--- title: Our neighbor told me the same thing, but she laughed when she said i… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: Our neighbor told me the same thing, but she laughed when she said it, and so I asked her if she could say 'On my honor,' and she could not; and I know by that the story about the storks is not true, and that they only tell it to us children for fun.' Who acts: neighbor, roof, I, story. 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C. Andersen, Thirteenth Evening. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (neighbor, roof, I, story), 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:pg27200:104:11 # text = Our neighbor told me the same thing, but she laughed when she said it, and so I asked her if she could say 'On my honor,' and she could not; and I know by that the story about the storks is not true, and that they only tell it to us children for fun.' 1 Our our PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 2 nmod:poss _ _ 2 neighbor neighbor NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 3 iobj _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 same same ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 thing thing NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 9 but but CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 10 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 11 laughed laugh VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 12 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 14 advmod _ _ 13 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 14 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 advcl _ _ 15 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 18 so so ADV RB _ 20 advmod _ _ 19 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 20 asked ask VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 conj _ _ 21 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 obj _ _ 22 if if SCONJ IN _ 25 mark _ _ 23 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 24 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 25 aux _ _ 25 say say VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 20 ccomp _ _ 26 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 29 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 27 On on ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 29 nmod:poss _ _ 29 honor honor NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 31 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 29 punct _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 33 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 34 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 25 conj _ _ 35 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 34 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 36 ; ; PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 38 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 39 know know VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 40 by by SCONJ IN _ 49 mark _ _ 41 that that SCONJ IN _ 49 mark _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 story story NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 nsubj _ _ 44 about about ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 45 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 storks stork NOUN NNS Number=Plur 43 nmod _ _ 47 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 49 cop _ _ 48 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 49 advmod _ _ 49 true true ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 50 , , PUNCT , _ 55 punct _ _ 51 and and CCONJ CC _ 55 cc _ _ 52 that that SCONJ IN _ 55 mark _ _ 53 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 55 nsubj _ _ 54 only only ADV RB _ 55 advmod _ _ 55 tell tell VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 ccomp _ _ 56 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 55 obj _ _ 57 to to ADP IN _ 58 case _ _ 58 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 55 obl _ _ 59 children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 55 iobj _ _ 60 for for ADP IN _ 61 case _ _ 61 fun fun NOUN NN Number=Sing 55 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 62 . . PUNCT . _ 55 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 63 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 55 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | Our neighbor | the same thing | me | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **laugh** | past | roof | | | | | | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | roof | tree | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent it=Topic | | 4 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past | I | | roof | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S»: agent=Agent she=Recipient clause=Topic | | 5 | **say** *speech: assert* *a condition, not said to happen* | could | roof | my honor | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent honor=Topic | | 6 | **know** | present | I | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 7 | **not** **is** | present | the story about the storks | | | | | true *property* | tree rules | | 8 | **tell** *speech: assert* | present | neighbors *= neighbor* | tree | children | | | to us; for fun | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent child=Recipient it=Topic | | 9 | **honor** | | my | | | | | | nom honor «communication transitive»: poss=agent | 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:** «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. 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