--- title: "Give me back my child," said the mother, weeping and imploring; and… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: "Give me back my child," said the mother, weeping and imploring; and she seized two beautiful flowers in her hands, and cried to Death, "I will tear up all your flowers, for I am in despair." Who acts: mother. A sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. 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C. Andersen, The Story of a Mother. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (mother), 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:pg27200:185:82 # text = "Give me back my child," said the mother, weeping and imploring; and she seized two beautiful flowers in her hands, and cried to Death, "I will tear up all your flowers, for I am in despair." 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 ccomp _ _ 3 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 2 iobj _ _ 4 back back ADP RP _ 2 compound:prt _ _ 5 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 child child NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 iobj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 " " PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ 9 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 mother mother NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 13 weeping weep VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 9 advcl _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 15 imploring implore VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 13 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 ; ; PUNCT : _ 19 punct _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 18 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 19 seized seize VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 parataxis _ _ 20 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 22 nummod _ _ 21 beautiful beautiful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 amod _ _ 22 flowers flower NOUN NNS Number=Plur 19 obj _ _ 23 in in ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 25 nmod:poss _ _ 25 hands hand NOUN NNS Number=Plur 19 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 28 cried cry VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 conj _ _ 29 to to ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 30 Death Death PROPN NNP Number=Sing 28 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 32 " " PUNCT `` _ 35 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 33 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 34 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 35 aux _ _ 35 tear tear VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 28 conj _ _ 36 up up ADP RP _ 35 compound:prt _ _ 37 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 39 det:predet _ _ 38 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 39 nmod:poss _ _ 39 flowers flower NOUN NNS Number=Plur 35 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 41 for for ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 42 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 45 nsubj _ _ 43 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 45 cop _ _ 44 in in ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 45 despair despair NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 47 " " PUNCT '' _ 9 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **give back** *in a quote* | infinitive | | | my child | | | | vn give-13.1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent i=Recipient child=Theme | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the mother | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **weep** | gerund | the mother *not said here* | | | | | | vn breathe-40.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **implore** | gerund | the mother *not said here* | | | | | | vn urge-58.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **seize** | past | mother | two beautiful flowers | | mother's hands | | | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent flower=Theme | | 6 | **cry** *speech: express* | past | mother *not said here* | | Death | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to death=Recipient | | 7 | **tear up** *in a quote* | future | mother | your flowers | | | | | vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial\_Location flower=Theme | | 8 | **is** *in a quote* | present | mother | | | | | for despair | tree rules | 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 81](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/185/81/) - next →: [sentence 83](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/185/83/) - ↑ back to [The Story of a Mother](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/185/)