--- title: Now the tom cat was the master of the house, and the hen was mistres… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: Now the tom cat was the master of the house, and the hen was mistress, and they always said, "We and the world," for they believed themselves to be half the world, and the better half too. Who acts: tom cat, hen, ducklings, We. A sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. 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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 (tom cat, hen, ducklings, We), 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:pg27200:201:98 # text = Now the tom cat was the master of the house, and the hen was mistress, and they always said, "We and the world," for they believed themselves to be half the world, and the better half too. 1 Now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 4 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 tom tom NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 compound _ _ 4 cat cat NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 5 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 master master NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 8 of of ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 hen hen NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nsubj _ _ 15 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 cop _ _ 16 mistress mistress NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 19 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 20 always always ADV RB PronType=Tot 21 advmod _ _ 21 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 23 " " PUNCT `` _ 27 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 24 We we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 world world NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 29 " " PUNCT '' _ 27 punct _ _ 30 for for SCONJ IN _ 32 mark _ _ 31 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 32 believed believe VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 advcl _ _ 33 themselves themselves PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 32 obj _ _ 34 to to PART TO _ 38 mark _ _ 35 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 38 cop _ _ 36 half half DET PDT NumForm=Word|NumType=Frac|PronType=Ind 38 det:predet _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 world world NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 40 and and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 42 better good ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 43 amod _ _ 43 half half NOUN NN Number=Sing|NumForm=Word|NumType=Frac 38 appos _ _ 44 too too ADV RB _ 43 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | the tom cat | the master and mistress | | | | of the house | tree rules | | 2 | **is a** | past | the hen | mistress | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | ducklings *= duckling* | | | | | always *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **world** *in a quote* | | We | | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **believe** | past | ducklings *= duckling* | ducklings *= duckling* | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer themselves=Stimulus | | 6 | **is a** | to-infinitive | ducklings *= duckling* *not said here* | half world | | | | | 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 97](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/201/97/) - next →: [sentence 99](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/201/99/) - ↑ back to [The Ugly Duckling](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/201/)