--- title: In the morning Gerda told her all that the Wood-pigeons had said; an… — Andersen's Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: In the morning Gerda told her all that the Wood-pigeons had said; and the little maiden looked very serious, but she nodded her head, and said, “That's no matter--that's no matter. Who acts: Gerda, Wood pigeons, little maiden, maiden. A sentence of «Andersen's Fairy Tales» by H. C. 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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 (Gerda, Wood pigeons, little maiden, maiden), 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:pg1597:14:62 # text = In the morning Gerda told her all that the Wood-pigeons had said; and the little maiden looked very serious, but she nodded her head, and said, “That's no matter--that's no matter. 1 In in ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 morning morning NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 4 Gerda Gerda PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 iobj _ _ 7 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 14 det:predet _ _ 8 that that SCONJ IN _ 14 mark _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 10 Wood Wood PROPN NNP Number=Sing 12 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 11 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 pigeons pigeon NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 nsubj _ _ 13 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 aux _ _ 14 said say VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 5 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ; ; PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 18 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 amod _ _ 19 maiden maiden NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 nsubj _ _ 20 looked look VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 21 very very ADV RB _ 22 advmod _ _ 22 serious serious ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 24 but but CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 25 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 26 nodded nod VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 27 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 28 nmod:poss _ _ 28 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 31 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 33 “ " PUNCT `` _ 37 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 34 That that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 37 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 35 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 37 cop _ _ 36 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 37 det _ _ 37 matter matter NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 38 -- -- PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 39 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 42 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 40 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 42 cop _ _ 41 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 42 det _ _ 42 matter matter NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | Gerda | | maiden | | morning | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent she=Recipient clause=Topic | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past · perfect | the Wood pigeons | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **look** | past | the little maiden | | | | | serious *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus | | 4 | **nod** | past | maiden | maiden's head | | | | | vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent head=Patient | | 5 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Gerda *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | That | no matter and no matter | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | that | no matter | | | | | 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:** «Andersen's Fairy Tales» by H. C. Andersen, Project Gutenberg book 1597 (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 61](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/14/61/) - next →: [sentence 63](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/14/63/) - ↑ back to [The Snow Queen, part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/14/)