--- title: When we listen to what people say in this world, we shall hear a gre… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: When we listen to what people say in this world, we shall hear a great deal; but it is an advantage to know what has been said and done before, when we listen to a conversation. Who acts: we, people, deal. A sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. 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C. Andersen, The Marsh King's Daughter, part 2. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (we, people, deal), 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:pg27200:84:82 # text = When we listen to what people say in this world, we shall hear a great deal; but it is an advantage to know what has been said and done before, when we listen to a conversation. 1 When when ADV WRB PronType=Int 3 advmod _ _ 2 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 listen listen VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 14 advcl _ _ 4 to to ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 what what PRON WP PronType=Rel 3 obl _ _ 6 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 nsubj _ _ 7 say say VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 acl:relcl _ _ 8 in in ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 10 det _ _ 10 world world NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 12 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 13 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 14 aux _ _ 14 hear hear VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 15 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 16 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 amod _ _ 17 deal deal NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 18 ; ; PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 19 but but CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 20 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 21 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 23 cop _ _ 22 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 advantage advantage NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obl _ _ 24 to to PART TO _ 25 mark _ _ 25 know know VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 23 acl _ _ 26 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 29 obj _ _ 27 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 29 aux _ _ 28 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 29 aux:pass _ _ 29 said say VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 25 ccomp _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 31 done do VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 29 conj _ _ 32 before before ADV RB _ 31 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 34 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 36 advmod _ _ 35 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 36 listen listen VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 14 conj _ _ 37 to to ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 conversation conversation NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 40 . . PUNCT . _ 14 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **listen** | present | we | | | | | | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to what=Theme | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | people | | | this world | | | vn pronounce-29.3.1 «NP V NP PP.manner»: agent=Agent in world=Manner | | 3 | **hear** | shall | we | a great deal | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer deal=Stimulus | | 4 | **is a** | present | deal | a advantage | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **know** | to-infinitive | we *not said here* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 6 | **say** *speech: assert* | present · perfect · passive | | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: what=Topic | | 7 | **do** | participle | | | | | | before *property* | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **listen** | present | we | | | | | to a conversation | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to conversation=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 81](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/84/81/) - next →: [sentence 83](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/84/83/) - ↑ back to [The Marsh King's Daughter, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/84/)