--- title: They are divided into the clean and the dirty ants, their rank is po… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: They are divided into the clean and the dirty ants, their rank is pointed out by a number, and the ant-queen is number ONE; and her opinion is the only correct one on everything; she seems to have the whole wisdom of the world in her, which was just the important matter I wished to acquire. 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C. Andersen, What the Second Mouse Had to Tell. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (number, ant queen, opinion, working), 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:pg27200:180:23 # text = They are divided into the clean and the dirty ants, their rank is pointed out by a number, and the ant-queen is number ONE; and her opinion is the only correct one on everything; she seems to have the whole wisdom of the world in her, which was just the important matter I wished to acquire. 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux:pass _ _ 3 divided divide VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 4 into into ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 clean clean ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 obl _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 9 dirty dirty ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 ants ant NOUN NNS Number=Plur 15 nsubj:pass _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 12 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 13 nmod:poss _ _ 13 rank rank NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nsubj:pass _ _ 14 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 15 aux:pass _ _ 15 pointed point VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 conj _ _ 16 out out ADP RP _ 15 compound:prt _ _ 17 by by ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 number number NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 23 ant ant NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 24 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 23 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 25 queen queen NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 nsubj _ _ 26 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 27 cop _ _ 27 number number NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 parataxis _ _ 28 ONE one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 27 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 29 ; ; PUNCT : _ 37 punct _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 31 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 32 nmod:poss _ _ 32 opinion opinion NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 nsubj _ _ 33 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 37 cop _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 35 only only ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 amod _ _ 36 correct correct ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 amod _ _ 37 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 parataxis _ _ 38 on on ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 39 everything everything PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Tot 37 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 40 ; ; PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 41 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 42 seems seem VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 43 to to PART TO _ 44 mark _ _ 44 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 42 xcomp _ _ 45 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 46 whole whole ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 47 amod _ _ 47 wisdom wisdom NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obj _ _ 48 of of ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 49 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 50 det _ _ 50 world world NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 nmod _ _ 51 in in ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 52 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 44 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 53 , , PUNCT , _ 59 punct _ _ 54 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 59 nsubj _ _ 55 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 59 cop _ _ 56 just just ADV RB _ 59 advmod _ _ 57 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 59 det _ _ 58 important important ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 59 amod _ _ 59 matter matter NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obl _ _ 60 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 61 nsubj _ _ 61 wished wish VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 59 acl:relcl _ _ 62 to to PART TO _ 63 mark _ _ 63 acquire acquire VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 61 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 64 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **divide** | present · passive | | eggs *= egg* | | the clean | | | vn multiply-108-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 2 | **point out** | present · passive | a number | the dirty ants | | | | | vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Patient | | 3 | **is a** | present | the ant queen | number | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **is a** | present | working's opinion | the only correct one | | everything | | | tree rules | | 5 | **seem** | present | working | | | | | | vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Theme clause=Attribute | | 6 | **have** | to-infinitive | working *not said here* | the whole wisdom of the world | | | | in working | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wisdom=Patient | | 7 | **is a** | past | | the important matter | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **wish** | past | I | the important matter *not said here* | | | | | tree rules | | 9 | **acquire** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | I *not said here* | | | | | | vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset | | 10 | **opine** | | working | | | | | | nom opinion «cognition transitive»: poss=agent | 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 22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/180/22/) - next →: [sentence 24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/180/24/) - ↑ back to [What the Second Mouse Had to Tell](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/180/)