--- title: In the back of the pig was a slit, and this slit had been enlarged w… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: In the back of the pig was a slit, and this slit had been enlarged with a knife, so that dollars, or crown pieces, might slip through; and, indeed there were two in the box, besides a number of pence. Who acts: pieces, two. 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 (pieces, two), 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:pg27200:90:3 # text = In the back of the pig was a slit, and this slit had been enlarged with a knife, so that dollars, or crown pieces, might slip through; and, indeed there were two in the box, besides a number of pence. 1 In in ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 back back NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 pig pig NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ 7 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 cop _ _ 8 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 slit slit NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 12 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 13 det _ _ 13 slit slit NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nsubj:pass _ _ 14 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 aux _ _ 15 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 16 aux:pass _ _ 16 enlarged enlarge VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 9 parataxis _ _ 17 with with ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 knife knife NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 21 so so SCONJ IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 that that SCONJ IN _ 21 fixed _ _ 23 dollars dollar NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 25 or or CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 26 crown crown VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 16 conj _ _ 27 pieces piece NOUN NNS Number=Plur 26 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 29 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 30 aux _ _ 30 slip slip VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 27 acl:relcl _ _ 31 through through ADV RB _ 30 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 32 ; ; PUNCT : _ 43 punct _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 35 indeed indeed ADV RB _ 37 advmod _ _ 36 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 37 expl _ _ 37 were be VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 43 parataxis _ _ 38 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 37 nsubj _ _ 39 in in ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 box box NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 43 besides beside VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 parataxis _ _ 44 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 number number NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obj _ _ 46 of of ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 47 pence pence NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | | a slit | | the back of the pig | | | tree rules | | 2 | **enlarge** | past · perfect · passive | | this slit | | | | with a knife; so dollars | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: subject=Patient with knife=Instrument | | 3 | **crown** | infinitive | | pieces | | | | | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent piece=Theme | | 4 | **slip through** | might | pieces *not said here* | | | | | through *property* | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | | 5 | **be** | past | two in the box | | | there | | indeed *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **beside** | present | | a number of pence | | | | | 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 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/90/2/) - next →: [sentence 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/90/4/) - ↑ back to [The Money-box](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/90/)