--- title: Then the turkey-cock puffed himself out as large as he could, and in… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: Then the turkey-cock puffed himself out as large as he could, and inquired who he was; and the ducks waddled backwards, crying, "Quack, quack." Who acts: turkey cock, ducks. A sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. 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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 (turkey cock, ducks), 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:pg27200:134:72 # text = Then the turkey-cock puffed himself out as large as he could, and inquired who he was; and the ducks waddled backwards, crying, "Quack, quack." 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 6 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 3 turkey turkey NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 4 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 cock cock NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 6 puffed puff VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 6 obj _ _ 8 out out ADP RP _ 6 compound:prt _ _ 9 as as ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 10 large large ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 advcl _ _ 11 as as SCONJ IN _ 13 mark _ _ 12 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 13 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 10 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 16 inquired inquire VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 17 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 16 obj _ _ 18 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 19 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 20 ; ; PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 ducks duck NOUN NNS Number=Plur 24 nsubj _ _ 24 waddled waddle VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 parataxis _ _ 25 backwards backwards ADV RB _ 24 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 27 crying cry VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 24 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 29 " " PUNCT `` _ 30 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 30 Quack quack NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 32 quack quack NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 33 . . PUNCT . _ 27 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 34 " " PUNCT '' _ 24 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **puff out** | past | the turkey cock | cock | | | then | | vn substance\_emission-43.4-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location himself=Source | | 2 | **inquire** *speech: other* | past | the turkey cock *not said here* | | | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent who=Recipient | | 3 | **waddle** | past | the ducks | | | | | backwards *property* | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **cry** *speech: express* | gerund | the ducks *not said here* | Quack and quack | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent quack=Topic | 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 71](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/134/71/) - next →: [sentence 73](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/134/73/) - ↑ back to [Ole-luk-oie, the Dream-god](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/134/)