--- title: "Now listen," said the robber-girl; "all our men are gone away,--onl… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: "Now listen," said the robber-girl; "all our men are gone away,--only mother is here, and here she will stay; but at noon she always drinks out of a great bottle, and afterwards sleeps for a little while; and then, I'll do something for you." Who acts: robber girl, men, mother. 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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 (robber girl, men, mother), 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:pg27200:174:62 # text = "Now listen," said the robber-girl; "all our men are gone away,--only mother is here, and here she will stay; but at noon she always drinks out of a great bottle, and afterwards sleeps for a little while; and then, I'll do something for you." 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 3 advmod _ _ 3 listen listen VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 " " PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ 6 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 8 robber robber NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 9 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 girl girl NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ; ; PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 12 " " PUNCT `` _ 17 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 15 det:predet _ _ 14 our our PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 15 nmod:poss _ _ 15 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 17 nsubj _ _ 16 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 17 cop _ _ 17 gone go VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 6 conj _ _ 18 away away ADV RB _ 17 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 20 -- -- PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 21 only only ADV RB _ 22 advmod _ _ 22 mother mother NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 nsubj _ _ 23 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 24 cop _ _ 24 here here ADV RB PronType=Dem 17 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 27 here here ADV RB PronType=Dem 30 advmod _ _ 28 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 29 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 30 aux _ _ 30 stay stay VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 24 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 31 ; ; PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 32 but but CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 33 at at ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 34 noon noon NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obl _ _ 35 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 36 always always ADV RB PronType=Tot 37 advmod _ _ 37 drinks drink VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 parataxis _ _ 38 out out ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 39 of of ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 40 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 41 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 42 amod _ _ 42 bottle bottle NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 44 and and CCONJ CC _ 46 cc _ _ 45 afterwards afterwards ADV RB _ 46 advmod _ _ 46 sleeps sleep VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 37 conj _ _ 47 for for ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 48 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 50 det _ _ 49 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 50 amod _ _ 50 while while NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 51 ; ; PUNCT : _ 57 punct _ _ 52 and and CCONJ CC _ 53 cc _ _ 53 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 57 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 54 , , PUNCT , _ 53 punct _ _ 55 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 57 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 56 'll will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 57 aux _ _ 57 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 ccomp _ _ 58 something something PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 57 obj _ _ 59 for for ADP IN _ 60 case _ _ 60 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 57 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 61 . . PUNCT . _ 57 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 62 " " PUNCT '' _ 57 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **listen** *in a quote* | infinitive | | | | | now | | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the robber girl | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **is** *in a quote* | present | our men | | | | | away, go *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **is** *in a quote* | present | mother | | | | | here *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **stay** *in a quote* | future | mother | | | here | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **drink out** *in a quote* | present | mother | a great bottle | | | noon | always *property* | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bottle=Patient | | 7 | **sleep** *in a quote* | present | mother *not said here* | | | | while | afterwards *property* | vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **do** *in a quote* | future | the robber girl *= girl* | something | | | then | for you | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent something=Eventuality | 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 61](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/174/61/) - next →: [sentence 63](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/174/63/) - ↑ back to [Little Robber-girl](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/174/)