--- title: "Drum-ma-rum! drum-ma-rum! there he is!" the Drum might have said, a… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: "Drum-ma-rum! drum-ma-rum! there he is!" the Drum might have said, and his mother might have sung, if she had seen or dreamt it. Who acts: ma rum, mother. A sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. 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Andersen, The Golden Treasure. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (ma rum, mother), 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:pg27200:39:100 # text = "Drum-ma-rum! drum-ma-rum! there he is!" the Drum might have said, and his mother might have sung, if she had seen or dreamt it. 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Drum drum NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 3 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 ma ma NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 5 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 rum rum NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 ! ! PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ 8 drum drum NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 9 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ma ma NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 11 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 rum rum NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 nsubj:pass _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ! ! PUNCT . _ 12 punct _ _ 14 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 12 advmod _ _ 15 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 16 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 12 cop _ SpaceAfter=No 17 ! ! PUNCT . _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 18 " " PUNCT '' _ 12 punct _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 Drum drum NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 nsubj:pass _ _ 21 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 23 aux _ _ 22 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 23 aux _ _ 23 said say VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 26 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 27 nmod:poss _ _ 27 mother mother NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 nsubj:pass _ _ 28 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 30 aux _ _ 29 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 30 aux _ _ 30 sung sing VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 23 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 32 if if SCONJ IN _ 35 mark _ _ 33 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 34 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 35 aux _ _ 35 seen see VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 30 conj _ _ 36 or or CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 37 dreamt dreamt VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 35 conj _ _ 38 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 39 . . PUNCT . _ 23 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | ma rum | drum ma rum | | there | | | tree rules | | 2 | **say** *speech: express* | might · perfect · passive | | drum ma rum | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: subject=Topic | | 3 | **sing** *speech: express* | might · perfect · passive | | hair's mother | | | | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Theme | | 4 | **see** *a condition, not said to happen* | past · perfect | mother | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 5 | **dreamt** | infinitive | mother *not said here* | rum | | | | | 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 99](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/39/99/) - next →: [sentence 101](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/39/101/) - ↑ back to [The Golden Treasure](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/39/)