--- title: She came of a great family, for all that; but she did not know it, a… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: She came of a great family, for all that; but she did not know it, and the old clerk did not know it, though he had so much written down; but one of the old crows knew about it, and told about it. Who acts: family, old clerk, clerk, one. A sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. 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C. Andersen, Poultry Meg's Family. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (family, old clerk, clerk, one), 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:pg27200:149:248 # text = She came of a great family, for all that; but she did not know it, and the old clerk did not know it, though he had so much written down; but one of the old crows knew about it, and told about it. 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 family family NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 8 for for ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 10 det _ _ 10 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 2 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ; ; PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 12 but but CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 13 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 14 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 aux _ _ 15 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 16 advmod _ _ 16 know know VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 conj _ _ 17 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 21 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 amod _ _ 22 clerk clerk NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 nsubj _ _ 23 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 aux _ _ 24 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 25 advmod _ _ 25 know know VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 16 parataxis _ _ 26 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 28 though though SCONJ IN _ 30 mark _ _ 29 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 30 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 conj _ _ 31 so so ADV RB _ 32 advmod _ _ 32 much much ADV RB _ 33 advmod _ _ 33 written write VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 30 xcomp _ _ 34 down down ADP RP _ 33 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 35 ; ; PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 36 but but CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 37 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 42 nsubj _ _ 38 of of ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 40 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 41 amod _ _ 41 crows crow NOUN NNS Number=Plur 37 nmod _ _ 42 knew know VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 43 about about ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 44 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 45 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 46 and and CCONJ CC _ 47 cc _ _ 47 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 48 about about ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 49 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 47 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 50 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** | past | family | | | | | of a great family; for that | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme of family=Initial\_Location | | 2 | **not** **know** | past · do-support | family | horse | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus | | 3 | **not** **know** | past · do-support | the old clerk | horse | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus | | 4 | **have** | past | clerk | | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **write down** | participle | clerk *not said here* | | | | | | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **know** | past | one of the old crows | | | | | about horse | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer about it=Stimulus | | 7 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | family *not said here* | | | | | about horse | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent about it=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 247](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/149/247/) - next →: [sentence 249](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/149/249/) - ↑ back to [Poultry Meg's Family](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/149/)