--- title: The granddaughter, the last of her race, had come back to the old ho… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: The granddaughter, the last of her race, had come back to the old home, where the old castle had stood, where the black wild birds were screaming; but she sat among the tame birds, and these knew her and were fond of her. Who acts: granddaughter, black wild birds, these. 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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 (granddaughter, black wild birds, these), 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:pg27200:149:252 # text = The granddaughter, the last of her race, had come back to the old home, where the old castle had stood, where the black wild birds were screaming; but she sat among the tame birds, and these knew her and were fond of her. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 granddaughter granddaughter NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 last last NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 appos _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 8 race race NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 10 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ _ 11 come come VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 12 back back ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ _ 13 to to ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 15 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 amod _ _ 16 home home NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 18 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 23 advmod _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 20 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 amod _ _ 21 castle castle NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 nsubj:pass _ _ 22 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 aux _ _ 23 stood stand VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 16 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 25 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 31 advmod _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 27 black black ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 amod _ _ 28 wild wild ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 amod _ _ 29 birds bird NOUN NNS Number=Plur 31 nsubj _ _ 30 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 aux _ _ 31 screaming scream VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 23 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 32 ; ; PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 33 but but CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 34 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 35 sat sit VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 conj _ _ 36 among among ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 38 tame tame ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 amod _ _ 39 birds bird NOUN NNS Number=Plur 35 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 41 and and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 42 these this PRON DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 43 nsubj _ _ 43 knew know VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 35 parataxis _ _ 44 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 obj _ _ 45 and and CCONJ CC _ 47 cc _ _ 46 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 47 cop _ _ 47 fond fond ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 43 conj _ _ 48 of of ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 49 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 47 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 50 . . PUNCT . _ 11 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come back** | past · perfect | the granddaughter | | | the old home | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to home=Initial\_Location | | 2 | **stand** | past · perfect · passive | | the old castle | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Stimulus | | 3 | **scream** *speech: express* | past · progressive | the black wild birds | | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **sit** | past | granddaughter | | | | | among the tame birds | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent among bird=Location | | 5 | **know** | past | these | granddaughter | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer she=Stimulus | | 6 | **is** | past | these *not said here* | | | | | of granddaughter; fond *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **race** | | granddaughter | | | | | | nom race «event intransitive»: poss=agent | 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 251](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/149/251/) - next →: [sentence 253](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/149/253/) - ↑ back to [Poultry Meg's Family](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/149/)