--- title: "I have never thought about my heart," replied the Portuguese duck,… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: "I have never thought about my heart," replied the Portuguese duck, "but I know that I love all my fellow-creatures, except the cat, and nobody can expect me to love her, for she ate up two of my ducklings. Who acts: Portuguese duck, nobody, duck. 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C. Andersen, The Portuguese Duck. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Portuguese duck, nobody, duck), 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:pg27200:145:22 # text = "I have never thought about my heart," replied the Portuguese duck, "but I know that I love all my fellow-creatures, except the cat, and nobody can expect me to love her, for she ate up two of my ducklings. 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 3 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 4 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 5 advmod _ _ 5 thought think VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 6 about about ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 8 heart heart NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 " " PUNCT '' _ 11 punct _ _ 11 replied reply VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 13 Portuguese portuguese ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 amod _ _ 14 duck duck NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 16 " " PUNCT '' _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 17 but but CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 18 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 19 know know VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 conj _ _ 20 that that SCONJ IN _ 22 mark _ _ 21 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 22 love love VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 19 ccomp _ _ 23 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 27 det:predet _ _ 24 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 27 nmod:poss _ _ 25 fellow fellow ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 26 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 25 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 27 creatures creature NOUN NNS Number=Plur 22 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 29 except except ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 cat cat NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 34 nobody nobody PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 36 nsubj _ _ 35 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 36 aux _ _ 36 expect expect VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 22 parataxis _ _ 37 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 36 obj _ _ 38 to to PART TO _ 39 mark _ _ 39 love love VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 36 xcomp _ _ 40 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 42 for for SCONJ IN _ 44 mark _ _ 43 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 44 nsubj _ _ 44 ate eat VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 39 conj _ _ 45 up up ADP RP _ 44 compound:prt _ _ 46 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 44 obj _ _ 47 of of ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 48 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 49 nmod:poss _ _ 49 ducklings duckling NOUN NNS Number=Plur 46 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 50 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **think** *speech: other* *in a quote* | present · perfect | the Portuguese duck *= duck* | | | | | about my heart | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 2 | **reply** *speech: assert* | past | the Portuguese duck | | | | | | vn respond-113 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **know** *in a quote* | present | the Portuguese duck *= duck* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 4 | **love** *in a quote* | present | the Portuguese duck *= duck* | my fellow creatures | | | | | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer creature=Stimulus | | 5 | **expect** *in a quote* | can | nobody | the Portuguese duck *= duck* | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **love** *not said to happen, in a quote* | to-infinitive | the Portuguese duck *= duck* *not said here* | duck | | | | | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer she=Stimulus | | 7 | **eat up** *in a quote* | past | duck | two of my ducklings | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent two=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 21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/145/21/) - next →: [sentence 23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/145/23/) - ↑ back to [The Portuguese Duck](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/145/)