--- title: “Ah! we shall soon see that!” thought the old Queen-mother; however,… — Andersen's Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: “Ah! we shall soon see that!” thought the old Queen-mother; however, she said not a word of what she was going to do; but went quietly into the bedroom, took all the bed-clothes off the bed, and put three little peas on the bedstead. Who acts: we, old Queen mother, water. 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C. Andersen, The Real Princess. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (we, old Queen mother, water), 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:pg1597:4:10 # text = “Ah! we shall soon see that!” thought the old Queen-mother; however, she said not a word of what she was going to do; but went quietly into the bedroom, took all the bed-clothes off the bed, and put three little peas on the bedstead. 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Ah ah INTJ UH _ 7 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 3 ! ! PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ 4 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 5 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 6 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 7 advmod _ _ 7 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 parataxis _ _ 8 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 7 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 ! ! PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ” " PUNCT '' _ 7 punct _ _ 11 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 13 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 amod _ _ 14 Queen Queen PROPN NNP Number=Sing 16 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 15 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 14 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 16 mother mother NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 ; ; PUNCT : _ 21 punct _ _ 18 however however ADV RB _ 21 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 20 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 21 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 parataxis _ _ 22 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 21 advmod _ _ 23 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 word word NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obj _ _ 25 of of ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 26 what what PRON WP PronType=Rel 24 nmod _ _ 27 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 28 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 aux _ _ 29 going go VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 26 acl:relcl _ _ 30 to to PART TO _ 31 mark _ _ 31 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 29 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 32 ; ; PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 33 but but CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 34 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 conj _ _ 35 quietly quietly ADV RB _ 34 advmod _ _ 36 into into ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 bedroom bedroom NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 40 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 conj _ _ 41 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 45 det:predet _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 43 bed bed NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 44 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 43 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 45 clothes clothes NOUN NNS Number=Ptan 40 obj _ _ 46 off off ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 47 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 48 bed bed NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 49 , , PUNCT , _ 51 punct _ _ 50 and and CCONJ CC _ 51 cc _ _ 51 put put VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 40 conj _ _ 52 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 54 nummod _ _ 53 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 54 amod _ _ 54 peas pea NOUN NNS Number=Plur 51 obj _ _ 55 on on ADP IN _ 57 case _ _ 56 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 57 det _ _ 57 bedstead bedstead NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 58 . . PUNCT . _ 11 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **see** *in a quote* | shall | we | that | | | | soon *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer that=Stimulus | | 2 | **think** *speech: other* | past | the old Queen mother | | | | | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 3 | **not** **say** *speech: assert* | past | water | a word | | | | however *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent word=Topic | | 4 | **go** | past · progressive | water | | | | | | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 5 | **do** | to-infinitive | water *not said here* | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **go** | past | water *not said here* | | | the bedroom | | quietly *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme into bedroom=Initial\_Location | | 7 | **take** | past | water *not said here* | all bed clothes | | the bed | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent clothes=Theme off bed=Initial\_Location | | 8 | **put** | past | water *not said here* | three little peas | | the bedstead | | | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent pea=Theme on bedstead=Destination | 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 9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/4/9/) - next →: [sentence 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/4/11/) - ↑ back to [The Real Princess](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/4/)