--- title: "You poor child," said the prince and princess; then they praised th… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: "You poor child," said the prince and princess; then they praised the crows, and said they were not angry for what they had done, but that it must not happen again, and this time they should be rewarded. Who acts: You, poor child, dreams, it. 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C. Andersen, The Prince and Princess. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (You, poor child, dreams, it), 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:pg27200:173:103 # text = "You poor child," said the prince and princess; then they praised the crows, and said they were not angry for what they had done, but that it must not happen again, and this time they should be rewarded. 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 You you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 3 poor poor ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 child child NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 " " PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ 7 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 prince prince NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 11 princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ; ; PUNCT : _ 15 punct _ _ 13 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 15 advmod _ _ 14 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 15 praised praise VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 crows crow NOUN NNS Number=Plur 15 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 20 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 advcl _ _ 21 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 22 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 cop _ _ 23 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 24 advmod _ _ 24 angry angry ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 ccomp _ _ 25 for for ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 26 what what PRON WP PronType=Rel 24 obl _ _ 27 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 28 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 aux _ _ 29 done do VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 26 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 31 but but CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 32 that that SCONJ IN _ 36 mark _ _ 33 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 34 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 36 aux _ _ 35 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 36 advmod _ _ 36 happen happen VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 conj _ _ 37 again again ADV RB _ 36 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 39 and and CCONJ CC _ 45 cc _ _ 40 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 41 det _ _ 41 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 obl:unmarked _ _ 42 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 45 nsubj:pass _ _ 43 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 45 aux _ _ 44 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 45 aux:pass _ _ 45 rewarded reward VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 15 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **child** *in a quote* | | You | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | poor child | the prince and princess | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent prince=Topic | | 3 | **praise** | past | dreams *= dream* | the crows | | | then | | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent crow=Theme | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | dreams *= dream* *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **not** **is** | past | dreams *= dream* | | | | | angry *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **do** | past · perfect | dreams *= dream* | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **not** **happen** | must | it | | | | again | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **reward** | should · passive | | dreams *= dream* | | | time | | vn equip-13.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient | 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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