--- title: "I don't quite understand it," said the mamma stork, when her husban… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: "I don't quite understand it," said the mamma stork, when her husband repeated it; "however, it is not my fault, but the fault of the thought; whatever it may be, I have something else to think of." Who acts: mamma stork, husband, Love, fault. 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C. Andersen, The Marsh King's Daughter, part 2. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (mamma stork, husband, Love, fault), 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:pg27200:84:89 # text = "I don't quite understand it," said the mamma stork, when her husband repeated it; "however, it is not my fault, but the fault of the thought; whatever it may be, I have something else to think of." 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 3 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 4 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 6 advmod _ _ 5 quite quite ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 understand understand VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 ccomp _ _ 7 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 " " PUNCT '' _ 6 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 mamma mamma NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 compound _ _ 13 stork stork NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 15 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 18 advmod _ _ 16 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 17 nmod:poss _ _ 17 husband husband NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nsubj _ _ 18 repeated repeat VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 conj _ _ 19 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 20 ; ; PUNCT : _ 28 punct _ _ 21 " " PUNCT `` _ 28 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 22 however however ADV RB _ 28 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 24 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 25 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 28 cop _ _ 26 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 28 advmod _ _ 27 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 28 nmod:poss _ _ 28 fault fault NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 30 but but CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 fault fault NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 conj _ _ 33 of of ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 thought thought NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 36 ; ; PUNCT : _ 40 punct _ _ 37 whatever whatever PRON WP PronType=Rel 40 obj _ _ 38 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 39 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 40 aux _ _ 40 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 43 cop _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 42 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 43 nsubj _ _ 43 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 ccomp _ _ 44 something something PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 43 obj _ _ 45 else else ADV RB _ 44 advmod _ _ 46 to to PART TO _ 47 mark _ _ 47 think think VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 44 acl _ _ 48 of of ADP IN _ 47 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 49 . . PUNCT . _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 50 " " PUNCT '' _ 10 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **understand** *in a quote* | present · do-support | the mamma stork *= stork* | Love | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the mamma stork | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **repeat** | past | thought's husband | Love | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality | | 4 | **not** **is a** *in a quote* | present | Love | my fault but the fault of the thought | | | | however *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **is** *in a quote* | infinitive | my fault but the fault of the thought | | | | | have *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **think** *speech: other* *in a quote* | to-infinitive | my fault but the fault of the thought *not said here* | | | | | | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **fault** *in a quote* | | | the thought | | | | | nom fault «act transitive»: of=patient | 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 88](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/84/88/) - next →: [sentence 90](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/84/90/) - ↑ back to [The Marsh King's Daughter, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/84/)