--- title: “Thus it is,” said the little maiden in the tree, “some call me 'Old… — Andersen's Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: “Thus it is,” said the little maiden in the tree, “some call me 'Old Nanny,' others a 'Dryad,' but, in reality, my name is 'Remembrance'; 'tis I who sit in the tree that grows and grows! Who acts: story, some, name, I. 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 (story, some, name, I), 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:pg1597:17:138 # text = “Thus it is,” said the little maiden in the tree, “some call me 'Old Nanny,' others a 'Dryad,' but, in reality, my name is 'Remembrance'; 'tis I who sit in the tree that grows and grows! 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Thus thus ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 is be VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ” " PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ 7 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 obl:unmarked _ _ 10 maiden maiden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 ccomp _ _ 11 in in ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 15 “ " PUNCT `` _ 17 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 16 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 17 nsubj _ _ 17 call call VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 parataxis _ _ 18 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 17 obj _ _ 19 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 21 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 20 Old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 amod _ _ 21 Nanny Nanny PROPN NNP Number=Sing 17 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 23 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 24 punct _ _ 24 others other NOUN NNS Number=Plur 17 obl _ _ 25 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 26 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 27 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 27 Dryad dryad NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 29 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 27 punct _ _ 30 but but CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 32 in in ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 33 reality reality NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 35 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 36 nmod:poss _ _ 36 name name NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 nsubj _ _ 37 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 39 cop _ _ 38 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 39 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 39 Remembrance remembrance NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 40 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 39 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 41 ; ; PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 42 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 43 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 43 tis tis NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 conj _ _ 44 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 46 nsubj _ _ 45 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 46 nsubj _ _ 46 sit sit VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 43 acl:relcl _ _ 47 in in ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 48 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 49 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 obl _ _ 50 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 51 nsubj _ _ 51 grows grow VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 49 acl:relcl _ _ 52 and and CCONJ CC _ 53 cc _ _ 53 grows grow VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 51 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 54 ! ! PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **be** *in a quote* | present | story | | | | | thus *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **say** *speech: express* | past | | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **call** *in a quote* | present | some | | me | | | Old Nanny *obl*; others a Dryad but reality *obl* | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent i=Recipient | | 4 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | my name | Remembrance | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **sit** *in a quote* | present | I | | | the tree | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in tree=Location | | 6 | **grow** *in a quote* | present | the tree | | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **grow** *in a quote* | present | the tree *not said here* | | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **name** *in a quote* | | my | | | | | | nom name «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:** «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 137](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/17/137/) - next →: [sentence 139](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/17/139/) - ↑ back to [The Elderbush](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/17/)