--- title: "We will not wait for the swans," said the mamma stork; "if they wan… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: "We will not wait for the swans," said the mamma stork; "if they want to go with us, let them come now; we can't sit here till the plovers start. Who acts: We, mamma stork, wings, plovers. A sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. 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C. Andersen, The Marsh King's Daughter, part 5. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (We, mamma stork, wings, plovers), 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:pg27200:87:97 # text = "We will not wait for the swans," said the mamma stork; "if they want to go with us, let them come now; we can't sit here till the plovers start. 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 We we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 3 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 4 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 5 advmod _ _ 5 wait wait VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 6 for for ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 swans swan NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 " " PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ 11 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 advcl _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 13 mamma mamma NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 compound _ _ 14 stork stork NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ; ; PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 16 " " PUNCT `` _ 19 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 17 if if SCONJ IN _ 19 mark _ _ 18 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 19 want want VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 20 to to PART TO _ 21 mark _ _ 21 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 19 xcomp _ _ 22 with with ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 23 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 21 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 25 let let VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 21 conj _ _ 26 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 obj _ _ 27 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 25 xcomp _ _ 28 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 27 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 29 ; ; PUNCT : _ 33 punct _ _ 30 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 31 ca can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 33 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 32 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 33 advmod _ _ 33 sit sit VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 parataxis _ _ 34 here here ADV RB PronType=Dem 33 advmod _ _ 35 till till SCONJ IN _ 38 mark _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 plovers plover NOUN NNS Number=Plur 38 nsubj _ _ 38 start start VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 33 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 39 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **wait** *in a quote* | future | We | | | | | for the swans | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the mamma stork | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **want** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | present | wings *= wing* | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 4 | **go** *not said to happen, in a quote* | to-infinitive | wings *= wing* *not said here* | | | | | with us | vn help-72.1-2 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent with we=Beneficiary | | 5 | **let** *in a quote* | infinitive | wings *= wing* *not said here* | wings *= wing* | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **come** *in a quote* | infinitive | wings *= wing* *not said here* | | | | now | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **not** **sit** *in a quote* | can | we | | | here | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **start** *in a quote* | present | the plovers | | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | 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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