--- title: “I think there is somebody just behind us,” said Gerda; and somethin… — Andersen's Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: “I think there is somebody just behind us,” said Gerda; and something rushed past: it was like shadowy figures on the wall; horses with flowing manes and thin legs, huntsmen, ladies and gentlemen on horseback. Who acts: Gerda, somebody, something, tale. A sentence of «Andersen's Fairy Tales» by H. 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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 (Gerda, somebody, something, tale), 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:pg1597:13:95 # text = “I think there is somebody just behind us,” said Gerda; and something rushed past: it was like shadowy figures on the wall; horses with flowing manes and thin legs, huntsmen, ladies and gentlemen on horseback. 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 think think VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 5 expl _ _ 5 is be VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 12 ccomp _ _ 6 somebody somebody PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 5 nsubj _ _ 7 just just ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 8 behind behind ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ” " PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ 12 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 ccomp _ _ 13 Gerda Gerda PROPN NNP Number=Sing 12 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ; ; PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 16 something something PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 17 nsubj _ _ 17 rushed rush VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 18 past past ADV RB _ 17 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 19 : : PUNCT : _ 24 punct _ _ 20 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 21 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 cop _ _ 22 like like ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 shadowy shadowy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 amod _ _ 24 figures figure NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 parataxis _ _ 25 on on ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 wall wall NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 28 ; ; PUNCT : _ 29 punct _ _ 29 horses horse NOUN NNS Number=Plur 24 conj _ _ 30 with with ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 flowing flow VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 32 amod _ _ 32 manes manis NOUN NNS Number=Plur 29 nmod _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 34 thin thin ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 amod _ _ 35 legs leg NOUN NNS Number=Plur 29 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 37 huntsmen huntsman NOUN NNS Number=Plur 29 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 39 ladies lady NOUN NNS Number=Plur 29 conj _ _ 40 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 41 gentlemen gentleman NOUN NNS Number=Plur 29 conj _ _ 42 on on ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 43 horseback horseback NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **think** *speech: other* *in a quote* | present | Gerda | | | | | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 2 | **be** *in a quote* | present | somebody | | | there | | behind us | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme behind we=Location | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Gerda | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **rush** | past | something | | | | | past *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **is** | past | tale | | | the wall | | like shadowy figures and horses with flowing manes on horseback and thin legs and huntsmen and ladies and gentlemen | tree rules | | 6 | **flow** | gerund | | | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=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. 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