--- title: "See, yonder is a sea-gull!" cried the children, when they saw the w… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: "See, yonder is a sea-gull!" cried the children, when they saw the white bird, as it dived into the sea, and rose again into the clear sunlight, white and glittering. Who acts: children, crumbs, bird. A sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. 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C. Andersen, The Girl Who Trod on the Loaf. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (children, crumbs, bird), 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:pg27200:37:95 # text = "See, yonder is a sea-gull!" cried the children, when they saw the white bird, as it dived into the sea, and rose again into the clear sunlight, white and glittering. 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 See see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 4 yonder yonder ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 5 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 cop _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 7 sea sea NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 8 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 gull gull NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ! ! PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 " " PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ 12 cried cry VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 16 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 18 advmod _ _ 17 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 18 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 parataxis _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 20 white white ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 amod _ _ 21 bird bird NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 23 as as SCONJ IN _ 25 mark _ _ 24 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 25 dived dive VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 conj _ _ 26 into into ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 sea sea NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 31 rose rise VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 conj _ _ 32 again again ADV RB _ 31 advmod _ _ 33 into into ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 35 clear clear ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 amod _ _ 36 sunlight sunlight NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 38 white white ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 amod _ _ 39 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 40 glittering glitter VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 38 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 41 . . PUNCT . _ 12 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **see** *in a quote* | infinitive | | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 2 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | | a sea gull | | | | yonder *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **cry** *speech: express* | past | the children | | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **see** | past | crumbs *= crumb* | the white bird | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer bird=Stimulus | | 5 | **dive** | past | bird | | | the sea | | | vn meander-47.7 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme into sea=Location | | 6 | **rise** | past | the children *not said here* | | | the clear sunlight | again | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme into sunlight=Initial\_Location | | 7 | **glitter** | gerund | the children *not said here* | | | | | | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | 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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