--- title: "You are far better than your conversation," said the papa stork; "I… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: "You are far better than your conversation," said the papa stork; "I know you better than you know yourself." Who acts: You, better, your. A sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. Andersen, The Marsh King's Daughter, part 3, with its dependency tree and the pragmatics of every --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/85/52/) [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 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/85/) / 52 # Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen, The Marsh King's Daughter, part 3, sentence 52 "You are far better than your conversation," said the papa stork; "I know you better than you know yourself." **Who acts:** You, better, your · **What happens:** be, say, know, converse · **To what, where:** papa stork, you, yourself · **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 3. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (You, better, your), 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:pg27200:85:52 # text = "You are far better than your conversation," said the papa stork; "I know you better than you know yourself." 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 You you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 3 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 4 far far ADV RB Degree=Pos 5 advmod _ _ 5 better good ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 11 nsubj _ _ 6 than than ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 8 conversation conversation NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 " " PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ 11 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 13 papa papa NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 compound _ _ 14 stork stork NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ; ; PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 16 " " PUNCT `` _ 18 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 17 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 18 know know VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 ccomp _ _ 19 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 18 obj _ _ 20 better good ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 18 ccomp _ _ 21 than than SCONJ IN _ 23 mark _ _ 22 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 23 know know VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 20 advcl _ _ 24 yourself yourself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 23 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 25 . . PUNCT . _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 26 " " PUNCT '' _ 11 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** *in a quote* | present | You | | | | | than your conversation; far, good *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | better | the papa stork | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **know** *in a quote* | present | better *= good* | you | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer you=Stimulus | | 4 | **know** *in a quote* | present | you | yourself | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer yourself=Stimulus | | 5 | **converse** *in a quote* | | your | | | | | | nom conversation «communication intransitive»: poss=agent | 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 51](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/85/51/) - next →: [sentence 53](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/85/53/) - ↑ back to [The Marsh King's Daughter, part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/85/)