--- title: "That singing is a lovely gift;" said the ladies of the court to eac… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: "That singing is a lovely gift;" said the ladies of the court to each other; and then they took water in their mouths to make them utter the gurgling sounds of the nightingale when they spoke to any one, so that they might fancy themselves nightingales. 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C. Andersen, The Nightingale. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (singing, lovely gift, tears, gurgling sounds), 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:pg27200:125:68 # text = "That singing is a lovely gift;" said the ladies of the court to each other; and then they took water in their mouths to make them utter the gurgling sounds of the nightingale when they spoke to any one, so that they might fancy themselves nightingales. 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 That that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 3 det _ _ 3 singing singing NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 4 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 lovely lovely ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 gift gift NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ; ; PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 " " PUNCT '' _ 7 punct _ _ 10 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 ladies lady NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 obj _ _ 13 of of ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 court court NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nmod _ _ 16 to to ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 17 each each DET DT PronType=Tot 15 nmod _ _ 18 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 fixed _ SpaceAfter=No 19 ; ; PUNCT : _ 23 punct _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 21 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 23 advmod _ _ 22 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 23 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 conj _ _ 24 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obj _ _ 25 in in ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 27 nmod:poss _ _ 27 mouths mouth NOUN NNS Number=Plur 23 obl _ _ 28 to to PART TO _ 29 mark _ _ 29 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 23 advcl _ _ 30 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 obj _ _ 31 utter utter VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 29 xcomp _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 33 gurgling gurgling NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 compound _ _ 34 sounds sound NOUN NNS Number=Plur 31 obj _ _ 35 of of ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 nightingale nightingale NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 nmod _ _ 38 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 40 advmod _ _ 39 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 40 spoke speak VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 37 acl:relcl _ _ 41 to to ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 42 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 43 det _ _ 43 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 44 , , PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 45 so so SCONJ IN ExtPos=SCONJ 49 mark _ _ 46 that that SCONJ IN _ 45 fixed _ _ 47 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 49 nsubj _ _ 48 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 49 aux _ _ 49 fancy fancy VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 23 parataxis _ _ 50 themselves themselves PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 49 obj _ _ 51 nightingales nightingale NOUN NNS Number=Plur 49 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 52 . . PUNCT . _ 10 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | that singing | a lovely gift | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | a lovely gift | the ladies of the court to each | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent lady=Topic | | 3 | **take** | past | tears *= tear* | water | | tears's mouths | then | | vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent water=Value in mouth=Location | | 4 | **make** | to-infinitive | tears *= tear* *not said here* | tears *= tear* | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **utter** *speech: other* | infinitive | the gurgling sounds of the nightingale | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **speak** *speech: other* | past | tears *= tear* | | any one | | | | vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent to one=Co-Agent | | 7 | **fancy** | might | tears *= tear* | tears *= tear* | | | | | 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:** «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. Andersen, Project Gutenberg book 27200 (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 67](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/125/67/) - next →: [sentence 69](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/125/69/) - ↑ back to [The Nightingale](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/125/)