--- title: The poor duckling was driven about by every one; even his brothers a… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: The poor duckling was driven about by every one; even his brothers and sisters were unkind to him, and would say, "Ah, you ugly creature, I wish the cat would get you," and his mother said she wished he had never been born. Who acts: brothers, you, cat, mother. 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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 (brothers, you, cat, 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:pg27200:201:58 # text = The poor duckling was driven about by every one; even his brothers and sisters were unkind to him, and would say, "Ah, you ugly creature, I wish the cat would get you," and his mother said she wished he had never been born. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 poor poor ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 duckling duckling NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj:pass _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux:pass _ _ 5 driven drive VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 6 about about ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 7 by by ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 9 det _ _ 9 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ; ; PUNCT : _ 17 punct _ _ 11 even even ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ _ 12 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 13 nmod:poss _ _ 13 brothers brother NOUN NNS Number=Plur 17 nsubj _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 15 sisters sister NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 conj _ _ 16 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 cop _ _ 17 unkind unkind ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 conj _ _ 18 to to ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 19 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 22 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 23 aux _ _ 23 say say VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 17 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 25 " " PUNCT `` _ 30 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 26 Ah ah INTJ UH _ 30 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 28 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 29 ugly ugly ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 amod _ _ 30 creature creature NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 32 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 33 wish wish VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 17 conj _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 cat cat NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 nsubj _ _ 36 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 37 aux _ _ 37 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 33 ccomp _ _ 38 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 37 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 40 " " PUNCT '' _ 37 punct _ _ 41 and and CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 42 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 43 nmod:poss _ _ 43 mother mother NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 nsubj _ _ 44 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 37 conj _ _ 45 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 46 nsubj _ _ 46 wished wish VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 44 ccomp _ _ 47 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 51 nsubj:pass _ _ 48 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 51 aux _ _ 49 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 51 advmod _ _ 50 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 51 aux:pass _ _ 51 born bear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 46 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 52 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **drive** | past · passive | | the poor duckling | | | | about every one | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme about one=Destination | | 2 | **is** | past | child's brothers and sisters | | child | | | unkind *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | would | child's brothers and sisters *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **creature** *in a quote* | | you | | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **wish** *in a quote* | present | child's brothers and sisters *= brother* | | | | | | vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 6 | **get** *in a quote* | would | the cat | you | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer you=Stimulus | | 7 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | child's mother | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 8 | **wish** | past | mother | | | | | | vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 9 | **not** **bear** | past · perfect · passive | | cat | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | 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 57](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/201/57/) - next →: [sentence 59](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/201/59/) - ↑ back to [The Ugly Duckling](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/201/)