--- title: "We had five hundred dollars," she said, "and there was a house in t… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: "We had five hundred dollars," she said, "and there was a house in the street to be sold for two hundred, so we thought it would be worth our while to pull it down and build a new one in its place; so it was bought. Who acts: We, misfortune, house, it. 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C. Andersen, She Was Good For Nothing. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (We, misfortune, house, it), 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:pg27200:46:140 # text = "We had five hundred dollars," she said, "and there was a house in the street to be sold for two hundred, so we thought it would be worth our while to pull it down and build a new one in its place; so it was bought. 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 We we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 ccomp _ _ 4 five five NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 5 compound _ _ 5 hundred hundred NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 6 nummod _ _ 6 dollars dollar NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 " " PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ 9 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 10 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 12 " " PUNCT '' _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 14 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 15 expl _ _ 15 was be VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 conj _ _ 16 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nsubj _ _ 18 in in ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 street street NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 nmod _ _ 21 to to PART TO _ 23 mark _ _ 22 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 23 aux:pass _ _ 23 sold sell VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 20 acl _ _ 24 for for ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 26 compound _ _ 26 hundred hundred NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 23 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 28 so so ADV RB _ 30 advmod _ _ 29 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 30 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 conj _ _ 31 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 32 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 34 aux _ _ 33 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 34 cop _ _ 34 worth worth ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 ccomp _ _ 35 our our PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 36 nmod:poss _ _ 36 while while NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obj _ _ 37 to to PART TO _ 38 mark _ _ 38 pull pull VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 34 csubj _ _ 39 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 obj _ _ 40 down down ADP RP _ 38 compound:prt _ _ 41 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 42 build build VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 38 conj _ _ 43 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 44 new new ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 45 amod _ _ 45 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obj _ _ 46 in in ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 47 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 48 nmod:poss _ _ 48 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 49 ; ; PUNCT , _ 53 punct _ _ 50 so so ADV RB _ 53 advmod _ _ 51 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 53 nsubj:pass _ _ 52 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 53 aux:pass _ _ 53 bought buy VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 10 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 54 . . PUNCT . _ 10 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** *in a quote* | past | We | hundred dollars | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dollar=Patient | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | misfortune | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **be** *in a quote* | past | a house in the street | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **sell** *in a quote* | to-infinitive · passive | a house in the street *not said here* | | | | | for two hundred | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.asset»: for hundred=Asset | | 5 | **think** *speech: other* *in a quote* | past | we | | | | | | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **is** *in a quote* | would | it | | | | while | worth *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **pull down** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | | house | | | | | vn push-12-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | | 8 | **build** *in a quote* | present | | a new one | | house's place | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset one=Product | | 9 | **buy** *in a quote* | past · passive | | house | | | | | vn accept-77.1 «NP V NP»: subject=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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