--- title: The ducklings did as they were bid, but the other duck stared, and s… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: The ducklings did as they were bid, but the other duck stared, and said, "Look, here comes another brood, as if there were not enough of us already! and what a queer looking object one of them is; we don't want him here," and then one flew out and bit him in the neck. 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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 (ducklings, other duck, we, one), 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:pg27200:201:46 # text = The ducklings did as they were bid, but the other duck stared, and said, "Look, here comes another brood, as if there were not enough of us already! and what a queer looking object one of them is; we don't want him here," and then one flew out and bit him in the neck. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 ducklings duckling NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 3 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 as as SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 5 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 6 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux:pass _ _ 7 bid bid VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 9 but but CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 11 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 12 duck duck NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nsubj _ _ 13 stared stare VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 16 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 18 " " PUNCT `` _ 19 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 19 Look look VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 16 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 21 here here ADV RB PronType=Dem 22 advmod _ _ 22 comes come VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 19 parataxis _ _ 23 another another DET DT PronType=Ind 24 det _ _ 24 brood brood NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 26 as as SCONJ IN _ 31 mark _ _ 27 if if SCONJ IN _ 29 mark _ _ 28 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 29 expl _ _ 29 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 cop _ _ 30 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 31 advmod _ _ 31 enough enough ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 parataxis _ _ 32 of of ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 33 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 31 obl _ _ 34 already already ADV RB _ 19 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 35 ! ! PUNCT . _ 41 punct _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 37 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 41 nsubj _ _ 38 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 queer queer NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 nsubj _ _ 40 looking look VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 41 amod _ _ 41 object object NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ _ 42 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 41 flat _ _ 43 of of ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 44 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 nmod _ _ 45 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 41 cop _ SpaceAfter=No 46 ; ; PUNCT : _ 50 punct _ _ 47 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 50 nsubj _ _ 48 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 50 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 49 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 50 advmod _ _ 50 want want VERB VB Mood=Sub|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 16 ccomp _ _ 51 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 50 obj _ _ 52 here here ADV RB PronType=Dem 50 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 53 , , PUNCT , _ 50 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 54 " " PUNCT '' _ 50 punct _ _ 55 and and CCONJ CC _ 58 cc _ _ 56 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 57 advmod _ _ 57 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 58 nsubj _ _ 58 flew fly VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 conj _ _ 59 out out ADP RP _ 58 compound:prt _ _ 60 and and CCONJ CC _ 61 cc _ _ 61 bit bite VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 58 conj _ _ 62 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 61 obj _ _ 63 in in ADP IN _ 65 case _ _ 64 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 65 det _ _ 65 neck neck NOUN NN Number=Sing 61 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 66 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past | the ducklings | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **bid** | past · passive | | ducklings *= duckling* | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **stare** | past | the other duck | | | | | | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **say** *speech: express* | past | | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 5 | **look** *in a quote* | infinitive | | | | | | | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | | 6 | **come** *in a quote* | present | | another brood | | here | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location brood=Theme | | 7 | **not** **is** *in a quote* | past | | | | | | of us; enough *property* | tree rules | | 8 | **look** *in a quote* | gerund | | | | | | | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | | 9 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | | looking object | | | | | tree rules | | 10 | **not** **want** *in a quote* | present · do-support | we | child | | here | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot he=Theme | | 11 | **fly out** | past | one | | | | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 12 | **bite** | past | one *not said here* | child | | the neck | | | vn swat-18.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent he=Patient in neck=Location | 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. 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