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title: When the mother had taken a sup at her flask, and was having a nap,… — Andersen's Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics
description: When the mother had taken a sup at her flask, and was having a nap, the little robber maiden went to the Reindeer, and said, “I should very much like to give you still many a tickling with the sharp knife, for then you are so amusing; however, I will untether you, and help you out, so that you may g
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# Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Snow Queen, part 4, sentence 71

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When the mother had taken a sup at her flask, and was having a nap, the little robber maiden went to the Reindeer, and said, “I should very much like to give you still many a tickling with the sharp knife, for then you are so amusing; however, I will untether you, and help you out, so that you may go back to Lapland.

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**Who acts:** mother, little robber maiden, you · **What happens:** take, have, go, say, like, give · **To what, where:** sup, flask, nap, Reindeer, many, you · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is a sentence of «Andersen's Fairy Tales» by H. 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 (mother, little robber maiden, you), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**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:pg1597:14:71
# text = When the mother had taken a sup at her flask, and was having a nap, the little robber maiden went to the Reindeer, and said, “I should very much like to give you still many a tickling with the sharp knife, for then you are so amusing; however, I will untether you, and help you out, so that you may go back to Lapland.
1	When	when	SCONJ	WRB	_	5	mark	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	mother	mother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	taken	take	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	59	advcl	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	sup	sup	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	at	at	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
10	flask	flask	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
13	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	14	aux	_	_
14	having	have	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	5	parataxis	_	_
15	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	nap	nap	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	22	punct	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
19	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	21	amod	_	_
20	robber	robber	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	21	compound	_	_
21	maiden	maiden	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	22	nsubj	_	_
22	went	go	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	14	parataxis	_	_
23	to	to	ADP	IN	_	25	case	_	_
24	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	25	det	_	_
25	Reindeer	reindeer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	22	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
26	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	28	punct	_	_
27	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	28	cc	_	_
28	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	22	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
29	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	35	punct	_	_
30	“	"	PUNCT	``	_	35	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
31	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	35	nsubj	_	_
32	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	35	aux	_	_
33	very	very	ADV	RB	_	34	advmod	_	_
34	much	much	ADV	RB	_	35	advmod	_	_
35	like	like	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	28	ccomp	_	_
36	to	to	PART	TO	_	37	mark	_	_
37	give	give	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	35	xcomp	_	_
38	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	37	iobj	_	_
39	still	still	ADV	RB	_	40	advmod	_	_
40	many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	37	obj	_	_
41	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	42	det	_	_
42	tickling	tickle	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	40	advcl	_	_
43	with	with	ADP	IN	_	46	case	_	_
44	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	46	det	_	_
45	sharp	sharp	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	46	amod	_	_
46	knife	knife	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	42	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
47	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	53	punct	_	_
48	for	for	ADP	IN	_	49	case	_	_
49	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	53	obl	_	_
50	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	53	nsubj	_	_
51	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	53	cop	_	_
52	so	so	ADV	RB	_	53	advmod	_	_
53	amusing	amusing	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	42	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
54	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	59	punct	_	_
55	however	however	ADV	RB	_	59	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
56	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	55	punct	_	_
57	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	59	nsubj	_	_
58	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	59	aux	_	_
59	untether	untether	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
60	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	59	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
61	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	63	punct	_	_
62	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	63	cc	_	_
63	help	help	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	59	conj	_	_
64	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	63	obj	_	_
65	out	out	ADP	RP	_	63	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
66	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	71	punct	_	_
67	so	so	SCONJ	IN	ExtPos=SCONJ	71	mark	_	_
68	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	67	fixed	_	_
69	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	71	nsubj	_	_
70	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	71	aux	_	_
71	go	go	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	63	conj	_	_
72	back	back	ADV	RB	_	71	advmod	_	_
73	to	to	ADP	IN	_	74	case	_	_
74	Lapland	Lapland	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	71	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
75	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	59	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **take** | past · perfect | the mother | a sup |  | mother's flask |  |  | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.source NP.asset»: agent=Agent sup=Theme at flask=Asset |
| 2 | **have** | past · progressive |  | a nap |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nap=Patient |
| 3 | **go** | past | the little robber maiden |  |  | the Reindeer |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to reindeer=Initial\_Location |
| 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the little robber maiden *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 5 | **like** *in a quote* | should | the little robber maiden *= maiden* |  |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme |
| 6 | **give** *not said to happen, in a quote* | to-infinitive | the little robber maiden *= maiden* *not said here* | many | you |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent you=Recipient many=Theme |
| 7 | **tickle** *in a quote* | gerund | the little robber maiden *= maiden* *not said here* |  |  |  |  | with the sharp knife | vn touch-20-1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent with knife=Instrument |
| 8 | **is** *in a quote* | present | you |  |  |  |  | amusing *property* | tree rules |
| 9 | **untether** *in a quote* | future | the little robber maiden *= maiden* | you |  |  |  | however *property* | tree rules |
| 10 | **help out** *in a quote* | infinitive | the little robber maiden *= maiden* *not said here* |  | you |  |  |  | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Beneficiary |
| 11 | **go back** *in a quote* | may | you |  | Lapland |  |  |  | vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient to lapland=Result |

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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.

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**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.

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