--- title: "But we have no theatre," cried little Anna, "and we have no one to… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: "But we have no theatre," cried little Anna, "and we have no one to act for us; my old doll cannot, for she is a fright, and my new one cannot, for she must not rumple her new clothes." Who acts: we, little Anna, she. A sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. 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Andersen, In the Nursery. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (we, little Anna, she), 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:pg27200:127:3 # text = "But we have no theatre," cried little Anna, "and we have no one to act for us; my old doll cannot, for she is a fright, and my new one cannot, for she must not rumple her new clothes." 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 But but CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 3 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 6 det _ _ 6 theatre theatre NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 " " PUNCT `` _ 9 punct _ _ 9 cried cry VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 10 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 Anna Anna PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 13 " " PUNCT '' _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 15 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 16 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 conj _ _ 17 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 18 det _ _ 18 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obj _ _ 19 to to PART TO _ 20 mark _ _ 20 act act VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 18 acl _ _ 21 for for ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 22 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 20 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 23 ; ; PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 24 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 26 nmod:poss _ _ 25 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 amod _ _ 26 doll doll NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 nsubj _ _ 27 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 28 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 27 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 30 for for ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 31 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 32 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 34 cop _ _ 33 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 fright fright NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 37 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 39 nmod:poss _ _ 38 new new ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 amod _ _ 39 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 nsubj _ _ 40 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 41 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 40 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 43 for for SCONJ IN _ 47 mark _ _ 44 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 47 nsubj _ _ 45 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 47 aux _ _ 46 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 47 advmod _ _ 47 rumple rumple VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 conj _ _ 48 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 50 nmod:poss _ _ 49 new new ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 50 amod _ _ 50 clothes clothes NOUN NNS Number=Ptan 47 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 51 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 52 " " PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** *in a quote* | present | we | no theatre | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **cry** *speech: express* | past | little Anna | | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **have** *in a quote* | present | we | no one | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent one=Patient | | 4 | **act** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | we *not said here* | no one *not said here* | | | | for us | vn act-114-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **is** *in a quote* | present | she | | | | | for a fright | tree rules | | 6 | **not** **rumple** *in a quote* | must | she | her new clothes | | | | | vn bend-45.2 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent clothes=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:** «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 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/127/2/) - next →: [sentence 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/127/4/) - ↑ back to [In the Nursery](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/127/)