--- title: She said the ant-hill was the loftiest thing in the world, and yet c… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: She said the ant-hill was the loftiest thing in the world, and yet close to the mound stood a tall tree, which no one could deny was loftier, much loftier, but no mention was made of the tree. Who acts: working, ant hill, close, one. A sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. 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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 (working, ant hill, close, one), 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:pg27200:180:25 # text = She said the ant-hill was the loftiest thing in the world, and yet close to the mound stood a tall tree, which no one could deny was loftier, much loftier, but no mention was made of the tree. 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 4 ant ant NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 5 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 hill hill NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _ 7 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 cop _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 9 loftiest lofty ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 10 amod _ _ 10 thing thing NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 ccomp _ _ 11 in in ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 world world NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 16 yet yet ADV RB _ 17 advmod _ _ 17 close close ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 nsubj _ _ 18 to to ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 mound mound NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ _ 21 stood stand VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 ccomp _ _ 22 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 23 tall tall ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 amod _ _ 24 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 26 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 30 obj _ _ 27 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 28 det _ _ 28 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 nsubj _ _ 29 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 30 aux _ _ 30 deny deny VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 24 acl:relcl _ _ 31 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 cop _ _ 32 loftier lofty ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 30 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 34 much much ADV RB _ 35 advmod _ _ 35 loftier lofty ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 32 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 37 but but CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 38 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 39 det _ _ 39 mention mention NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 nsubj:pass _ _ 40 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 41 aux:pass _ _ 41 made make VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 conj _ _ 42 of of ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | working | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **is a** | past | the ant hill | the loftiest thing | | the world | | | tree rules | | 3 | **stand** | past | close | a tall tree | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer tree=Stimulus | | 4 | **deny** | could | no one | a tall tree | | | | | vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Agent which=Eventuality | | 5 | **is** | past | no one *not said here* | | | | | lofty *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **be** | | no one *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **make** | past · passive | | no mention | | | | of the tree | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product | 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 24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/180/24/) - next →: [sentence 26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/180/26/) - ↑ back to [What the Second Mouse Had to Tell](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/180/)