--- title: She was engaged to sing at a concert, and she had already earned mon… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: She was engaged to sing at a concert, and she had already earned money by singing, out of which she sent her dear neighbors at Kjoge a whole dollar, for them to make merry on Christmas eve, and they were to drink her health. Who acts: letter, neighbors. 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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 (letter, neighbors), 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:pg27200:202:54 # text = She was engaged to sing at a concert, and she had already earned money by singing, out of which she sent her dear neighbors at Kjoge a whole dollar, for them to make merry on Christmas eve, and they were to drink her health. 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux:pass _ _ 3 engaged engage VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 4 to to PART TO _ 5 mark _ _ 5 sing sing VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 xcomp _ _ 6 at at ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 concert concert NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 11 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 12 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 aux _ _ 13 already already ADV RB _ 14 advmod _ _ 14 earned earn VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 3 conj _ _ 15 money money NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obj _ _ 16 by by SCONJ IN _ 17 mark _ _ 17 singing sing VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 14 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 19 out out ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 of of ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 21 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 23 obl _ _ 22 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 23 sent send VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 24 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 26 nmod:poss _ _ 25 dear dear ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 amod _ _ 26 neighbors neighbor NOUN NNS Number=Plur 23 obj _ _ 27 at at ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 28 Kjoge Kjoge PROPN NNP Number=Sing 23 obl _ _ 29 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 30 whole whole ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 amod _ _ 31 dollar dollar NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 33 for for SCONJ IN _ 36 mark _ _ 34 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 35 to to PART TO _ 36 mark _ _ 36 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 23 advcl _ _ 37 merry merry NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obj _ _ 38 on on ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 Christmas Christmas PROPN NNP Number=Sing 40 compound _ _ 40 eve eve NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 42 and and CCONJ CC _ 46 cc _ _ 43 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 46 nsubj _ _ 44 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 46 aux _ _ 45 to to PART TO _ 46 mark _ _ 46 drink drink VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 parataxis _ _ 47 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 48 nmod:poss _ _ 48 health health NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 49 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **engage** | past · passive | | letter | | | | | vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP to be NP»: subject=Theme clause=Attribute | | 2 | **sing** *speech: express* | to-infinitive | | | | a concert | | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at concert=Location | | 3 | **earn** | past · perfect | letter | money | | | | | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent money=Theme | | 4 | **sing** *speech: express* | gerund | letter *not said here* | | | | | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **send** | past | letter | letter's dear neighbors | | Kjoge | | | vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent neighbor=Destination dollar=Theme | | 6 | **make** | to-infinitive | neighbors *= neighbor* | merry | | Christmas eve | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset merry=Product | | 7 | **drink** | past | neighbors *= neighbor* | letter's health | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent health=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 53](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/202/53/) - next →: [sentence 55](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/202/55/) - ↑ back to [Under the Willow-tree, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/202/)