--- title: He may remark that Andersen wants to ‘point a moral,’ as well as to… — The Pink Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: He may remark that Andersen wants to ‘point a moral,’ as well as to ‘adorn a tale; ‘ that he is trying to make fun of the follies of mankind, as they exist in civilised countries. Who acts: student, Andersen, tales. 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The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (student, Andersen, tales), 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:pg5615:1:10 # text = He may remark that Andersen wants to ‘point a moral,’ as well as to ‘adorn a tale; ‘ that he is trying to make fun of the follies of mankind, as they exist in civilised countries. 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 remark remark VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 that that SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 5 Andersen Andersen PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 6 wants want VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 ccomp _ _ 7 to to PART TO _ 9 mark _ _ 8 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 point point VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 xcomp _ _ 10 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 moral moral NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ 14 as as ADV RB ExtPos=ADV 19 advmod _ _ 15 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 14 fixed _ _ 16 as as ADP IN _ 14 fixed _ _ 17 to to ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 19 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 19 adorn adorn VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 advcl _ _ 20 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 tale tale NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 22 ; ; PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 23 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 27 punct _ _ 24 that that SCONJ IN _ 27 mark _ _ 25 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 26 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 27 aux _ _ 27 trying try VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 3 advcl _ _ 28 to to PART TO _ 29 mark _ _ 29 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 27 xcomp _ _ 30 fun fun NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obj _ _ 31 of of ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 follies folly NOUN NNS Number=Plur 30 nmod _ _ 34 of of ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 35 mankind mankind NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 37 as as SCONJ IN _ 39 mark _ _ 38 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 39 exist exist VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 29 conj _ _ 40 in in ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 civilised civilise VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 42 amod _ _ 42 countries country NOUN NNS Number=Plur 39 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **remark** *speech: assert* | may | student | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **want** | present | Andersen | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 3 | **point** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | Andersen *not said here* | a moral | | | | | vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent moral=Patient | | 4 | **adorn** | infinitive | student *not said here* | a tale | | | | | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme tale=Destination | | 5 | **try** | present · progressive | student | | | | | | vn try-61.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 6 | **make** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | student *not said here* | fun of the follies of mankind | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset fun=Product | | 7 | **exist** | present | tales *= tale* | | | civilised countries | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in country=Location | | 8 | **civilise** | participle | | | | | | | tree rules | 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:** «The Pink Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 5615 (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 9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/1/9/) - next →: [sentence 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/1/11/) - ↑ back to [The Pink Fairy Book, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/1/)