--- title: "No, indeed, it is not true," replied the old servant, raising her e… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: "No, indeed, it is not true," replied the old servant, raising her eyes to heaven; "she was worth a great deal; I knew it years ago, and since the last night of her life I am more certain of it than ever. Who acts: poor, old servant, mother. 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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 (poor, old servant, 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:pg27200:46:166 # text = "No, indeed, it is not true," replied the old servant, raising her eyes to heaven; "she was worth a great deal; I knew it years ago, and since the last night of her life I am more certain of it than ever. 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 No no INTJ UH Polarity=Neg 9 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 4 indeed indeed ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 6 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 7 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 cop _ _ 8 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 9 advmod _ _ 9 true true ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 " " PUNCT '' _ 9 punct _ _ 12 replied reply VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 14 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 amod _ _ 15 servant servant NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 17 raising raise VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 12 advcl _ _ 18 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 19 nmod:poss _ _ 19 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 17 obj _ _ 20 to to ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 21 heaven heaven NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 22 ; ; PUNCT : _ 26 punct _ _ 23 " " PUNCT `` _ 26 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 24 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 25 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 cop _ _ 26 worth worth ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 parataxis _ _ 27 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 28 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 amod _ _ 29 deal deal NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 30 ; ; PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 31 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 32 knew know VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 advcl _ _ 33 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 obj _ _ 34 years year NOUN NNS Number=Plur 35 obl:unmarked _ _ 35 ago ago ADV RB _ 32 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 48 cc _ _ 38 since since ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 40 last last ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 41 amod _ _ 41 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 obl _ _ 42 of of ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 43 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 44 nmod:poss _ _ 44 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 nmod _ _ 45 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 48 nsubj _ _ 46 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 48 cop _ _ 47 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 48 advmod _ _ 48 certain certain ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 conj _ _ 49 of of ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 50 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 48 obl _ _ 51 than than ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 52 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 48 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 53 . . PUNCT . _ 12 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **is** *in a quote* | present | poor | | | | | indeed, true *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **reply** *speech: assert* | past | the old servant | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **raise** | gerund | the old servant *not said here* | mother's eyes | | heaven | | | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent eye=Theme to heaven=Destination | | 4 | **is** *in a quote* | past | mother | | | | | worth *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **know** *in a quote* | past | the old servant *= servant* | poor | | | | ago *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus | | 6 | **is** *in a quote* | present | the old servant *= servant* | | | | night | of poor; certain *property* | 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. 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