--- title: Well, now, you are grown up," said the old dowager, her grandmother;… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: Well, now, you are grown up," said the old dowager, her grandmother; "so you must let me adorn you like your other sisters;" and she placed a wreath of white lilies in her hair, and every flower leaf was half a pearl. Who acts: you, me, body, flower leaf. 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C. Andersen, The Little Mermaid, part 1. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (you, me, body, flower leaf), 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:pg27200:75:69 # text = Well, now, you are grown up," said the old dowager, her grandmother; "so you must let me adorn you like your other sisters;" and she placed a wreath of white lilies in her hair, and every flower leaf was half a pearl. 1 Well well INTJ UH _ 7 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 7 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 5 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 6 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux:pass _ _ 7 grown grow VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 11 ccomp _ _ 8 up up ADP RP _ 7 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 " " PUNCT '' _ 7 punct _ _ 11 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 13 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 amod _ _ 14 dowager dowager NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 16 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 17 nmod:poss _ _ 17 grandmother grandmother NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 18 ; ; PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 19 " " PUNCT `` _ 23 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 20 so so ADV RB _ 23 advmod _ _ 21 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 22 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 23 aux _ _ 23 let let VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 ccomp _ _ 24 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 23 obj _ _ 25 adorn adorn VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 23 xcomp _ _ 26 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 27 like like VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 25 ccomp _ _ 28 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 30 nmod:poss _ _ 29 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 amod _ _ 30 sisters sister NOUN NNS Number=Plur 27 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 31 ; ; PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 32 " " PUNCT '' _ 23 punct _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 34 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 35 placed place VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 conj _ _ 36 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 wreath wreath NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obj _ _ 38 of of ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 white white ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 40 amod _ _ 40 lilies lily NOUN NNS Number=Plur 37 nmod _ _ 41 in in ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 42 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 43 nmod:poss _ _ 43 hair hair NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 44 , , PUNCT , _ 52 punct _ _ 45 and and CCONJ CC _ 52 cc _ _ 46 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 48 det _ _ 47 flower flower NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 compound _ _ 48 leaf leaf NOUN NN Number=Sing 52 nsubj _ _ 49 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 52 cop _ _ 50 half half DET PDT NumForm=Word|NumType=Frac|PronType=Ind 52 det:predet _ _ 51 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 52 det _ _ 52 pearl pearl NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 53 . . PUNCT . _ 11 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **grow up** | present · passive | | you | | | now | | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Theme | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | past | | the old dowager and body's grandmother | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **let** | must | you | me | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **adorn** | infinitive | me *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **like** | present | you | your other sisters | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot sister=Theme | | 6 | **place** *in a quote* | past | body | a wreath of white lilies | | body's hair | | | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent wreath=Theme in hair=Destination | | 7 | **is a** *in a quote* | past | every flower leaf | half pearl | | | | | 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. 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 68](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/75/68/) - next →: [sentence 70](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/75/70/) - ↑ back to [The Little Mermaid, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/75/)