--- title: Higher and higher still they flew, nearer and nearer to the stars, w… — Andersen's Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Higher and higher still they flew, nearer and nearer to the stars, when suddenly the mirror shook so terribly with grinning, that it flew out of their hands and fell to the earth, where it was dashed in a hundred million and more pieces. Who acts: Higher, mirror, joke. 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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 (Higher, mirror, joke), 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:pg1597:11:14 # text = Higher and higher still they flew, nearer and nearer to the stars, when suddenly the mirror shook so terribly with grinning, that it flew out of their hands and fell to the earth, where it was dashed in a hundred million and more pieces. 1 Higher high ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 6 nsubj _ _ 2 and and CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 3 higher high ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 1 conj _ _ 4 still still ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 5 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 6 flew fly VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 8 nearer near ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 6 parataxis _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 10 nearer near ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 8 conj _ _ 11 to to ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 stars star NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 15 when when SCONJ WRB _ 19 mark _ _ 16 suddenly suddenly ADV RB _ 19 advmod _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 mirror mirror NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 nsubj _ _ 19 shook shake VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 20 so so ADV RB _ 21 advmod _ _ 21 terribly terribly ADV RB _ 19 advmod _ _ 22 with with SCONJ IN _ 23 mark _ _ 23 grinning grin VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 19 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 25 that that SCONJ IN _ 27 mark _ _ 26 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 27 flew fly VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 parataxis _ _ 28 out out ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 29 of of ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 31 nmod:poss _ _ 31 hands hand NOUN NNS Number=Plur 27 obl _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 33 fell fall VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 conj _ _ 34 to to ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 earth earth NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 38 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 41 advmod _ _ 39 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj:pass _ _ 40 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 41 aux:pass _ _ 41 dashed dash VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 36 acl:relcl _ _ 42 in in ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 43 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 44 hundred hundred NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 45 compound _ _ 45 million million NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 48 nummod _ _ 46 and and CCONJ CC _ 48 cc _ _ 47 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 48 amod _ _ 48 pieces piece NOUN NNS Number=Plur 41 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 49 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fly** | past | Higher | | | | still | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **shake** | past | the mirror | | | | | suddenly, terribly *property* | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient | | 3 | **grin** | gerund | the mirror *not said here* | | | | | | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **fly out** | past | joke | sprite's hands | | | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location hand=Theme | | 5 | **fall** | past | joke *not said here* | | | | | to the earth | vn acquiesce-95.1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to earth=Theme | | 6 | **dash** | past · passive | | joke | | | | | vn hit-18.1 «NP V NP ADJP»: subject=Patient piece=Result | 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 13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/11/13/) - next →: [sentence 15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/11/15/) - ↑ back to [The Snow Queen, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/11/)