--- title: They both looked so rosy-cheeked; and the youngest of the grandchild… — Andersen's Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: They both looked so rosy-cheeked; and the youngest of the grandchildren danced around them, and called out quite delighted, that there was to be something very splendid that evening--they were all to have hot potatoes. Who acts: people, youngest, something. 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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 (people, youngest, something), 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:pg1597:17:81 # text = They both looked so rosy-cheeked; and the youngest of the grandchildren danced around them, and called out quite delighted, that there was to be something very splendid that evening--they were all to have hot potatoes. 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 both both ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 3 looked look VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 so so ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 rosy rosy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 6 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 cheeked cheek VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ; ; PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 youngest young ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 15 nsubj _ _ 12 of of ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 grandchildren grandchild NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 obl _ _ 15 danced dance VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 16 around around ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 17 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 20 called call VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 15 conj _ _ 21 out out ADP RP _ 20 compound:prt _ _ 22 quite quite ADV RB _ 23 advmod _ _ 23 delighted delighted ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 25 that that SCONJ IN _ 27 mark _ _ 26 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 27 expl _ _ 27 was be VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 conj _ _ 28 to to PART TO _ 30 mark _ _ 29 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 30 cop _ _ 30 something something PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 27 nsubj _ _ 31 very very ADV RB _ 32 advmod _ _ 32 splendid splendid ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 amod _ _ 33 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 34 det _ _ 34 evening evening NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 35 -- -- PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 36 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 37 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 40 aux _ _ 38 all all ADV RB _ 40 advmod _ _ 39 to to PART TO _ 40 mark _ _ 40 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 30 conj _ _ 41 hot hot ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 42 amod _ _ 42 potatoes potato NOUN NNS Number=Plur 40 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **look** | past | people | | | | | both, rosy *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus | | 2 | **cheek** | participle | people *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **dance** | past | the youngest | | | | | around people | vn modes\_of\_being\_with\_motion-47.3 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme around they=Location | | 4 | **call out** *speech: assert* | participle | the youngest *not said here* | | | | | delighted *property* | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **be** | past | something | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **is a** | to-infinitive | | something | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **have** | past | people | hot potatoes | | | | all *property* | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent potato=Patient | 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 80](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/17/80/) - next →: [sentence 82](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/17/82/) - ↑ back to [The Elderbush](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/17/)