--- title: Don't you see she has a red flag tied to her leg, which is something… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: Don't you see she has a red flag tied to her leg, which is something very grand, and a great honor for a duck; it shows that every one is anxious not to lose her, as she can be recognized both by man and beast. Who acts: you, duck, leg, it. 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C. Andersen, The Ugly Duckling. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (you, duck, leg, 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:pg27200:201:44 # text = Don't you see she has a red flag tied to her leg, which is something very grand, and a great honor for a duck; it shows that every one is anxious not to lose her, as she can be recognized both by man and beast. 1 Do do VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 4 advmod _ _ 3 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 see see VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 advcl _ _ 5 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 6 has have VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 ccomp _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 8 red red ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 flag flag NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 10 tied tie VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 9 acl _ _ 11 to to ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 13 nmod:poss _ _ 13 leg leg NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 15 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 17 nsubj _ _ 16 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 17 cop _ _ 17 something something PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 13 appos _ _ 18 very very ADV RB _ 19 advmod _ _ 19 grand grand ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 22 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 23 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 amod _ _ 24 honor honor NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 conj _ _ 25 for for ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 duck duck NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 28 ; ; PUNCT : _ 30 punct _ _ 29 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 30 shows show VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 parataxis _ _ 31 that that SCONJ IN _ 35 mark _ _ 32 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 33 det _ _ 33 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 nsubj _ _ 34 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 35 cop _ _ 35 anxious anxious ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 ccomp _ _ 36 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 38 advmod _ _ 37 to to PART TO _ 38 mark _ _ 38 lose lose VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 35 xcomp _ _ 39 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 41 as as SCONJ IN _ 45 mark _ _ 42 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 45 nsubj _ _ 43 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 45 aux _ _ 44 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 45 aux:pass _ _ 45 recognized recognize VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 30 conj _ _ 46 both both ADV RB _ 45 advmod _ _ 47 by by ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 48 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 obl _ _ 49 and and CCONJ CC _ 50 cc _ _ 50 beast beast NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 51 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **not** **see** | present | you | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 3 | **have** | present | duck | a red flag and a great honor for a duck | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent flag=Patient | | 4 | **tie** | participle | | a red flag and a great honor for a duck *not said here* | | | | to duck's leg | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V ADVP-Middle PP»: agent=Patient to leg=Co-Patient | | 5 | **is a** | present | duck's leg | something | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **show** | present | it | | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **is** | present | every one | | | | | anxious *property* | tree rules | | 8 | **not** **lose** | to-infinitive | every one *not said here* | duck | | | | | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Eventuality | | 9 | **recognize** | can · passive | man and beast | duck | | | | both *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer subject=Stimulus | 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 43](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/201/43/) - next →: [sentence 45](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/201/45/) - ↑ back to [The Ugly Duckling](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/201/)