--- title: “Up there is the rabble of the wood,” continued she, pointing to sev… — Andersen's Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: “Up there is the rabble of the wood,” continued she, pointing to several laths which were fastened before a hole high up in the wall; “that's the rabble; they would all fly away immediately, if they were not well fastened in. Who acts: rabble, that, laths. 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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 (rabble, that, laths), 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:pg1597:14:30 # text = “Up there is the rabble of the wood,” continued she, pointing to several laths which were fastened before a hole high up in the wall; “that's the rabble; they would all fly away immediately, if they were not well fastened in. 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Up up ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 3 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 4 expl _ _ 4 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 rabble rabble NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nsubj _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 wood wood NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ” " PUNCT '' _ 6 punct _ _ 12 continued continue VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 13 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 15 pointing point VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 12 advcl _ _ 16 to to ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 several several ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 amod _ _ 18 laths lath NOUN NNS Number=Plur 15 obl _ _ 19 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 21 nsubj:pass _ _ 20 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 aux:pass _ _ 21 fastened fasten VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 18 acl:relcl _ _ 22 before before SCONJ IN _ 26 mark _ _ 23 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 hole hole NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 nsubj _ _ 25 high high ADV RB Degree=Pos 26 advmod _ _ 26 up up ADV RB _ 21 advcl _ _ 27 in in ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 wall wall NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 30 ; ; PUNCT : _ 35 punct _ _ 31 “ " PUNCT `` _ 35 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 32 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 35 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 33 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 35 cop _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 rabble rabble NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 36 ; ; PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 37 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 38 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 40 aux _ _ 39 all all ADV RB _ 40 advmod _ _ 40 fly fly VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 parataxis _ _ 41 away away ADV RB _ 40 advmod _ _ 42 immediately immediately ADV RB _ 40 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 44 if if SCONJ IN _ 49 mark _ _ 45 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 49 nsubj:pass _ _ 46 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 49 aux:pass _ _ 47 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 49 advmod _ _ 48 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 49 advmod _ _ 49 fastened fasten VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 40 conj _ _ 50 in in ADP RP _ 49 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 51 . . PUNCT . _ 12 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | | the rabble | | | | of the wood | tree rules | | 2 | **continue** | past | the rabble | | | | | | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **point** | gerund | the rabble *not said here* | | several laths | | | | vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to lath=Recipient | | 4 | **fasten** | past · passive | | several laths | | the wall | | | vn shake-22.3-2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | | 5 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | that | the rabble | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **fly away** *in a quote* | would | laths *= lath* | | | | | all, away, immediately *property* | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **not** **fasten in** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | past · passive | | laths *= lath* | | | | well *property* | vn shake-22.3-2-1 «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/pg1597/14/29/) - next →: [sentence 31](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/14/31/) - ↑ back to [The Snow Queen, part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/14/)