--- title: "What is that noise about?" said the old woman, looking round the ro… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: "What is that noise about?" said the old woman, looking round the room, but her sight was not very good; therefore, when she saw the duckling she thought it must be a fat duck, that had strayed from home. " Who acts: noise, sight, that, woman. 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" **Who acts:** noise, sight, that, woman · **What happens:** be, say, look, not be, see, think · **To what, where:** noise, duckling, fat duck, home · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. 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 (noise, sight, that, woman), 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:pg27200:201:94 # text = "What is that noise about?" said the old woman, looking round the room, but her sight was not very good; therefore, when she saw the duckling she thought it must be a fat duck, that had strayed from home. " 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 5 nsubj _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 4 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 5 det _ _ 5 noise noise NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 6 about about ADP IN _ 5 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 7 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 " " PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ 9 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 11 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 12 woman woman NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 14 looking look VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 9 advcl _ _ 15 round round ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 room room NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 19 but but CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 20 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 21 nmod:poss _ _ 21 sight sight NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 nsubj _ _ 22 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 cop _ _ 23 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 25 advmod _ _ 24 very very ADV RB _ 25 advmod _ _ 25 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 26 ; ; PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 27 therefore therefore ADV RB _ 31 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 29 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 31 advmod _ _ 30 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 31 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 parataxis _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 duckling duckling NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obj _ _ 34 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 35 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 33 acl:relcl _ _ 36 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj _ _ 37 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 41 aux _ _ 38 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 41 cop _ _ 39 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 40 fat fat ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 41 amod _ _ 41 duck duck NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 43 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 45 nsubj _ _ 44 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 45 aux _ _ 45 strayed stray VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 41 conj _ _ 46 from from ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 47 home home NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 41 punct _ _ 49 " " PUNCT '' _ 41 punct _ SpaceAfter=No ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | | that noise | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **say** *speech: ask* | past | that noise | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **look** | gerund | that noise *not said here* | | | | | round the room | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent round room=Theme | | 4 | **not** **is** | past | woman's sight | | | | | good *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **see** | past | noise | the duckling | | | | therefore *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer duckling=Stimulus | | 6 | **think** *speech: other* | past | noise | the duckling *not said here* | | | | | vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot duckling=Theme | | 7 | **is a** | must | sight | a fat duck | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **stray** | past · perfect | that | | | home | | | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme from home=Trajectory | | 9 | **sight** | | woman | | | | | | nom sight «cognition transitive»: 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. 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