--- title: "I should like to get away the swan's feathers from those two treach… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: "I should like to get away the swan's feathers from those two treacherous princesses," said the papa stork; "then, at least, they would not be able to fly over again to the wild moor, and do more wickedness. Who acts: papa stork, storks. A sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. 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C. Andersen, The Marsh King's Daughter, part 3. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (papa stork, storks), 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:pg27200:85:4 # text = "I should like to get away the swan's feathers from those two treacherous princesses," said the papa stork; "then, at least, they would not be able to fly over again to the wild moor, and do more wickedness. 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 3 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 like like VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 6 mark _ _ 6 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 xcomp _ _ 7 away away ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 swan swan NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 10 's 's PART POS _ 9 case _ _ 11 feathers feather NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obj _ _ 12 from from ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 13 those that DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 16 det _ _ 14 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 16 nummod _ _ 15 treacherous treacherous ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 amod _ _ 16 princesses princess NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 18 " " PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ 19 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 21 papa papa NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 compound _ _ 22 stork stork NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 23 ; ; PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 24 " " PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 25 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 4 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 27 at at ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 28 least least ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 34 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 30 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 31 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 34 aux _ _ 32 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 34 advmod _ _ 33 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 34 cop _ _ 34 able able ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 conj _ _ 35 to to PART TO _ 36 mark _ _ 36 fly fly VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 34 xcomp _ _ 37 over over ADV RB _ 38 advmod _ _ 38 again again ADV RB _ 36 advmod _ _ 39 to to ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 41 wild wild ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 42 amod _ _ 42 moor moor NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 44 and and CCONJ CC _ 45 cc _ _ 45 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 36 conj _ _ 46 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 47 amod _ _ 47 wickedness wickedness NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **like** *in a quote* | should | the papa stork *= stork* | | | | then | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 2 | **get away** *not said to happen, in a quote* | to-infinitive | the papa stork *= stork* *not said here* | the swan's feathers | | | | from that two treacherous princesses; away *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the papa stork | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **not** **is** *in a quote* | would | storks *= stork* | | | least | | able *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **fly** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | storks *= stork* *not said here* | | | | again | to the wild moor *result* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to moor=Result | | 6 | **do** *in a quote* | infinitive | storks *= stork* *not said here* | more wickedness | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wickedness=Eventuality | 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 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/85/3/) - next →: [sentence 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/85/5/) - ↑ back to [The Marsh King's Daughter, part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/85/)