--- title: But the old maid who lived in the garret had a bird, and it really m… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: But the old maid who lived in the garret had a bird, and it really might be useful to her; so the bottle neck was provided with a cork, and taken up to her; and, as it often happens in life, the part that had been uppermost was now turned downwards, and it was filled with fresh water. 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C. Andersen, The Bottle Neck. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (old maid, garret, it, part), 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:pg27200:13:143 # text = But the old maid who lived in the garret had a bird, and it really might be useful to her; so the bottle neck was provided with a cork, and taken up to her; and, as it often happens in life, the part that had been uppermost was now turned downwards, and it was filled with fresh water. 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 maid maid NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _ 5 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 6 nsubj _ _ 6 lived live VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 acl:relcl _ _ 7 in in ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 garret garret NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 10 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 11 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 bird bird NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 15 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 16 really really ADV RB _ 19 advmod _ _ 17 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 19 aux _ _ 18 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 19 cop _ _ 19 useful useful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 conj _ _ 20 to to ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 21 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 22 ; ; PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 23 so so ADV RB _ 28 advmod _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 25 bottle bottle NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 compound _ _ 26 neck neck NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 nsubj:pass _ _ 27 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 aux:pass _ _ 28 provided provide VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 10 parataxis _ _ 29 with with ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 cork cork NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 34 taken take VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 28 conj _ _ 35 up up ADP RP _ 34 compound:prt _ _ 36 to to ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 37 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 38 ; ; PUNCT , _ 62 punct _ _ 39 and and CCONJ CC _ 62 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 41 as as SCONJ IN _ 44 mark _ _ 42 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 44 nsubj _ _ 43 often often ADV RB _ 44 advmod _ _ 44 happens happen VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 62 advcl _ _ 45 in in ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 46 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 47 , , PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 48 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 49 part part NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 appos _ _ 50 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 53 nsubj _ _ 51 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 53 aux _ _ 52 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 53 cop _ _ 53 uppermost uppermost ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 49 acl:relcl _ _ 54 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 56 aux:pass _ _ 55 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 56 advmod _ _ 56 turned turn VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 53 advcl _ _ 57 downwards downwards ADV RB _ 56 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 58 , , PUNCT , _ 62 punct _ _ 59 and and CCONJ CC _ 62 cc _ _ 60 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 62 nsubj:pass _ _ 61 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 62 aux:pass _ _ 62 filled fill VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 10 conj _ _ 63 with with ADP IN _ 65 case _ _ 64 fresh fresh ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 65 amod _ _ 65 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 62 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 66 . . PUNCT . _ 10 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **live** | past | the old maid | | | the garret | | | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in garret=Location | | 2 | **have** | past | the old maid | a bird | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bird=Patient | | 3 | **is** | might | garret | | maid | | | useful *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **provide** | past · passive | | the bottle neck | | | | with a cork | vn fulfilling-13.4.1-2 «NP V NP-Fulfilling PP.theme»: subject=Recipient with cork=Theme | | 5 | **take up** | participle | | | maid | | | | vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient to she=Result | | 6 | **happen** | present | it | | | life | | often *property* | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in life=Location | | 7 | **is** | past · perfect | the part | | | | | uppermost *property* | tree rules | | 8 | **turn** | past · passive | the part *not said here* | | | | now | downwards *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V» | | 9 | **fill** | past · passive | | garret | | | | with fresh water | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: subject=Patient with water=Instrument | 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 142](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/13/142/) - next →: [sentence 144](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/13/144/) - ↑ back to [The Bottle Neck](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/13/)