--- title: Thinking as he did of old times, no wonder the three nuts came into… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: Thinking as he did of old times, no wonder the three nuts came into his mind which the gypsy woman had given him when a child, and of the two which he had given to Christina. Who acts: wonder, Ib. A sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. 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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 (wonder, 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:pg27200:51:144 # text = Thinking as he did of old times, no wonder the three nuts came into his mind which the gypsy woman had given him when a child, and of the two which he had given to Christina. 1 Thinking think VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 14 advcl _ _ 2 as as SCONJ IN _ 4 mark _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 1 ccomp _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 times time NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 9 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 10 det _ _ 10 wonder wonder NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nsubj _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 12 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 13 nummod _ _ 13 nuts nut NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 conj _ _ 14 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 15 into into ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 17 nmod:poss _ _ 17 mind mind NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obl _ _ 18 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 23 obj _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 20 gypsy gypsy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 amod _ _ 21 woman woman NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 nsubj:pass _ _ 22 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 aux _ _ 23 given give VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 17 acl:relcl _ _ 24 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 iobj _ _ 25 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 27 advmod _ _ 26 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 child child NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 30 of of ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 36 obl _ _ 33 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 36 nsubj _ _ 34 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj:pass _ _ 35 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 aux _ _ 36 given give VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 14 conj _ _ 37 to to ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 38 Christina Christina PROPN NNP Number=Sing 36 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 39 . . PUNCT . _ 14 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **think** *speech: other* | gerund | no wonder and the three nuts *not said here* | | | | | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 2 | **do** | past | Ib | | | | time | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **come** | past | no wonder and the three nuts | | | Ib's mind | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme into mind=Initial\_Location | | 4 | **give** | past · perfect · passive | | the gypsy woman | Ib | | | a child *obl* | tree rules | | 5 | **give** | past · perfect · passive | | | Christina | | | of the two | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: subject=Theme to christina=Recipient | | 6 | **mind** | | Ib | | | | | | nom mind «cognition transitive»: poss=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 143](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/51/143/) - next →: [sentence 145](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/51/145/) - ↑ back to [Ib and Little Christina](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/51/)