--- title: “Yes, that it has,” said she; and she now related many pretty things… — Andersen's Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: “Yes, that it has,” said she; and she now related many pretty things out of Holberg's comedies, and about Waldemar and Absalon; but all at once she cowered together, and her head began shaking backwards and forwards, and she looked as she were going to make a spring. Who acts: apron, grass, head. 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C. Andersen, The Dream of Little Tuk. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (apron, grass, head), 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:pg1597:25:61 # text = “Yes, that it has,” said she; and she now related many pretty things out of Holberg's comedies, and about Waldemar and Absalon; but all at once she cowered together, and her head began shaking backwards and forwards, and she looked as she were going to make a spring. 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 6 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 4 that that SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 5 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 6 has have VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ” " PUNCT '' _ 6 punct _ _ 9 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 10 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ; ; PUNCT : _ 15 punct _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 13 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 14 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 15 advmod _ _ 15 related relate VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 conj _ _ 16 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 amod _ _ 17 pretty pretty ADV RB _ 16 advmod _ _ 18 things thing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 15 obj _ _ 19 out out ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 20 of of ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 21 Holberg Holberg PROPN NNP Number=Sing 23 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 22 's 's PART POS _ 21 case _ _ 23 comedies comedy NOUN NNS Number=Plur 15 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 26 about about ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 27 Waldemar Waldemar PROPN NNP Number=Sing 15 obl _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 29 Absalon Absalon PROPN NNP Number=Sing 27 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 30 ; ; PUNCT : _ 36 punct _ _ 31 but but CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 32 all all ADV RB _ 36 advmod _ _ 33 at at ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 34 once once ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 32 obl _ _ 35 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 36 cowered cower VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 acl:relcl _ _ 37 together together ADV RB _ 36 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 39 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 40 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 41 nmod:poss _ _ 41 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 nsubj _ _ 42 began begin VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 conj _ _ 43 shaking shake VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 42 xcomp _ _ 44 backwards backwards ADV RB _ 43 advmod _ _ 45 and and CCONJ CC _ 46 cc _ _ 46 forwards forwards ADV RB _ 44 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 47 , , PUNCT , _ 50 punct _ _ 48 and and CCONJ CC _ 50 cc _ _ 49 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 50 nsubj _ _ 50 looked look VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 conj _ _ 51 as as SCONJ IN _ 54 mark _ _ 52 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 54 nsubj _ _ 53 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 54 aux _ _ 54 going go VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 50 advcl _ _ 55 to to PART TO _ 56 mark _ _ 56 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 54 xcomp _ _ 57 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 58 det _ _ 58 spring spring NOUN NN Number=Sing 56 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 59 . . PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** *in a quote* | present | apron | | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | grass | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **relate** | past | grass | many things | | Holberg's comedies | now | about Waldemar and Absalon | vn involve-107.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thing=Theme | | 4 | **cower** | past | grass | Waldemar and Absalon *not said here* | | | | all, together *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **begin** | past | grass's head | | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 6 | **shake** | gerund | grass's head *not said here* | | | | | backwards *property* | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient | | 7 | **look** | past | grass | | | | | | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | | 8 | **go** | past · progressive | grass | | | | | | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 9 | **make** | to-infinitive | grass *not said here* | | | | spring | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset | 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 60](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/25/60/) - next →: [sentence 62](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/25/62/) - ↑ back to [The Dream of Little Tuk](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/25/)