--- title: She was lately, it is said, sitting on her throne--which is not very… — Andersen's Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: She was lately, it is said, sitting on her throne--which is not very amusing after all--when she began humming an old tune, and it was just, 'Oh, why should I not be married?' ' Who acts: throne, Princess. A sentence of «Andersen's Fairy Tales» by H. C. 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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 (throne, Princess), 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:pg1597:13:30 # text = She was lately, it is said, sitting on her throne--which is not very amusing after all--when she began humming an old tune, and it was just, 'Oh, why should I not be married?' ' 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux:pass _ _ 3 lately lately ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 5 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 6 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux:pass _ _ 7 said say VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 9 sitting sit VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 7 conj _ _ 10 on on ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 12 nmod:poss _ _ 12 throne throne NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 -- -- PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 18 nsubj _ _ 15 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 18 cop _ _ 16 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 18 advmod _ _ 17 very very ADV RB _ 18 advmod _ _ 18 amusing amusing ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 acl:relcl _ _ 19 after after ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 20 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 18 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 21 -- -- PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 22 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 24 advmod _ _ 23 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 24 began begin VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 conj _ _ 25 humming hum VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 24 xcomp _ _ 26 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 27 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 amod _ _ 28 tune tune NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 31 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 nsubj:pass _ _ 32 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 43 aux:pass _ _ 33 just just ADV RB _ 43 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 35 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 43 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 36 Oh oh INTJ UH _ 43 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 38 why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 43 advmod _ _ 39 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 43 aux _ _ 40 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 43 nsubj:pass _ _ 41 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 43 advmod _ _ 42 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 43 aux:pass _ _ 43 married marry VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 7 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 44 ? ? PUNCT . _ 43 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 45 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 43 punct _ _ 46 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 43 punct _ SpaceAfter=No ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past · passive | | Princess | | | | lately *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **sit** | gerund | | | | Princess's throne | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on throne=Location | | 3 | **not** **is** | present | Princess's throne | | | | after all | amusing *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **begin** | past | Princess | | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 5 | **hum** | gerund | Princess *not said here* | a old tune | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tune=Topic | | 6 | **not** **marry** | should · past · passive | | kingdom | | | | | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | 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 29](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/13/29/) - next →: [sentence 31](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/13/31/) - ↑ back to [The Snow Queen, part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/13/)