--- title: All the little sprites who went to his school--for he kept a sprite… — Andersen's Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: All the little sprites who went to his school--for he kept a sprite school--told each other that a miracle had happened; and that now only, as they thought, it would be possible to see how the world really looked. Who acts: little sprites, thought, sprite school, miracle. 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C. Andersen, The Snow Queen, part 1. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (little sprites, thought, sprite school, miracle), 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:pg1597:11:10 # text = All the little sprites who went to his school--for he kept a sprite school--told each other that a miracle had happened; and that now only, as they thought, it would be possible to see how the world really looked. 1 All all DET PDT PronType=Tot 4 det:predet _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 sprites sprite NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 5 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 6 nsubj _ _ 6 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 acl:relcl _ _ 7 to to ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 9 school school NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 -- -- PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 for for SCONJ IN _ 13 mark _ _ 12 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 13 kept keep VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 14 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 15 sprite sprite NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 compound _ _ 16 school school NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 -- -- PUNCT : _ 18 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 18 told tell VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 16 acl _ _ 19 each each DET DT PronType=Tot 20 det _ _ 20 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 obj _ _ 21 that that SCONJ IN _ 25 mark _ _ 22 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 miracle miracle NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 nsubj _ _ 24 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 aux _ _ 25 happened happen VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 18 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 26 ; ; PUNCT : _ 34 punct _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 28 that that ADV RB _ 30 advmod _ _ 29 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 30 advmod _ _ 30 only only ADV RB _ 34 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 32 as as SCONJ IN _ 34 mark _ _ 33 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 34 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 36 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 37 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 39 aux _ _ 38 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 39 cop _ _ 39 possible possible ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 ccomp _ _ 40 to to PART TO _ 41 mark _ _ 41 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 39 csubj _ _ 42 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 46 advmod _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 world world NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 nsubj _ _ 45 really really ADV RB _ 46 advmod _ _ 46 looked look VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 41 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** | past | all little sprites | | | thought's school | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to school=Initial\_Location | | 2 | **keep** | past | thought | a sprite school | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent school=Theme | | 3 | **tell** *speech: assert* | participle | a sprite school *not said here* | each other | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent other=Recipient clause=Topic | | 4 | **happen** | past · perfect | a miracle | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **think** *speech: other* | past | sprite | | | | | | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **is** | would | it | | | | | possible *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **see** | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 8 | **look** | past | the world | | | | | | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | 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:** «Andersen's Fairy Tales» by H. C. Andersen, Project Gutenberg book 1597 (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 9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/11/9/) - next →: [sentence 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/11/11/) - ↑ back to [The Snow Queen, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/11/)