--- title: “Now you shall see how well we agree together”; and while she combed… — Andersen's Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: “Now you shall see how well we agree together”; and while she combed little Gerda's hair, the child forgot her foster-brother Kay more and more, for the old woman understood magic; but she was no evil being, she only practised witchcraft a little for her own private amusement, and now she wanted ver --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/12/44/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [Andersen's Fairy Tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/) / [The Snow Queen, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/12/) / 44 # Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Snow Queen, part 2, sentence 44 “Now you shall see how well we agree together”; and while she combed little Gerda's hair, the child forgot her foster-brother Kay more and more, for the old woman understood magic; but she was no evil being, she only practised witchcraft a little for her own private amusement, and now she wanted very much to keep little Gerda. **Who acts:** you, we, Woman, child, old woman · **What happens:** see, agree, comb, forget, understand, be · **To what, where:** hair, foster brother, evil, little Gerda · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «Andersen's Fairy Tales» by H. C. Andersen, The Snow Queen, part 2. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (you, we, Woman, child), 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:pg1597:12:44 # text = “Now you shall see how well we agree together”; and while she combed little Gerda's hair, the child forgot her foster-brother Kay more and more, for the old woman understood magic; but she was no evil being, she only practised witchcraft a little for her own private amusement, and now she wanted very much to keep little Gerda. 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 5 advmod _ _ 3 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 4 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 6 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 7 advmod _ _ 7 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 5 advmod _ _ 8 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 9 agree agree VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 ccomp _ _ 10 together together ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ” " PUNCT '' _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ; ; PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 14 while while SCONJ IN _ 16 mark _ _ 15 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 16 combed comb VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 advcl _ _ 17 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 amod _ _ 18 Gerda Gerda PROPN NNP Number=Sing 20 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 19 's 's PART POS _ 18 case _ _ 20 hair hair NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 child child NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 nsubj _ _ 24 forgot forget VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 conj _ _ 25 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 28 nmod:poss _ _ 26 foster foster NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 27 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 26 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 28 brother brother NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obj _ _ 29 Kay Kay PROPN NNP Number=Sing 28 appos _ _ 30 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 24 advmod _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 32 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 30 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 34 for for SCONJ IN _ 38 mark _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 36 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 amod _ _ 37 woman woman NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 nsubj _ _ 38 understood understand VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 conj _ _ 39 magic magic ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 38 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 40 ; ; PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 41 but but CCONJ CC _ 45 cc _ _ 42 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 45 nsubj _ _ 43 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 45 cop _ _ 44 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 45 det _ _ 45 evil evil NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl _ _ 46 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 50 cop _ SpaceAfter=No 47 , , PUNCT , _ 50 punct _ _ 48 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 50 nsubj _ _ 49 only only ADV RB _ 50 advmod _ _ 50 practised practise VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 45 acl:relcl _ _ 51 witchcraft witchcraft NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 obj _ _ 52 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 53 det _ _ 53 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 50 obl _ _ 54 for for ADP IN _ 58 case _ _ 55 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 58 nmod:poss _ _ 56 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 58 amod _ _ 57 private private ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 58 amod _ _ 58 amusement amusement NOUN NN Number=Sing 53 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 59 , , PUNCT , _ 63 punct _ _ 60 and and CCONJ CC _ 63 cc _ _ 61 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 63 advmod _ _ 62 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 63 nsubj _ _ 63 wanted want VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 50 advcl _ _ 64 very very ADV RB _ 65 advmod _ _ 65 much much ADV RB _ 63 advmod _ _ 66 to to PART TO _ 67 mark _ _ 67 keep keep VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 63 xcomp _ _ 68 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 69 amod _ _ 69 Gerda Gerda PROPN NNP Number=Sing 67 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 70 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **see** *in a quote* | shall | you | | | | now | well *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 2 | **agree** *speech: agree* *in a quote* | present | we | | | | | together *property* | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **comb** | past | Woman | little Gerda's hair | | | | | vn braid-41.2.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hair=Patient | | 4 | **forget** | past | the child | Woman's foster brother | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **understand** | past | the old woman | | | | | magic *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 6 | **is a** | past | Woman | no evil | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **is** | gerund | Woman | no evil *not said here* | | | | a little for Woman's own private amusement *obl*; practise *property* | tree rules | | 8 | **want** | past | Woman | | | | now | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 9 | **keep** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | Woman *not said here* | little Gerda | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent gerda=Theme | | 10 | **amuse** | | Woman | | | | | | 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 43](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/12/43/) - next →: [sentence 45](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/12/45/) - ↑ back to [The Snow Queen, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/12/)