--- title: Caw, caw," he said, "she sends you greeting, and here is a little ro… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: Caw, caw," he said, "she sends you greeting, and here is a little roll which she took from the kitchen for you; there is plenty of bread there, and she thinks you must be hungry. Who acts: Caw, crow, you, little roll. A sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. 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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 (Caw, crow, you, little roll), 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:pg27200:173:68 # text = Caw, caw," he said, "she sends you greeting, and here is a little roll which she took from the kitchen for you; there is plenty of bread there, and she thinks you must be hungry. 1 Caw caw NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 3 caw caw NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 " " PUNCT '' _ 1 punct _ _ 6 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 7 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 9 " " PUNCT `` _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 11 sends send VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 ccomp _ _ 12 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 11 obj _ _ 13 greeting greet VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 11 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 16 here here ADV RB PronType=Dem 11 advmod _ _ 17 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 16 cop _ _ 18 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 19 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 amod _ _ 20 roll roll NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nsubj _ _ 21 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 23 nsubj _ _ 22 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 23 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 acl:relcl _ _ 24 from from ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 kitchen kitchen NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ _ 27 for for ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 28 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 23 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 29 ; ; PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 30 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 31 expl _ _ 31 is be VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 parataxis _ _ 32 plenty plenty NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 nsubj _ _ 33 of of ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 34 bread bread NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 nmod _ _ 35 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 31 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 38 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 39 thinks think VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 31 conj _ _ 40 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 43 nsubj _ _ 41 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 43 aux _ _ 42 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 43 cop _ _ 43 hungry hungry ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | past | Caw and caw | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **send** | present | crow | you | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **greet** *speech: greet* | gerund | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **is** | present | a little roll | | | | | here *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **take** | past | a little roll | | | the kitchen | | for you | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.source NP.asset»: agent=Agent from kitchen=Source for you=Asset | | 6 | **be** | present | plenty of bread | | | there; there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **think** *speech: other* | present | crow | | | | | | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **is** | must | you | | | | | hungry *property* | tree rules | 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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