--- title: They themselves knew not how old they were, but they could remember… — Andersen's Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: They themselves knew not how old they were, but they could remember very well that there had been many more; that they were of a family from foreign lands, and that for them and theirs the whole forest was planted. Who acts: snails, many more. 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 (snails, many more), 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:pg1597:20:6 # text = They themselves knew not how old they were, but they could remember very well that there had been many more; that they were of a family from foreign lands, and that for them and theirs the whole forest was planted. 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 themselves themselves PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Emp|Reflex=Yes 1 nmod:unmarked _ _ 3 knew know VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 3 advmod _ _ 5 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 6 advmod _ _ 6 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 ccomp _ _ 7 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 8 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 10 but but CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 11 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 12 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 13 aux _ _ 13 remember remember VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 conj _ _ 14 very very ADV RB _ 15 advmod _ _ 15 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 13 advmod _ _ 16 that that SCONJ IN _ 19 mark _ _ 17 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 19 expl _ _ 18 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 aux _ _ 19 been be VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 13 ccomp _ _ 20 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 amod _ _ 21 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 19 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 22 ; ; PUNCT : _ 28 punct _ _ 23 that that SCONJ IN _ 28 mark _ _ 24 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 25 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 cop _ _ 26 of of ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 family family NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 29 from from ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 foreign foreign ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 amod _ _ 31 lands land NOUN NNS Number=Plur 28 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 34 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 3 obl _ _ 35 for for ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 36 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 nmod _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 38 theirs their PRON PRP Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 43 nsubj:pass _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 40 whole whole ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 41 amod _ _ 41 forest forest NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 nsubj:pass _ _ 42 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 43 aux:pass _ _ 43 planted plant VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **know** | past | snails *= snail* | that | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 2 | **is** | past | | | | | | old *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **remember** | could | snails *= snail* | | | | | well *property* | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 4 | **be** | past · perfect | many more | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **is** | past | snails *= snail* | | | foreign lands | | of a family | tree rules | | 6 | **plant** | past · passive | | snails *= snail* | | | | | vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: subject=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 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/20/5/) - next →: [sentence 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/20/7/) - ↑ back to [The Happy Family](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/20/)