--- title: Stories and poetry--yes, they're like two yards of the same piece of… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: Stories and poetry--yes, they're like two yards of the same piece of stuff; they can go and lie down where they like, and one can brew all their prattle, and have it all the better and cheaper. Who acts: stories, one. A sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. 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C. Andersen, The Will-o-the Wisp Is in the Town, Says the Moor Woman. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (stories, one), 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:pg27200:211:126 # text = Stories and poetry--yes, they're like two yards of the same piece of stuff; they can go and lie down where they like, and one can brew all their prattle, and have it all the better and cheaper. 1 Stories story NOUN NNS Number=Plur 21 nsubj _ _ 2 and and CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 3 poetry poetry NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 -- -- PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 11 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 7 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 're be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 cop _ _ 9 like like ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 11 nummod _ _ 11 yards yard NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 conj _ _ 12 of of ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 14 same same ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 amod _ _ 15 piece piece NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nmod _ _ 16 of of ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 17 stuff stuff NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 18 ; ; PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 19 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 20 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 21 aux _ _ 21 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 23 lie lie VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 21 conj _ _ 24 down down ADP RP _ 23 compound:prt _ _ 25 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 27 advmod _ _ 26 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 27 like like VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 23 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 30 one one PRON PRP Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 31 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 32 aux _ _ 32 brew brew VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 21 conj _ _ 33 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 35 det:predet _ _ 34 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 35 nmod:poss _ _ 35 prattle prattle NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 38 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 21 conj _ _ 39 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 obj _ _ 40 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 42 det:predet _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 better good ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 38 xcomp _ _ 43 and and CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 44 cheaper cheap ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 42 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 21 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | stories *= story* | | | | | like two yards; of the same piece of stuff | tree rules | | 2 | **go** | can | Stories and poetry and two yards | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **lie down** | infinitive | Stories and poetry and two yards *not said here* | | | | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **like** | present | stories *= story* | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot | | 5 | **brew** | can | one | stories's prattle | | | | | vn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent prattle=Product | | 6 | **have** | infinitive | Stories and poetry and two yards *not said here* | prattle | | | | good *property* | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient | | 7 | **prattle** | | stories *= story* | | | | | | nom prattle «communication intransitive»: 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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