--- title: The little people who now play on that spot know nothing of the old… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: The little people who now play on that spot know nothing of the old tale, else would they fancy they heard a child crying deep below the earth, and the dewdrops on each blade of grass would be to them tears of woe. Who acts: little people, people, child, dewdrops. 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C. Andersen, By the Almshouse Window. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (little people, people, child, dewdrops), 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:pg27200:3:11 # text = The little people who now play on that spot know nothing of the old tale, else would they fancy they heard a child crying deep below the earth, and the dewdrops on each blade of grass would be to them tears of woe. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 nsubj _ _ 4 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 6 nsubj _ _ 5 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 6 advmod _ _ 6 play play VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 acl:relcl _ _ 7 on on ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 9 det _ _ 9 spot spot NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 10 know know VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 11 nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 10 obj _ _ 12 of of ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 14 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 amod _ _ 15 tale tale NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 17 else else ADV RB _ 20 advmod _ _ 18 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 20 aux _ _ 19 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 20 fancy fancy VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 parataxis _ _ 21 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 22 heard hear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 ccomp _ _ 23 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 child child NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obj _ _ 25 crying cry VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 24 acl _ _ 26 deep deep ADV RB _ 25 advmod _ _ 27 below below ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 earth earth NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 dewdrops dewdrop NOUN NNS Number=Plur 43 nsubj _ _ 34 on on ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 each each DET DT PronType=Tot 36 det _ _ 36 blade blade NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 nmod _ _ 37 of of ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 38 grass grass NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 nmod _ _ 39 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 43 aux _ _ 40 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 43 cop _ _ 41 to to ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 42 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 obl _ _ 43 tears tear NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 conj _ _ 44 of of ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 45 woe woe NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 10 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **play** | present | the little people | | | that spot | now | | vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **know** | present | the little people | nothing | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer nothing=Stimulus | | 3 | **fancy** | would | people | | | | | else *property* | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 4 | **hear** | past | people | a child | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer child=Stimulus | | 5 | **cry** *speech: express* | gerund | a child *not said here* | | | the earth | | deep *property* | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme below earth=Location | | 6 | **is a** | would | the dewdrops on each blade of grass | tears | | | | of woe | 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 10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/3/10/) - next →: [sentence 12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/3/12/) - ↑ back to [By the Almshouse Window](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/3/)