--- title: “'Yes, this very day is the fiftieth anniversary of the marriage,' s… — Andersen's Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: “'Yes, this very day is the fiftieth anniversary of the marriage,' said old Granny, sticking her head between the two old people; who thought it was their neighbor who nodded to them. Who acts: day, fiftieth anniversary, head, anniversary. A sentence of «Andersen's Fairy Tales» by H. C. 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Andersen, The Elderbush. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (day, fiftieth anniversary, head, anniversary), 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:pg1597:17:77 # text = “'Yes, this very day is the fiftieth anniversary of the marriage,' said old Granny, sticking her head between the two old people; who thought it was their neighbor who nodded to them. 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 17 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 3 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 11 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 5 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 7 det _ _ 6 very very ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 7 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ _ 8 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 cop _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 10 fiftieth fiftieth ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 anniversary anniversary NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 nsubj _ _ 12 of of ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 marriage marriage NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 16 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 11 punct _ _ 17 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 18 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 amod _ _ 19 Granny Granny PROPN NNP Number=Sing 17 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 21 sticking stick VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 17 advcl _ _ 22 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 23 nmod:poss _ _ 23 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obj _ _ 24 between between ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 26 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 28 nummod _ _ 27 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 amod _ _ 28 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 23 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 29 ; ; PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 30 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 31 nsubj _ _ 31 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 acl _ _ 32 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 33 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 35 cop _ _ 34 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 35 nmod:poss _ _ 35 neighbor neighbor NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 ccomp _ _ 36 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 37 nsubj _ _ 37 nodded nod VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 35 acl:relcl _ _ 38 to to ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 39 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 40 . . PUNCT . _ 17 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | this day | the fiftieth anniversary | | | | of the marriage | tree rules | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | past | the fiftieth anniversary | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **stick** *in a quote* | gerund | the fiftieth anniversary *not said here* | Granny's head | | | | between the two old people | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent head=Theme between people=Destination | | 4 | **think** *speech: other* *in a quote* | past | Granny's head | | | | | | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **is a** *in a quote* | past | anniversary | people's neighbor | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **nod** *in a quote* | past | people's neighbor | | people | | | | vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to they=Recipient | 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. 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