--- title: The doll, whose neck had been darned, was so excited that the place… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: The doll, whose neck had been darned, was so excited that the place in her neck burst, and the money-pig declared he must do something for one of the players, as they had all pleased him so much. Who acts: neck, doll, money pig, play. A sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. 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The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (neck, doll, money pig, play), 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:pg27200:90:28 # text = The doll, whose neck had been darned, was so excited that the place in her neck burst, and the money-pig declared he must do something for one of the players, as they had all pleased him so much. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 doll doll NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 4 whose whose PRON WP$ Poss=Yes|PronType=Rel 5 nmod:poss _ _ 5 neck neck NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 6 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 7 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 8 cop _ _ 8 darned darned ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 10 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 cop _ _ 11 so so ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ _ 12 excited excited ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 13 that that SCONJ IN _ 15 mark _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 advcl _ _ 16 in in ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 17 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 19 nmod:poss _ _ 18 neck neck NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 compound _ _ 19 burst burst NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 23 money money NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 24 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 23 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 25 pig pig NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 nsubj _ _ 26 declared declare VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 parataxis _ _ 27 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 28 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 29 aux _ _ 29 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 26 xcomp _ _ 30 something something PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 29 obj _ _ 31 for for ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 32 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 29 obl _ _ 33 of of ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 players player NOUN NNS Number=Plur 32 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 37 as as SCONJ IN _ 39 mark _ _ 38 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 39 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 conj _ _ 40 all all ADV RB _ 41 advmod _ _ 41 pleased pleased ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 42 amod _ _ 42 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 obl _ _ 43 so so ADV RB _ 44 advmod _ _ 44 much much ADV RB _ 39 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 12 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past · perfect | neck | | | | | darned *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **is** | past | the doll | | | | | excited *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **declare** *speech: other* | past | the money pig | | | | | | vn declare-29.4-1-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 4 | **do** | must | play | something | | | | for one of the players | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent something=Eventuality | | 5 | **have** | past | wires *= wire* | play | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **burst** | | neck | | | | | | nom burst «act transitive»: poss=agent | 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 27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/90/27/) - next →: [sentence 29](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/90/29/) - ↑ back to [The Money-box](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/90/)