--- title: "They really did creak," said the crow, "yet he went boldly up to th… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: "They really did creak," said the crow, "yet he went boldly up to the princess herself, who was sitting on a pearl as large as a spinning wheel, and all the ladies of the court were present with their maids, and all the cavaliers with their servants; and each of the maids had another maid to wait up --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/173/54/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/) / [The Prince and Princess](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/173/) / 54 # Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen, The Prince and Princess, sentence 54 "They really did creak," said the crow, "yet he went boldly up to the princess herself, who was sitting on a pearl as large as a spinning wheel, and all the ladies of the court were present with their maids, and all the cavaliers with their servants; and each of the maids had another maid to wait upon her, and the cavaliers' servants had their own servants, as well as a page each. **Who acts:** boots, crow, Kay, princess, ladies, cavaliers · **What happens:** creak, say, go, sit, spin, be · **To what, where:** pearl, maid, own servants · **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 (boots, crow, Kay, princess), 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:pg27200:173:54 # text = "They really did creak," said the crow, "yet he went boldly up to the princess herself, who was sitting on a pearl as large as a spinning wheel, and all the ladies of the court were present with their maids, and all the cavaliers with their servants; and each of the maids had another maid to wait upon her, and the cavaliers' servants had their own servants, as well as a page each. 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 3 really really ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 4 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 creak creak VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 " " PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ 8 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 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 yet yet ADV RB _ 15 advmod _ _ 14 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 15 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 conj _ _ 16 boldly boldly ADV RB Degree=Pos 15 advmod _ _ 17 up up ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 18 to to ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ _ 21 herself herself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 20 nmod:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 23 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 25 nsubj _ _ 24 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 aux _ _ 25 sitting sit VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 20 acl _ _ 26 on on ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 pearl pearl NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ _ 29 as as ADV RB _ 30 advmod _ _ 30 large large ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 amod _ _ 31 as as ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 32 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 33 spinning spin VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 34 amod _ _ 34 wheel wheel NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 37 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 39 det:predet _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 ladies lady NOUN NNS Number=Plur 44 nsubj _ _ 40 of of ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 court court NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 nmod _ _ 43 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 44 cop _ _ 44 present present ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 parataxis _ _ 45 with with ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 46 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 47 nmod:poss _ _ 47 maids maid NOUN NNS Number=Plur 44 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 48 , , PUNCT , _ 62 punct _ _ 49 and and CCONJ CC _ 62 cc _ _ 50 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 52 det:predet _ _ 51 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 52 det _ _ 52 cavaliers cavalier NOUN NNS Number=Plur 62 nsubj _ _ 53 with with ADP IN _ 55 case _ _ 54 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 55 nmod:poss _ _ 55 servants servant NOUN NNS Number=Plur 52 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 56 ; ; PUNCT : _ 58 punct _ _ 57 and and CCONJ CC _ 58 cc _ _ 58 each each DET DT PronType=Tot 52 appos _ _ 59 of of ADP IN _ 61 case _ _ 60 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 61 det _ _ 61 maids maid NOUN NNS Number=Plur 58 nmod _ _ 62 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 conj _ _ 63 another another DET DT PronType=Ind 64 det _ _ 64 maid maid NOUN NN Number=Sing 62 obj _ _ 65 to to PART TO _ 66 mark _ _ 66 wait wait VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 62 xcomp _ _ 67 upon upon ADP IN _ 68 case _ _ 68 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 66 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 69 , , PUNCT , _ 75 punct _ _ 70 and and CCONJ CC _ 75 cc _ _ 71 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 72 det _ _ 72 cavaliers cavalier NOUN NNS Number=Plur 74 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 73 ' 's PART POS _ 72 case _ _ 74 servants servant NOUN NNS Number=Plur 75 nsubj _ _ 75 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 conj _ _ 76 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 78 nmod:poss _ _ 77 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 78 amod _ _ 78 servants servant NOUN NNS Number=Plur 75 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 79 , , PUNCT , _ 84 punct _ _ 80 as as ADV RB ExtPos=CCONJ 84 cc _ _ 81 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 80 fixed _ _ 82 as as ADP IN _ 80 fixed _ _ 83 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 84 det _ _ 84 page page NOUN NN Number=Sing 75 obl _ _ 85 each each DET DT PronType=Tot 84 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 86 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **creak** *in a quote* | past · do-support | boots *= boot* | | | | | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the crow | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **go** *in a quote* | past | Kay | | | | yet | up the princess princess; boldly *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme up princess=Initial\_Location | | 4 | **sit** *in a quote* | past · progressive | the princess princess | | | a pearl | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on pearl=Location | | 5 | **spin** *in a quote* | gerund | | | | | | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **is** *in a quote* | past | all ladies of the court | | | | | with boots's maids; present *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **have** *in a quote* | past | all cavaliers with boots's servants | another maid | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **wait** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | another maid *not said here* | | | | | upon princess | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme upon she=Location | | 9 | **have** *in a quote* | past | the cavaliers's servants | boots's own servants | | | | a page each *obl* | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent servant=Patient | 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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