--- title: Then both the crows bowed, and begged to have a fixed appointment, f… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: Then both the crows bowed, and begged to have a fixed appointment, for they thought of their old age, and said it would be so comfortable to feel that they had provision for their old days, as they called it. Who acts: crows, dreams, appointment. 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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 (crows, dreams, appointment), 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:pg27200:173:105 # text = Then both the crows bowed, and begged to have a fixed appointment, for they thought of their old age, and said it would be so comfortable to feel that they had provision for their old days, as they called it. 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 5 advmod _ _ 2 both both DET DT PronType=Tot 4 det _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 crows crow NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj _ _ 5 bowed bow VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 8 begged beg VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 xcomp _ _ 9 to to PART TO _ 10 mark _ _ 10 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 xcomp _ _ 11 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 12 fixed fix VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 13 amod _ _ 13 appointment appointment NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 15 for for SCONJ IN _ 17 mark _ _ 16 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 17 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 advcl _ _ 18 of of ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 19 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 21 nmod:poss _ _ 20 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 amod _ _ 21 age age NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 24 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 25 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 26 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 29 aux _ _ 27 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 29 cop _ _ 28 so so ADV RB _ 29 advmod _ _ 29 comfortable comfortable ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 ccomp _ _ 30 to to PART TO _ 31 mark _ _ 31 feel feel VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 29 advcl _ _ 32 that that SCONJ IN _ 34 mark _ _ 33 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 34 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 ccomp _ _ 35 provision provision NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obj _ _ 36 for for ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 37 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 39 nmod:poss _ _ 38 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 amod _ _ 39 days day NOUN NNS Number=Plur 34 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 41 as as SCONJ IN _ 43 mark _ _ 42 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 nsubj _ _ 43 called call VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 conj _ _ 44 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **bow** | past | both crows | | | | then | | tree rules | | 2 | **beg** *speech: request* | participle | both crows *not said here* | | | | | | vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **have** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | both crows *not said here* | a fixed appointment | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent appointment=Patient | | 4 | **fix** | participle | | | | | | | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient | | 5 | **think** *speech: other* | past | dreams *= dream* | | | | of dreams's old age | | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | both crows *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **is** | would | appointment | | | | | comfortable *property* | tree rules | | 8 | **feel** | to-infinitive | appointment *not said here* | | | | | | vn conjecture-29.5-2 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 9 | **have** | past | dreams *= dream* | provision | | | day | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent provision=Patient | | 10 | **call** | past | dreams *= dream* | provision | | | | | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent it=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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