--- title: "Then," replied the mother, "all the storks in the country will asse… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: "Then," replied the mother, "all the storks in the country will assemble together, and go through their autumn manoeuvres, so that it is very important for every one to know how to fly properly. Who acts: mother, storks, it. A sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. 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Andersen, The Storks. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (mother, storks, it), 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:pg27200:183:22 # text = "Then," replied the mother, "all the storks in the country will assemble together, and go through their autumn manoeuvres, so that it is very important for every one to know how to fly properly. 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 5 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 " " PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ 5 replied reply VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 mother mother NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 9 " " PUNCT `` _ 17 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 12 det:predet _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 storks stork NOUN NNS Number=Plur 17 nsubj _ _ 13 in in ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 country country NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nmod _ _ 16 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 17 aux _ _ 17 assemble assemble VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 acl:relcl _ _ 18 together together ADV RB _ 17 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 21 go go VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 22 through through ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 23 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 25 nmod:poss _ _ 24 autumn autumn NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 compound _ _ 25 manoeuvres manoeuvre NOUN NNS Number=Plur 21 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 27 so so SCONJ IN ExtPos=SCONJ 32 mark _ _ 28 that that SCONJ IN _ 27 fixed _ _ 29 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 30 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 32 cop _ _ 31 very very ADV RB _ 32 advmod _ _ 32 important important ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 conj _ _ 33 for for ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 35 det _ _ 35 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl _ _ 36 to to PART TO _ 37 mark _ _ 37 know know VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 32 csubj _ _ 38 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 40 advmod _ _ 39 to to PART TO _ 40 mark _ _ 40 fly fly VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 37 ccomp _ _ 41 properly properly ADV RB _ 40 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **reply** *speech: assert* | past | the mother | | | | then | | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **assemble** *in a quote* | future | all storks in the country | the mother *not said here* | | | | together *property* | vn herd-47.5.2 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent mother=Theme | | 3 | **go** *in a quote* | present | | | | storks's autumn manoeuvres | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme through manoeuvre=Initial\_Location | | 4 | **is** *in a quote* | present | it | | | | | for every one; important *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **know** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 6 | **fly** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | | | | | | properly *property* | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **manoeuvre** *in a quote* | | storks *= stork* | | | | | | nom manoeuvre «cognition intransitive»: 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 21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/183/21/) - next →: [sentence 23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/183/23/) - ↑ back to [The Storks](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/183/)