--- title: A short time afterwards another ant got on the tree, and made the sa… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: A short time afterwards another ant got on the tree, and made the same journey and the same discovery, but she spoke of it cautiously and indefinitely, and as she was one of the superior ants and very much respected, they believed her, and when she died they erected an eggshell as a monument to her --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/180/28/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/) / [What the Second Mouse Had to Tell](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/180/) / 28 # Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen, What the Second Mouse Had to Tell, sentence 28 A short time afterwards another ant got on the tree, and made the same journey and the same discovery, but she spoke of it cautiously and indefinitely, and as she was one of the superior ants and very much respected, they believed her, and when she died they erected an eggshell as a monument to her memory, for they cultivated a great respect for science. **Who acts:** ant, rest, qualifications · **What happens:** get, make, speak, be, respect, believe · **To what, where:** tree, same journey, rest, eggshell, great respect · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. 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 (ant, rest, qualifications), 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:pg27200:180:28 # text = A short time afterwards another ant got on the tree, and made the same journey and the same discovery, but she spoke of it cautiously and indefinitely, and as she was one of the superior ants and very much respected, they believed her, and when she died they erected an eggshell as a monument to her memory, for they cultivated a great respect for science. 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 short short ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl:unmarked _ _ 4 afterwards afterwards ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 5 another another DET DT PronType=Ind 6 det _ _ 6 ant ant NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 7 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 on on ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 13 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 15 same same ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 amod _ _ 16 journey journey NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obj _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 19 same same ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 amod _ _ 20 discovery discovery NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 22 but but CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 23 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 24 spoke speak VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 parataxis _ _ 25 of of ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 26 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 obl _ _ 27 cautiously cautiously ADV RB _ 24 advmod _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 29 indefinitely indefinitely ADV RB _ 27 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 46 cc _ _ 32 as as ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 33 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 34 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 35 cop _ _ 35 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 46 obl _ _ 36 of of ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 38 superior superior ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 amod _ _ 39 ants ant NOUN NNS Number=Plur 35 nmod _ _ 40 and and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 41 very very ADV RB _ 42 advmod _ _ 42 much much ADV RB _ 43 advmod _ _ 43 respected respect VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 39 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 44 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 45 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 46 nsubj _ _ 46 believed believe VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 47 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 46 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 48 , , PUNCT , _ 54 punct _ _ 49 and and CCONJ CC _ 54 cc _ _ 50 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 52 advmod _ _ 51 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 52 nsubj _ _ 52 died die VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 54 advcl _ _ 53 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 54 nsubj _ _ 54 erected erect VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 parataxis _ _ 55 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 56 det _ _ 56 eggshell eggshell NOUN NN Number=Sing 54 obj _ _ 57 as as ADP IN _ 59 case _ _ 58 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 59 det _ _ 59 monument monument NOUN NN Number=Sing 54 obl _ _ 60 to to ADP IN _ 62 case _ _ 61 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 62 nmod:poss _ _ 62 memory memory NOUN NN Number=Sing 59 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 63 , , PUNCT , _ 66 punct _ _ 64 for for SCONJ IN _ 66 mark _ _ 65 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 66 nsubj _ _ 66 cultivated cultivate VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 54 conj _ _ 67 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 69 det _ _ 68 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 69 amod _ _ 69 respect respect NOUN NN Number=Sing 66 obj _ _ 70 for for ADP IN _ 71 case _ _ 71 science science NOUN NN Number=Sing 69 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 72 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **get** | past | another ant | | | the tree | time | | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent on tree=Source | | 2 | **make** | past | another ant *not said here* | the same journey and the same discovery | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset journey=Product | | 3 | **speak** *speech: other* | past | rest | | | | | of ant; cautiously *property* | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **is** | past | rest | | | | | as one; of the superior ants | tree rules | | 5 | **respect** | participle | rest *not said here* | | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer | | 6 | **believe** | past | qualifications *= qualification* | rest | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer she=Stimulus | | 7 | **die** | past | rest | | | | | | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | | 8 | **erect** | past | qualifications *= qualification* | a eggshell | | | | as a monument to rest's memory | vn build-26.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent eggshell=Product | | 9 | **cultivate** | past | qualifications *= qualification* | a great respect | | | | for science | vn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent respect=Product for science=Beneficiary | 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 27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/180/27/) - next →: [sentence 29](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/180/29/) - ↑ back to [What the Second Mouse Had to Tell](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/180/)