--- title: Little Tuk was left at home to take care of his little sister, Gusta… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: Little Tuk was left at home to take care of his little sister, Gustava, who was much younger than himself, and he had to learn his lessons at the same time, and the two things could not very well be performed together. Who acts: little sister, Tuk. 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C. Andersen, Little Tuk. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (little sister, Tuk), 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:pg27200:80:3 # text = Little Tuk was left at home to take care of his little sister, Gustava, who was much younger than himself, and he had to learn his lessons at the same time, and the two things could not very well be performed together. 1 Little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 2 Tuk Tuk PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux:pass _ _ 4 left leave VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 5 at at ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 home home NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 7 to to PART TO _ 8 mark _ _ 8 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 advcl _ _ 9 care care NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ 10 of of ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 11 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 13 nmod:poss _ _ 12 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 13 sister sister NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 15 Gustava Gustava PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 17 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 20 nsubj _ _ 18 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 cop _ _ 19 much much ADV RB _ 20 advmod _ _ 20 younger young ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 13 parataxis _ _ 21 than than ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 22 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 20 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 25 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 26 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 27 to to PART TO _ 28 mark _ _ 28 learn learn VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 26 xcomp _ _ 29 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 30 nmod:poss _ _ 30 lessons lesson NOUN NNS Number=Plur 28 obj _ _ 31 at at ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 33 same same ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 amod _ _ 34 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 45 cc _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 38 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 39 nummod _ _ 39 things thing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 45 nsubj:pass _ _ 40 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 45 aux _ _ 41 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 45 advmod _ _ 42 very very ADV RB _ 43 advmod _ _ 43 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 45 advmod _ _ 44 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 45 aux:pass _ _ 45 performed perform VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 conj _ _ 46 together together ADV RB _ 45 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **leave** | past · passive | | Little Tuk | | home | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: subject=Theme at home=Location | | 2 | **take** | to-infinitive | | care | | | | of Tuk's little sister | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent care=Theme of sister=Initial\_Location | | 3 | **is** | past | Tuk's little sister | | | | | than Tuk; young *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **have** | past | Tuk | | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **learn** | to-infinitive | Tuk *not said here* | Tuk's lessons | | | time | | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lesson=Topic | | 6 | **not** **perform** | could · passive | | the two things | | | | together, well *property* | vn performance-26.7 «NP V NP»: subject=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. 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 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/80/2/) - next →: [sentence 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/80/4/) - ↑ back to [Little Tuk](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/80/)