--- title: The little robber maiden looked at her with a serious air, nodded he… — Andersen's Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: The little robber maiden looked at her with a serious air, nodded her head slightly, and said, “They shall not kill you, even if I am angry with you: then I will do it myself”; and she dried Gerda's eyes, and put both her hands in the handsome muff, which was so soft and warm. 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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 (little robber maiden, eyes, I, maiden), 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:pg1597:14:18 # text = The little robber maiden looked at her with a serious air, nodded her head slightly, and said, “They shall not kill you, even if I am angry with you: then I will do it myself”; and she dried Gerda's eyes, and put both her hands in the handsome muff, which was so soft and warm. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 2 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 3 robber robber NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 compound _ _ 4 maiden maiden NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 looked look VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 at at ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 obl _ _ 8 with with ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 9 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 10 serious serious ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 air air NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 13 nodded nod VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 14 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 15 nmod:poss _ _ 15 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obj _ _ 16 slightly slightly ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 19 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 21 “ " PUNCT `` _ 25 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 22 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 23 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 25 aux _ _ 24 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 25 advmod _ _ 25 kill kill VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 19 ccomp _ _ 26 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 25 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 28 even even ADV RB _ 32 advmod _ _ 29 if if SCONJ IN _ 32 mark _ _ 30 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 31 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 32 cop _ _ 32 angry angry ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 conj _ _ 33 with with ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 34 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 32 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 35 : : PUNCT : _ 39 punct _ _ 36 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 39 advmod _ _ 37 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 38 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 39 aux _ _ 39 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 25 parataxis _ _ 40 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 obj _ _ 41 myself myself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Emp|Reflex=Yes 39 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 42 ” " PUNCT '' _ 39 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 43 ; ; PUNCT : _ 46 punct _ _ 44 and and CCONJ CC _ 46 cc _ _ 45 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 46 nsubj _ _ 46 dried dry VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 47 Gerda Gerda PROPN NNP Number=Sing 49 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 48 's 's PART POS _ 47 case _ _ 49 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 46 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 50 , , PUNCT , _ 52 punct _ _ 51 and and CCONJ CC _ 52 cc _ _ 52 put put VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 46 conj _ _ 53 both both CCONJ CC _ 55 cc:preconj _ _ 54 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 55 nmod:poss _ _ 55 hands hand NOUN NNS Number=Plur 52 obj _ _ 56 in in ADP IN _ 59 case _ _ 57 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 59 det _ _ 58 handsome handsome ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 59 amod _ _ 59 muff muff NOUN NN Number=Sing 52 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 60 , , PUNCT , _ 64 punct _ _ 61 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 64 nsubj _ _ 62 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 64 cop _ _ 63 so so ADV RB _ 64 advmod _ _ 64 soft soft ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 59 conj _ _ 65 and and CCONJ CC _ 66 cc _ _ 66 warm warm ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 64 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 67 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **look** | past | the little robber maiden | | | | | at Gerda; with a serious air | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at she=Theme | | 2 | **nod** | past | | Gerda's head | | | | slightly *property* | vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent head=Patient | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **not** **kill** *in a quote* | shall | eyes *= eye* | you | | | | | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Theme | | 5 | **is** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | present | I | | | | | with you; angry *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **do** *in a quote* | future | I | head | | | then | myself *obl:unmarked* | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality | | 7 | **dry** | past | maiden | Gerda's eyes | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Patient eye=Result | | 8 | **put** | infinitive | maiden *not said here* | Gerda's hands | | the handsome muff | | | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent hand=Theme in muff=Destination | | 9 | **is** | past | the handsome muff | | | | | soft *property* | tree rules | | 10 | **be** | | the handsome muff *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | 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 17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/14/17/) - next →: [sentence 19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/14/19/) - ↑ back to [The Snow Queen, part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/14/)