUNCT `` _ 11 punct _ _ 10 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 11 replied reply VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 13 " " PUNCT `` _ 15 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 15 believed believe VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 advcl _ _ 16 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 19 obj _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 doctors doctor NOUN NNS Number=Plur 19 nsubj _ _ 19 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 22 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 25 obj _ _ 23 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 24 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 25 aux _ _ 25 heard hear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 5 conj _ _ 26 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 27 state state VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 25 ccomp _ _ 28 also also ADV RB _ 27 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 30 that that SCONJ IN _ 40 mark _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 32 moor moor NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 33 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 32 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 34 flowers flower NOUN NNS Number=Plur 40 nsubj _ _ 35 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 36 nsubj _ _ 36 grow grow VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 34 acl:relcl _ _ 37 about about ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 38 here here ADV RB PronType=Dem 36 obl _ _ 39 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 40 aux _ _ 40 heal heal VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 27 parataxis _ _ 41 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 43 nmod:poss _ _ 42 sick sick ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 43 amod _ _ 43 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 44 ; ; PUNCT : _ 48 punct _ _ 45 and and CCONJ CC _ 48 cc _ _ 46 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 48 nsubj _ _ 47 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 48 aux _ _ 48 flown fly VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 5 conj _ _ 49 to to ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 50 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 51 det _ _ 51 north north NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 obl _ _ 52 in in ADP IN _ 55 case _ _ 53 swan swan NOUN NN Number=Sing 55 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 54 's 's PART POS _ 53 case _ _ 55 plumage plumage NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 56 , , PUNCT , _ 58 punct _ _ 57 in in ADP IN _ 58 case _ _ 58 company company NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 obl _ _ 59 with with ADP IN _ 64 case _ _ 60 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 64 det _ _ 61 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 64 amod _ _ 62 swan swan NOUN NN Number=Sing 64 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 63 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 62 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 64 princesses princess NOUN NNS Number=Plur 58 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 65 , , PUNCT , _ 67 punct _ _ 66 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 67 nsubj _ _ 67 come come VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 64 conj _ _ 68 to to ADP IN _ 70 case _ _ 69 these this DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 70 det _ _ 70 parts part NOUN NNS Number=Plur 67 obl _ _ 71 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 72 det _ _ 72 year year NOUN NN Number=Sing 67 obl:unmarked _ _ 73 to to PART TO _ 74 mark _ _ 74 renew renew VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 67 advcl _ _ 75 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 76 nmod:poss _ _ 76 youth youth NOUN NN Number=Sing 74 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 77 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **see** *in a quote* | present | you | mother | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer mother=Stimulus | | 2 | **reply** *speech: assert* | past | little | | | | | | vn respond-113 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **believe** *in a quote* | past | daughter | | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | past | the doctors | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent what=Topic | | 5 | **hear** *in a quote* | present · perfect | little | | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **state** *speech: other* *in a quote* | present | you | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **grow** *in a quote* | present | the moor flowers | | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme about here=Location | | 8 | **heal** *in a quote* | would | the moor flowers | daughter's sick father | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent father=Patient | | 9 | **fly** *in a quote* | present · perfect | daughter | | | swan's plumage | | to the north; in company with some other swan princesses | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V NP.theme PP»: agent=Agent in plumage=Location | | 10 | **come** *in a quote* | present | some other swan princesses | | | this parts | year | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to part=Initial\_Location | | 11 | **renew** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | some other swan princesses *not said here* | flowers's youth | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent youth=Patient | 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 28](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/83/28/) - next →: [sentence 30](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/83/30/) - ↑ back to [The Marsh King's Daughter, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/83/)