--- title: "But they have no red cabbage like we have," said the hen, "I was on… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: "But they have no red cabbage like we have," said the hen, "I was once in the country with my chickens for a whole summer, there was a large sand-pit, in which we could walk about and scratch as we liked. Who acts: grapes, we, hen, large sand pit. 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C. Andersen, Ole-luk-oie, the Dream-god. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (grapes, we, hen, large sand pit), 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:pg27200:134:145 # text = "But they have no red cabbage like we have," said the hen, "I was once in the country with my chickens for a whole summer, there was a large sand-pit, in which we could walk about and scratch as we liked. 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 But but CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 3 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 13 ccomp _ _ 5 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 7 det _ _ 6 red red ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 cabbage cabbage NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 8 like like SCONJ IN _ 10 mark _ _ 9 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 10 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 " " PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ 13 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 hen hen NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 17 " " PUNCT `` _ 20 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 18 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 19 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 cop _ _ 20 once once ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 13 obl _ _ 21 in in ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 country country NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl _ _ 24 with with ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 26 nmod:poss _ _ 26 chickens chicken NOUN NNS Number=Plur 23 nmod _ _ 27 for for ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 28 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 29 whole whole ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 amod _ _ 30 summer summer NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 32 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 33 expl _ _ 33 was be VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 parataxis _ _ 34 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 35 large large ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 38 amod _ _ 36 sand sand NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 37 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 36 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 38 pit pit NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 40 in in ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 41 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 44 obl _ _ 42 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 44 nsubj _ _ 43 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 44 aux _ _ 44 walk walk VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 38 parataxis _ _ 45 about about ADV RB _ 44 advmod _ _ 46 and and CCONJ CC _ 47 cc _ _ 47 scratch scratch VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 44 conj _ _ 48 as as SCONJ IN _ 50 mark _ _ 49 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 50 nsubj _ _ 50 liked like VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 47 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 51 . . PUNCT . _ 13 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** *in a quote* | present | grapes *= grape* | no red cabbage | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cabbage=Patient | | 2 | **have** *in a quote* | present | we | | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the hen | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **is** *in a quote* | past | the hen *= hen* | | | the country with my chickens for a whole summer | | once *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **be** *in a quote* | past | a large sand pit | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **walk** *in a quote* | could | we | | | a large sand pit | | about *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in which=Trajectory | | 7 | **scratch** *in a quote* | infinitive | we *not said here* | | | | | | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **like** *in a quote* | past | we | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot | 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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