--- title: So saying, he gave Joanna the gingerbread man, who was still quite w… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: So saying, he gave Joanna the gingerbread man, who was still quite whole--and to Knud the broken maiden; but the children had been so much impressed by the story, that they had not the heart to eat the lovers up. Who acts: history, gingerbread man, story, children. 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C. Andersen, Under the Willow-tree, part 1. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (history, gingerbread man, story, children), 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:pg27200:202:35 # text = So saying, he gave Joanna the gingerbread man, who was still quite whole--and to Knud the broken maiden; but the children had been so much impressed by the story, that they had not the heart to eat the lovers up. 1 So so ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 2 saying say VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 5 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 4 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 Joanna Joanna PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 iobj _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 8 gingerbread gingerbread NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 compound _ _ 9 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 11 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 15 nsubj _ _ 12 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 cop _ _ 13 still still ADV RB _ 15 advmod _ _ 14 quite quite ADV RB _ 15 advmod _ _ 15 whole whole ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 -- -- PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 18 to to ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 19 Knud Knud PROPN NNP Number=Sing 22 obl _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 21 broken break VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 22 amod _ _ 22 maiden maiden NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 23 ; ; PUNCT : _ 31 punct _ _ 24 but but CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 31 nsubj:pass _ _ 27 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 aux _ _ 28 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 31 aux:pass _ _ 29 so so ADV RB _ 30 advmod _ _ 30 much much ADV RB _ 31 advmod _ _ 31 impressed impress VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 conj _ _ 32 by by ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 story story NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 36 that that SCONJ IN _ 38 mark _ _ 37 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 38 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 advcl _ _ 39 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 41 advmod _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 heart heart NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obj _ _ 42 to to PART TO _ 43 mark _ _ 43 eat eat VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 41 acl _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 lovers lover NOUN NNS Number=Plur 43 obj _ _ 46 up up ADP RP _ 43 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | history *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **give** | past | history | the gingerbread man | Joanna | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent joanna=Recipient man=Theme | | 3 | **is** | past | the gingerbread man | | | | still | whole *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **break** | participle | | | | | | | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient | | 5 | **impress** | past · perfect · passive | the story | the children | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus subject=Experiencer | | 6 | **have** | past | children *= child* | the heart | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent heart=Patient | | 7 | **eat up** | to-infinitive | children *= child* *not said here* | the lovers | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lover=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 34](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/202/34/) - next →: [sentence 36](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/202/36/) - ↑ back to [Under the Willow-tree, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/202/)