--- title: But the Reindeer begged so hard for little Gerda, and Gerda looked s… — Andersen's Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: But the Reindeer begged so hard for little Gerda, and Gerda looked so imploringly with tearful eyes at the Finland woman, that she winked, and drew the Reindeer aside into a corner, where they whispered together, while the animal got some fresh ice put on his head. 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C. Andersen, The Snow Queen, part 4. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Reindeer, Gerda, characters, animal), 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:pg1597:14:118 # text = But the Reindeer begged so hard for little Gerda, and Gerda looked so imploringly with tearful eyes at the Finland woman, that she winked, and drew the Reindeer aside into a corner, where they whispered together, while the animal got some fresh ice put on his head. 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 Reindeer reindeer NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 begged beg VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 so so ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 hard hard ADV RB Degree=Pos 4 advmod _ _ 7 for for ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 Gerda Gerda PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 12 Gerda Gerda PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 nsubj _ _ 13 looked look VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 14 so so ADV RB _ 15 advmod _ _ 15 imploringly imploringly ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ _ 16 with with ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 tearful tearful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 amod _ _ 18 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 obl _ _ 19 at at ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 21 Finland Finland PROPN NNP Number=Sing 22 compound _ _ 22 woman woman NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 24 that that SCONJ IN _ 26 mark _ _ 25 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 26 winked wink VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 29 drew draw VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 Reindeer reindeer NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obj _ _ 32 aside aside ADV RB _ 29 advmod _ _ 33 into into ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 corner corner NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 37 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 39 advmod _ _ 38 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 39 whispered whisper VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 35 acl:relcl _ _ 40 together together ADV RB _ 39 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 42 while while SCONJ IN _ 45 mark _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 animal animal NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 nsubj _ _ 45 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 39 conj _ _ 46 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 48 det _ _ 47 fresh fresh ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 48 amod _ _ 48 ice ice NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 obj _ _ 49 put put VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 48 acl _ _ 50 on on ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 51 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 52 nmod:poss _ _ 52 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 53 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **beg** *speech: request* | past | the Reindeer | | | | | for little Gerda; hard *property* | vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V PP.Topic»: agent=Agent for gerda=Topic | | 2 | **look** | past | Gerda | | | | | with tearful eyes; at the Finland woman; imploringly *property* | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at woman=Theme | | 3 | **wink** | past | Gerda | | | | | | vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **draw** | past | the Reindeer *not said here* | the Reindeer | | | | into a corner *result*; aside *property* | vn lure-59.3 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent reindeer=Patient into corner=Result | | 5 | **whisper** *speech: assert* | past | characters *= character* | | | | | together *property* | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **get** | past | the animal | some fresh ice | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer ice=Stimulus | | 7 | **put** | participle | | some fresh ice *not said here* | | reindeer's head | | | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent on head=Destination | 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 117](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/14/117/) - next →: [sentence 119](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/14/119/) - ↑ back to [The Snow Queen, part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/14/)