--- title: "There was something between my brother and her, I remember," said t… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: "There was something between my brother and her, I remember," said the mayor; "it is a good thing that she is out of the way, for now the boy will have the whole. Who acts: something, mayor, death, woman. A sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. 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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 (something, mayor, death, woman), 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:pg27200:46:158 # text = "There was something between my brother and her, I remember," said the mayor; "it is a good thing that she is out of the way, for now the boy will have the whole. 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 There there PRON EX PronType=Dem 3 expl _ _ 3 was be VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 ccomp _ _ 4 something something PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 3 nsubj _ _ 5 between between ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 brother brother NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 9 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 11 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 12 remember remember VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 " " PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ 15 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 mayor mayor NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 18 ; ; PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 19 " " PUNCT `` _ 24 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 20 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 21 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 24 cop _ _ 22 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 23 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 amod _ _ 24 thing thing NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 ccomp _ _ 25 that that SCONJ IN _ 31 mark _ _ 26 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 27 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 31 cop _ _ 28 out out ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 29 of of ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 33 for for SCONJ IN _ 38 mark _ _ 34 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 38 advmod _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 boy boy NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 nsubj _ _ 37 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 38 aux _ _ 38 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 conj _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 whole whole ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 38 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 41 . . PUNCT . _ 15 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **be** *in a quote* | past | something | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **remember** *in a quote* | present | the mayor *= mayor* | | | | | | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the mayor | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | death | a good thing | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **is** *in a quote* | present | woman | | | the way | | | tree rules | | 6 | **have** *in a quote* | future | the boy | the whole | | | now | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent whole=Patient | 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 157](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/46/157/) - next →: [sentence 159](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/46/159/) - ↑ back to [She Was Good For Nothing](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/46/)