--- title: "That they have," said a third, an old sparrow with a white poll; "t… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: "That they have," said a third, an old sparrow with a white poll; "they have something they call a calendar; it's an invention of their own, and everything must be arranged according to it, but it won't do. Who acts: That, third, hopes, calendar. 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C. Andersen, The Story of the Year. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (That, third, hopes, calendar), 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:pg27200:214:18 # text = "That they have," said a third, an old sparrow with a white poll; "they have something they call a calendar; it's an invention of their own, and everything must be arranged according to it, but it won't do. 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 That that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 4 nsubj _ _ 3 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 " " PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ 7 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 third third NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 11 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 12 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 13 sparrow sparrow NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 appos _ _ 14 with with ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 15 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 16 white white ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 amod _ _ 17 poll poll NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 18 ; ; PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 19 " " PUNCT `` _ 21 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 20 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 21 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 ccomp _ _ 22 something something PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 21 obj _ _ 23 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 24 call call VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 22 acl:relcl _ _ 25 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 calendar calendar NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 27 ; ; PUNCT : _ 31 punct _ _ 28 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 29 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 31 cop _ _ 30 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 invention invention NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 parataxis _ _ 32 of of ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 34 nmod:poss _ _ 34 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 37 everything everything PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Tot 40 nsubj:pass _ _ 38 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 40 aux _ _ 39 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 40 aux:pass _ _ 40 arranged arrange VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 31 parataxis _ _ 41 according accord VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 40 xcomp _ _ 42 to to ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 43 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 44 , , PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 45 but but CCONJ CC _ 49 cc _ _ 46 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 49 nsubj _ _ 47 wo will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 49 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 48 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 49 advmod _ _ 49 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 31 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 50 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** *in a quote* | present | That | | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | a third | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **have** *in a quote* | present | hopes *= hope* | something | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent something=Patient | | 4 | **call** *in a quote* | present | hopes *= hope* | a calendar | | | | | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent calendar=Recipient | | 5 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | calendar | a invention | | | | of hopes's own | tree rules | | 6 | **arrange** *in a quote* | must · passive | | everything | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **accord** *in a quote* | gerund | | | | calendar | | | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent to it=Goal | | 8 | **not** **do** *in a quote* | future | calendar | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=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. 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 17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/214/17/) - next →: [sentence 19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/214/19/) - ↑ back to [The Story of the Year](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/214/)