--- title: Then my old grandmother sought out a manuscript which, however, she… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: Then my old grandmother sought out a manuscript which, however, she could not read, but had heard it read, and in it was written, 'Those who are poets can make soup of sausage skewers.' Who acts: old grandmother, grandmother, manuscript, poets. 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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 (old grandmother, grandmother, manuscript, poets), 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:pg27200:180:6 # text = Then my old grandmother sought out a manuscript which, however, she could not read, but had heard it read, and in it was written, 'Those who are poets can make soup of sausage skewers.' 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 5 advmod _ _ 2 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ _ 3 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 grandmother grandmother NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 sought seek VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 out out ADP RP _ 5 compound:prt _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 manuscript manuscript NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 9 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 16 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 11 however however ADV RB _ 16 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 13 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 14 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 16 aux _ _ 15 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 16 advmod _ _ 16 read read VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 18 but but CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 19 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 aux _ _ 20 heard hear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 5 conj _ _ 21 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 22 read read VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 25 in in SCONJ IN _ 28 mark _ _ 26 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj:pass _ _ 27 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 aux:pass _ _ 28 written write VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 30 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 36 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 31 Those that DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 34 det _ _ 32 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 34 nsubj _ _ 33 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 34 cop _ _ 34 poets poet NOUN NNS Number=Plur 36 nsubj _ _ 35 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 36 aux _ _ 36 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 parataxis _ _ 37 soup soup NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obj _ _ 38 of of ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 sausage sausage NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 compound _ _ 40 skewers skewer NOUN NNS Number=Plur 37 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 41 . . PUNCT . _ 36 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 42 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 36 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **seek out** | past | my old grandmother | a manuscript | | | then | | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent manuscript=Theme | | 2 | **not** **read** | could | grandmother | a manuscript | | | | however *property* | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent which=Topic | | 3 | **hear** | past · perfect | my old grandmother *not said here* | | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 4 | **read** | past | manuscript | | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **write** | past · passive | | manuscript | | | | | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 6 | **is a** | present | | that poets | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **make** | can | that poets | soup of sausage skewers | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset soup=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 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/180/5/) - next →: [sentence 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/180/7/) - ↑ back to [What the Second Mouse Had to Tell](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/180/)