--- title: "'Well, do you remember?' said the old sailor, 'when we were quite s… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: "'Well, do you remember?' said the old sailor, 'when we were quite small and used to run about and play--it was in the very same yard where we now are--we used to put little branches into the ground and make a garden.' Who acts: you, we, wedding. 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C. Andersen, The Little Elder-tree Mother. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (you, we, wedding), 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:pg27200:72:31 # text = "'Well, do you remember?' said the old sailor, 'when we were quite small and used to run about and play--it was in the very same yard where we now are--we used to put little branches into the ground and make a garden.' 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 3 Well well INTJ UH _ 7 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 5 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 6 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 7 remember remember VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ? ? PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 7 punct _ _ 10 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 12 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 13 sailor sailor NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 15 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 16 when when SCONJ WRB _ 20 mark _ _ 17 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 18 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 cop _ _ 19 quite quite ADV RB _ 20 advmod _ _ 20 small small ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 ccomp _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 22 used use VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 20 conj _ _ 23 to to PART TO _ 24 mark _ _ 24 run run VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 22 advcl _ _ 25 about about ADV RB _ 24 advmod _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 27 play play VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 24 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 28 -- -- PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 29 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 30 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 35 cop _ _ 31 in in ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 33 very very ADV RB _ 34 advmod _ _ 34 same same ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 amod _ _ 35 yard yard NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 parataxis _ _ 36 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 39 advmod _ _ 37 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 38 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 39 advmod _ _ 39 are be VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 35 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 40 -- -- PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 41 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 42 used use VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 conj _ _ 43 to to PART TO _ 44 mark _ _ 44 put put VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 42 xcomp _ _ 45 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 46 amod _ _ 46 branches branch NOUN NNS Number=Plur 44 obj _ _ 47 into into ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 48 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 49 ground ground NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obl _ _ 50 and and CCONJ CC _ 51 cc _ _ 51 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 44 conj _ _ 52 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 53 det _ _ 53 garden garden NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 54 . . PUNCT . _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 55 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 10 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **remember** *in a quote* | present · do-support | you | | | | | | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **say** *speech: ask* *in a quote* | past | | the old sailor | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **is** *in a quote* | past | we | | | | | small *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **use** *in a quote* | participle | we *not said here* | | | | | | vn eat-39.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **run about** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | we *not said here* | | | | | about *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **play** *in a quote* | infinitive | we *not said here* | | | | | | vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **is** *in a quote* | past | wedding | | | | | in the same yard | tree rules | | 8 | **be** *in a quote* | present | we | | | | now | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 9 | **use** *in a quote* | past | we | | | | | | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 10 | **put** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | we *not said here* | little branches | | the ground | | | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent branch=Goal | | 11 | **make** *in a quote* | infinitive | we *not said here* | a garden | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset garden=Product | 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 30](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/72/30/) - next →: [sentence 32](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/72/32/) - ↑ back to [The Little Elder-tree Mother](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/72/)