--- title: "I cannot quite remember the words I heard when I listened on the ro… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: "I cannot quite remember the words I heard when I listened on the roof," said stork-papa, while relating the story to his family; "all I know is, that what the wise men said was so complicated and so learned, that they received not only rank, but presents; even the head cook at the great house was h --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/88/11/) [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 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/88/) / 11 # Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen, The Marsh King's Daughter, part 6, sentence 11 "I cannot quite remember the words I heard when I listened on the roof," said stork-papa, while relating the story to his family; "all I know is, that what the wise men said was so complicated and so learned, that they received not only rank, but presents; even the head cook at the great house was honored with a mark of distinction, most likely for the soup." **Who acts:** stork papa, all, wise men, men · **What happens:** not remember, hear, listen, say, relate, know · **To what, where:** words, story, family, rank, head cook, distinction · **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 6. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (stork papa, all, wise men, men), 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:pg27200:88:11 # text = "I cannot quite remember the words I heard when I listened on the roof," said stork-papa, while relating the story to his family; "all I know is, that what the wise men said was so complicated and so learned, that they received not only rank, but presents; even the head cook at the great house was honored with a mark of distinction, most likely for the soup." 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 3 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 4 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 6 advmod _ _ 5 quite quite ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 remember remember VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 19 ccomp _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 words word NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obj _ _ 9 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 10 heard hear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 acl:relcl _ _ 11 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 13 advmod _ _ 12 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 13 listened listen VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 ccomp _ _ 14 on on ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 roof roof NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 18 " " PUNCT '' _ 6 punct _ _ 19 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 20 stork stork NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 21 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 20 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 22 papa papa NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 24 while while SCONJ IN _ 25 mark _ _ 25 relating relate VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 19 advcl _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 story story NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obj _ _ 28 to to ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 30 nmod:poss _ _ 30 family family NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 31 ; ; PUNCT : _ 36 punct _ _ 32 " " PUNCT `` _ 33 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 33 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 36 nsubj _ _ 34 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 35 know know VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 33 acl:relcl _ _ 36 is be VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 19 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 38 that that SCONJ IN _ 46 mark _ _ 39 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 46 nsubj _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 41 wise wise ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 42 amod _ _ 42 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 43 nsubj _ _ 43 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 39 acl:relcl _ _ 44 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 46 cop _ _ 45 so so ADV RB _ 46 advmod _ _ 46 complicated complicated ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 conj _ _ 47 and and CCONJ CC _ 49 cc _ _ 48 so so ADV RB _ 49 advmod _ _ 49 learned learn VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 46 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 50 , , PUNCT , _ 53 punct _ _ 51 that that SCONJ IN _ 53 mark _ _ 52 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 53 nsubj _ _ 53 received receive VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 49 ccomp _ _ 54 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 56 advmod _ _ 55 only only ADV RB _ 56 advmod _ _ 56 rank rank NOUN NN Number=Sing 53 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 57 , , PUNCT , _ 59 punct _ _ 58 but but CCONJ CC _ 59 cc _ _ 59 presents present NOUN NNS Number=Plur 36 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 60 ; ; PUNCT : _ 70 punct _ _ 61 even even ADV RB _ 64 advmod _ _ 62 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 64 det _ _ 63 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 64 compound _ _ 64 cook cook NOUN NN Number=Sing 70 nsubj:pass _ _ 65 at at ADP IN _ 68 case _ _ 66 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 68 det _ _ 67 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 68 amod _ _ 68 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 64 nmod _ _ 69 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 70 aux:pass _ _ 70 honored honor VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 19 ccomp _ _ 71 with with ADP IN _ 73 case _ _ 72 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 73 det _ _ 73 mark mark NOUN NN Number=Sing 70 obl _ _ 74 of of ADP IN _ 75 case _ _ 75 distinction distinction NOUN NN Number=Sing 73 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 76 , , PUNCT , _ 78 punct _ _ 77 most most ADV RBS Degree=Sup 78 advmod _ _ 78 likely likely ADV RB _ 70 advmod _ _ 79 for for ADP IN _ 81 case _ _ 80 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 81 det _ _ 81 soup soup NOUN NN Number=Sing 78 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 82 . . PUNCT . _ 70 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 83 " " PUNCT '' _ 70 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **remember** *in a quote* | can | stork papa *= papa* | the words | | | | | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent word=Theme | | 2 | **hear** *in a quote* | past | stork papa *= papa* | the words *not said here* | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **listen** *in a quote* | past | stork papa *= papa* | | | | | on the roof | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent on roof=Theme | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | stork papa | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 5 | **relate** | gerund | stork papa *not said here* | the story | papa's family | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent story=Topic to family=Recipient | | 6 | **know** *in a quote* | present | stork papa *= papa* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 7 | **be** *in a quote* | present | all | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | past | the wise men | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 9 | **is** *in a quote* | past | | | | | | complicated *property* | tree rules | | 10 | **learn** *in a quote* | past | | | | | | | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 11 | **receive** *in a quote* | past | men *= man* | rank | | | | | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rank=Theme | | 12 | **honor** *in a quote* | past · passive | | the head cook at the great house | | | | with a mark of distinction; likely *property* | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 13 | **mark** *in a quote* | | | distinction | | | | | nom mark «cognition transitive»: of=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 10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/88/10/) - next →: [sentence 12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/88/12/) - ↑ back to [The Marsh King's Daughter, part 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/88/)