--- title: But two of the youngest soon grew tired, and both returned to town;… — Andersen's Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: But two of the youngest soon grew tired, and both returned to town; two little girls sat down, and twined garlands, so they did not go either; and when the others reached the willow-tree, where the confectioner was, they said, “Now we are there! Who acts: two, both, two little girls, girls. 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C. Andersen, The Bell. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (two, both, two little girls, girls), 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:pg1597:18:25 # text = But two of the youngest soon grew tired, and both returned to town; two little girls sat down, and twined garlands, so they did not go either; and when the others reached the willow-tree, where the confectioner was, they said, “Now we are there! 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 2 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 7 nsubj _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 youngest young ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 2 nmod _ _ 6 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 7 advmod _ _ 7 grew grow VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 tired tired ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 11 both both DET DT PronType=Tot 12 nsubj _ _ 12 returned return VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 13 to to ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 town town NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ; ; PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 16 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 18 nummod _ _ 17 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 amod _ _ 18 girls girl NOUN NNS Number=Plur 19 nsubj _ _ 19 sat sit VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 20 down down ADP RP _ 19 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 23 twined twine VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 conj _ _ 24 garlands garland NOUN NNS Number=Plur 23 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 26 so so ADV RB _ 30 advmod _ _ 27 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 28 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 aux _ _ 29 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 30 advmod _ _ 30 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 23 conj _ _ 31 either either ADV RB PronType=Ind 30 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 32 ; ; PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 34 when when SCONJ WRB _ 37 mark _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 others other NOUN NNS Number=Plur 37 nsubj _ _ 37 reached reach VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 39 willow willow NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 40 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 39 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 41 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 43 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 49 advmod _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 confectioner confectioner NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 nsubj _ _ 46 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 49 cop _ SpaceAfter=No 47 , , PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 48 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 49 nsubj _ _ 49 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 41 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 50 , , PUNCT , _ 55 punct _ _ 51 “ " PUNCT `` _ 55 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 52 Now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 55 advmod _ _ 53 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 55 nsubj _ _ 54 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 55 cop _ _ 55 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 49 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 56 ! ! PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **grow** | past | two of the youngest | | | | | soon, tired *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **return** | past | both | | | | | to town *result* | vn convert-26.6.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient to town=Result | | 3 | **sit down** | past | two little girls | | | | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **twine** | past | two little girls *not said here* | garlands | | | | | vn coil-9.6 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent garland=Theme | | 5 | **not** **go** | past · do-support | girls *= girl* | | | | | either *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **reach** | past | the others | the willow tree | | | | | vn body\_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent tree=Theme | | 7 | **be** *speech: assert* | past | the confectioner | | | | | say *property* | tree rules | | 8 | **is** *in a quote* | present | we | | | | now | there *property* | 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 24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/18/24/) - next →: [sentence 26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/18/26/) - ↑ back to [The Bell](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/18/)