--- title: "'Yes, to-day is your golden wedding-day,' said the little elder-tre… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: "'Yes, to-day is your golden wedding-day,' said the little elder-tree mother, stretching her head down between the two old people, who thought that she was their neighbour who was nodding to them; they looked at each other and clasped hands. Who acts: two old people, mother, neighbour, people. 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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 (two old people, mother, neighbour, people), 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:pg27200:72:56 # text = "'Yes, to-day is your golden wedding-day,' said the little elder-tree mother, stretching her head down between the two old people, who thought that she was their neighbour who was nodding to them; they looked at each other and clasped hands. 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 16 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 3 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 13 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 5 to to ADP IN _ 7 case _ SpaceAfter=No 6 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ _ 8 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 13 cop _ _ 9 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 13 nmod:poss _ _ 10 golden golden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 11 wedding wedding NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 12 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 13 punct _ _ 16 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 18 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 amod _ _ 19 elder elder NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 20 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 19 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 21 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 compound _ _ 22 mother mother NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 24 stretching stretch VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 16 advcl _ _ 25 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 26 nmod:poss _ _ 26 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obj _ _ 27 down down ADV RB _ 24 advmod _ _ 28 between between ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 30 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 32 nummod _ _ 31 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 32 amod _ _ 32 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 24 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 34 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 35 nsubj _ _ 35 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 acl:relcl _ _ 36 that that SCONJ IN _ 40 mark _ _ 37 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 38 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 40 cop _ _ 39 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 40 nmod:poss _ _ 40 neighbour neighbour NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 ccomp _ _ 41 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 43 nsubj _ _ 42 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 43 aux _ _ 43 nodding nod VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 40 acl:relcl _ _ 44 to to ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 45 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 46 ; ; PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 47 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 48 nsubj _ _ 48 looked look VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 parataxis _ _ 49 at at ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 50 each each DET DT ExtPos=PRON|PronType=Rcp 48 obl _ _ 51 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 50 fixed _ _ 52 and and CCONJ CC _ 53 cc _ _ 53 clasped clasp VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 48 conj _ _ 54 hands hand NOUN NNS Number=Plur 53 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 55 . . PUNCT . _ 16 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | | your golden wedding day | | | day | | tree rules | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | past | | the little tree mother | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent mother=Topic | | 3 | **stretch down** *in a quote* | gerund | | mother's head | | | | between the two old people; down *property* | vn bend-45.2 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent head=Patient | | 4 | **think** *speech: other* *in a quote* | past | the two old people | | | | | | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **is a** *in a quote* | past | mother | people's neighbour | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **nod** *in a quote* | past · progressive | people's neighbour | | people | | | | vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to they=Recipient | | 7 | **look** *in a quote* | past | people | | | | | at each | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at each=Theme | | 8 | **clasp** *in a quote* | past | people *not said here* | hands | | | | | vn hold-15.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hand=Theme | 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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