--- title: They offered to let her stay at the palace, and lead a happy life; b… — Andersen's Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: They offered to let her stay at the palace, and lead a happy life; but she begged to have a little carriage with a horse in front, and for a small pair of shoes; then, she said, she would again go forth in the wide world and look for Kay. Who acts: feet, Gerda. 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C. Andersen, The Snow Queen, part 3. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (feet, Gerda), 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:pg1597:13:121 # text = They offered to let her stay at the palace, and lead a happy life; but she begged to have a little carriage with a horse in front, and for a small pair of shoes; then, she said, she would again go forth in the wide world and look for Kay. 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 offered offer VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 to to PART TO _ 4 mark _ _ 4 let let VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 ccomp _ _ 5 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obj _ _ 6 stay stay VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 xcomp _ _ 7 at at ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 palace palace NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 12 lead lead VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 conj _ _ 13 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 14 happy happy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 amod _ _ 15 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 ; ; PUNCT : _ 19 punct _ _ 17 but but CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 18 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 19 begged beg VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 20 to to PART TO _ 21 mark _ _ 21 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 19 xcomp _ _ 22 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 23 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 amod _ _ 24 carriage carriage NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obj _ _ 25 with with ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 horse horse NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 nmod _ _ 28 in in ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 29 front front NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 32 for for ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 33 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 34 small small ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 amod _ _ 35 pair pair NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ _ 36 of of ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 37 shoes shoe NOUN NNS Number=Plur 35 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 38 ; ; PUNCT : _ 42 punct _ _ 39 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 42 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 41 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 42 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 44 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 47 nsubj _ _ 45 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 47 aux _ _ 46 again again ADV RB _ 47 advmod _ _ 47 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 42 ccomp _ _ 48 forth forth ADV RB _ 47 advmod _ _ 49 in in ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 50 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 52 det _ _ 51 wide wide ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 52 amod _ _ 52 world world NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 obl _ _ 53 and and CCONJ CC _ 54 cc _ _ 54 look look VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 47 conj _ _ 55 for for ADP IN _ 56 case _ _ 56 Kay Kay PROPN NNP Number=Sing 54 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 57 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **offer** | past | feet *= foot* | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **let** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | feet *= foot* *not said here* | Gerda | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **stay** | infinitive | Gerda *not said here* | | | the palace | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at palace=Location | | 4 | **lead** | infinitive | Gerda *not said here* | a happy life | | | | | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent life=Theme | | 5 | **beg** *speech: request* | past | Gerda | | | | | for a small pair of shoes | vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 6 | **have** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | Gerda *not said here* | a little carriage | | front | | with a horse | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent carriage=Patient | | 7 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Gerda | | | | then | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 8 | **go** | would | Gerda | | | the wide world | again | forth *property* | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in world=Location | | 9 | **look** | infinitive | Gerda *not said here* | | | | | for Kay | vn rummage-35.5 «NP V PP.location PP.theme»: agent=Agent for kay=Theme | 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 120](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/13/120/) - next →: [sentence 122](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/13/122/) - ↑ back to [The Snow Queen, part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/13/)