--- title: "It does not matter," answered the crow; "I will explain as well as… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: "It does not matter," answered the crow; "I will explain as well as I can, although it will be very badly done;" and he told her what he had heard. " Who acts: It, crow, I, Kay. A sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. 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" **Who acts:** It, crow, I, Kay · **What happens:** not matter, answer, explain, do, tell, hear · **To what, where:** language, crow · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. 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 (It, crow, I, Kay), 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:pg27200:173:18 # text = "It does not matter," answered the crow; "I will explain as well as I can, although it will be very badly done;" and he told her what he had heard. " 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 3 does do AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 4 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 5 advmod _ _ 5 matter matter VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 " " PUNCT `` _ 8 punct _ _ 8 answered answer VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 crow crow NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ; ; PUNCT : _ 15 punct _ _ 12 " " PUNCT `` _ 15 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 14 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 15 aux _ _ 15 explain explain VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 parataxis _ _ 16 as as ADV RB _ 17 advmod _ _ 17 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 15 advmod _ _ 18 as as SCONJ IN _ 20 mark _ _ 19 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 20 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 17 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 22 although although SCONJ IN _ 28 mark _ _ 23 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj:pass _ _ 24 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 28 aux _ _ 25 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 28 aux:pass _ _ 26 very very ADV RB _ 27 advmod _ _ 27 badly badly ADV RB Degree=Pos 28 advmod _ _ 28 done do VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 15 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 29 ; ; PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 30 " " PUNCT '' _ 28 punct _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 32 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 33 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 conj _ _ 34 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 iobj _ _ 35 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 38 obj _ _ 36 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 37 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 38 aux _ _ 38 heard hear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 33 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 39 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ 40 " " PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **matter** *in a quote* | present · do-support | It | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **answer** *speech: assert* | past | the crow | | | | | | vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **explain** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | future | I | | | | | well *property* | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **do** *in a quote* | future · passive | | language | | | | badly *property* | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality | | 5 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | Kay | | crow | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP what S»: agent=Agent she=Recipient clause=Topic | | 6 | **hear** | past · perfect | Kay | | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer what=Stimulus | 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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