--- title: Even afterwards, when they were left alone, and she asked, "Did you… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: Even afterwards, when they were left alone, and she asked, "Did you know me again, Ib?" he still stood holding her hand, and said at last, "You are become quite a grand lady, Christina, and I am only a rough working man; but I have often thought of you and of old times." 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C. Andersen, Ib and Little Christina. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Christina, you, Ib), 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:pg27200:51:106 # text = Even afterwards, when they were left alone, and she asked, "Did you know me again, Ib?" he still stood holding her hand, and said at last, "You are become quite a grand lady, Christina, and I am only a rough working man; but I have often thought of you and of old times." 1 Even even ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 2 afterwards afterwards ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 4 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 7 advmod _ _ 5 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 6 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux:pass _ _ 7 left leave VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 8 alone alone ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 11 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 12 asked ask VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 14 " " PUNCT `` _ 17 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 Did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 aux _ _ 16 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 17 know know VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 ccomp _ _ 18 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 17 obj _ _ 19 again again ADV RB _ 17 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 21 Ib Ib PROPN NNP Number=Sing 17 vocative _ SpaceAfter=No 22 ? ? PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 23 " " PUNCT '' _ 26 punct _ _ 24 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 25 still still ADV RB _ 26 advmod _ _ 26 stood stand VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 parataxis _ _ 27 holding hold VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 26 xcomp _ _ 28 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 29 nmod:poss _ _ 29 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 32 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 conj _ _ 33 at at ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 34 last last ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 32 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 36 " " PUNCT `` _ 39 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 37 You you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 38 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 39 aux:pass _ _ 39 become become VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 32 conj _ _ 40 quite quite DET PDT PronType=Ind 43 det:predet _ _ 41 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 42 grand grand ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 43 amod _ _ 43 lady lady NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 44 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 45 Christina Christina PROPN NNP Number=Sing 43 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 46 , , PUNCT , _ 54 punct _ _ 47 and and CCONJ CC _ 54 cc _ _ 48 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 54 nsubj _ _ 49 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 54 cop _ _ 50 only only ADV RB _ 54 advmod _ _ 51 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 54 det _ _ 52 rough rough ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 54 amod _ _ 53 working work VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 54 amod _ _ 54 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 55 ; ; PUNCT : _ 7 punct _ _ 56 but but CCONJ CC _ 60 cc _ _ 57 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 60 nsubj _ _ 58 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 60 aux _ _ 59 often often ADV RB _ 60 advmod _ _ 60 thought think VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 7 conj _ _ 61 of of ADP IN _ 62 case _ _ 62 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 60 obl _ _ 63 and and CCONJ CC _ 66 cc _ _ 64 of of ADP IN _ 66 case _ _ 65 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 66 amod _ _ 66 times time NOUN NNS Number=Plur 62 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 67 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 68 " " PUNCT '' _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **leave** | past · passive | | lips *= lip* | | | | afterwards, alone *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 2 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past | Christina | | | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **know** *in a quote* | past · do-support | you | Christina | | | again | Ib *vocative* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer i=Stimulus | | 4 | **stand** | past | Ib | | | | still | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 5 | **hold** | gerund | Ib *not said here* | Christina's hand | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hand=Theme | | 6 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Ib *not said here* | | | last | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **become** *in a quote* | present · passive | | You | | | | | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Result | | 8 | **work** *in a quote* | gerund | | | | | | | vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 9 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | Ib | a rough working man | | | | | tree rules | | 10 | **think** *speech: other* *in a quote* | present · perfect | Ib | | | | | of you; often *property* | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | 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 105](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/51/105/) - next →: [sentence 107](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/51/107/) - ↑ back to [Ib and Little Christina](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/51/)