--- title: In the morning Gerda told her all that the wood-pigeons had said; an… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: In the morning Gerda told her all that the wood-pigeons had said; and the little robber-girl looked quite serious, and nodded her head, and said, "That is all talk, that is all talk. Who acts: Gerda, wood pigeons, little robber girl, That. 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C. Andersen, Little Robber-girl. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Gerda, wood pigeons, little robber girl, That), 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:pg27200:174:58 # text = In the morning Gerda told her all that the wood-pigeons had said; and the little robber-girl looked quite serious, and nodded her head, and said, "That is all talk, that is all talk. 1 In in ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 morning morning NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 4 Gerda Gerda PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 iobj _ _ 7 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 14 det:predet _ _ 8 that that SCONJ IN _ 14 mark _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 10 wood wood NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 11 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 pigeons pigeon NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 nsubj _ _ 13 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 aux _ _ 14 said say VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 5 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ; ; PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 18 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 amod _ _ 19 robber robber NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 20 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 19 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 21 girl girl NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 nsubj _ _ 22 looked look VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 23 quite quite ADV RB _ 24 advmod _ _ 24 serious serious ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 27 nodded nod VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 28 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 29 nmod:poss _ _ 29 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 32 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 34 " " PUNCT `` _ 38 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 35 That that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 38 nsubj _ _ 36 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 38 cop _ _ 37 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 38 det _ _ 38 talk talk NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 40 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 43 nsubj _ _ 41 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 43 cop _ _ 42 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 43 det _ _ 43 talk talk NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | Gerda | | girl | | morning | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent she=Recipient clause=Topic | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past · perfect | the wood pigeons | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **look** | past | the little robber girl | | | | | serious *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus | | 4 | **nod** | past | | girl's head | | | | | vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent head=Patient | | 5 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | That | all talk | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | that | all talk | | | | | 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. C. Andersen, Project Gutenberg book 27200 (public domain in the USA). **Tree:** Mova's own parse, Elamur Cosmic License. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), the chapter read in order. - ← previous: [sentence 57](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/174/57/) - next →: [sentence 59](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/174/59/) - ↑ back to [Little Robber-girl](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/174/)