--- title: Just as they were in the very height of their amusement, a large sle… — Andersen's Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Just as they were in the very height of their amusement, a large sledge passed by: it was painted quite white, and there was someone in it wrapped up in a rough white mantle of fur, with a rough white fur cap on his head. Who acts: Kay, someone. A sentence of «Andersen's Fairy Tales» 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 (Kay, someone), 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:pg1597:11:91 # text = Just as they were in the very height of their amusement, a large sledge passed by: it was painted quite white, and there was someone in it wrapped up in a rough white mantle of fur, with a rough white fur cap on his head. 1 Just just ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 2 as as SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 3 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 4 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 cop _ _ 5 in in ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 very very ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 8 height height NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 9 of of ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 11 nmod:poss _ _ 11 amusement amusement NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 13 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 14 large large ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 amod _ _ 15 sledge sledge NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 conj _ _ 16 passed pass VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 15 acl _ _ 17 by by ADP IN _ 16 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 18 : : PUNCT : _ 21 punct _ _ 19 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj:pass _ _ 20 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 aux:pass _ _ 21 painted paint VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 8 parataxis _ _ 22 quite quite ADV RB _ 23 advmod _ _ 23 white white ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 26 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 27 expl _ _ 27 was be VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 conj _ _ 28 someone someone PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 31 nsubj _ _ 29 in in ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 30 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nmod _ _ 31 wrapped wrap VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 ccomp _ _ 32 up up ADP RP _ 31 compound:prt _ _ 33 in in ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 34 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 35 rough rough ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 amod _ _ 36 white white ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 amod _ _ 37 mantle mantle NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl _ _ 38 of of ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 39 fur fur NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 41 with with ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 42 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 43 rough rough ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 46 amod _ _ 44 white white ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 46 amod _ _ 45 fur fur NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 compound _ _ 46 cap cap NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 parataxis _ _ 47 on on ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 48 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 49 nmod:poss _ _ 49 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 50 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | Kay | | | the height and a large sledge | | of Kay's amusement | tree rules | | 2 | **pass by** | participle | | a large sledge *not said here* | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **paint** | past · passive | | sledge | | | | white *property* | vn image\_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.destination»: subject=Destination | | 4 | **be** | past | | | | there | | | tree rules | | 5 | **wrap up** | past | someone | | | a rough white mantle of fur | | | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent in mantle=Destination | | 6 | **amuse** | | Kay | | | | | | nom amusement «feeling 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:** «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 90](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/11/90/) - next →: [sentence 92](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/11/92/) - ↑ back to [The Snow Queen, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/11/)