--- title: But in his reply, he said, if he had to take a part, he must enjoy t… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: But in his reply, he said, if he had to take a part, he must enjoy the sport from his own home; they were to arrange for him to do so; and so they did. Who acts: slit, things. A sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. 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Andersen, The Money-box. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (slit, things), 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:pg27200:90:16 # text = But in his reply, he said, if he had to take a part, he must enjoy the sport from his own home; they were to arrange for him to do so; and so they did. 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 2 in in ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 3 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ _ 4 reply reply NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 6 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 7 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 9 if if SCONJ IN _ 11 mark _ _ 10 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 11 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 ccomp _ _ 12 to to PART TO _ 13 mark _ _ 13 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 xcomp _ _ 14 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 part part NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 17 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 18 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 19 aux _ _ 19 enjoy enjoy VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 13 conj _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 sport sport NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obj _ _ 22 from from ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 23 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 25 nmod:poss _ _ 24 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 amod _ _ 25 home home NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 26 ; ; PUNCT : _ 30 punct _ _ 27 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 28 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 aux _ _ 29 to to PART TO _ 30 mark _ _ 30 arrange arrange VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 conj _ _ 31 for for SCONJ IN _ 34 mark _ _ 32 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 33 to to PART TO _ 34 mark _ _ 34 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 30 ccomp _ _ 35 so so ADV RB _ 34 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 36 ; ; PUNCT : _ 40 punct _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 38 so so ADV RB _ 40 advmod _ _ 39 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 40 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 41 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | slit | | | slit's reply | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **have** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | slit | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **take** | to-infinitive | slit *not said here* | a part | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent part=Theme | | 4 | **enjoy** | must | slit | the sport | | slit's own home | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer sport=Stimulus | | 5 | **arrange** | past | things *= thing* | | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **do** | to-infinitive | slit | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **do** | past | things *= thing* | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **reply** | | slit | | | | | | nom reply «communication transitive»: 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 15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/90/15/) - next →: [sentence 17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/90/17/) - ↑ back to [The Money-box](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/90/)