--- title: Then the mother wrung her hands, sang and wept, and there were many… — Andersen's Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Then the mother wrung her hands, sang and wept, and there were many songs, but yet many more tears; and then Night said, “Go to the right, into the dark pine forest; thither I saw Death take his way with thy little child!” Who acts: mother, many songs, Night, Death. 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C. Andersen, The Story of a Mother. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (mother, many songs, Night, Death), 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:pg1597:21:22 # text = Then the mother wrung her hands, sang and wept, and there were many songs, but yet many more tears; and then Night said, “Go to the right, into the dark pine forest; thither I saw Death take his way with thy little child!” 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 4 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 mother mother NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 wrung wring VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 hands hand NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 8 sang sing VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 10 wept weep VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 13 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 14 expl _ _ 14 were be VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 15 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 amod _ _ 16 songs song NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 18 but but CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 19 yet yet ADV RB _ 20 advmod _ _ 20 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 amod _ _ 21 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 22 amod _ _ 22 tears tear NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 23 ; ; PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 25 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 27 advmod _ _ 26 Night Night PROPN NNP Number=Sing 27 nsubj _ _ 27 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 29 “ " PUNCT `` _ 30 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 30 Go go VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 27 ccomp _ _ 31 to to ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 right right NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 35 into into ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 37 dark dark ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 amod _ _ 38 pine pine NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 compound _ _ 39 forest forest NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 40 ; ; PUNCT : _ 43 punct _ _ 41 thither thither ADV RB _ 43 advmod _ _ 42 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 43 nsubj _ _ 43 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 44 Death Death PROPN NNP Number=Sing 45 nsubj _ _ 45 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 43 ccomp _ _ 46 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 47 nmod:poss _ _ 47 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 obj _ _ 48 with with ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 49 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 51 nmod:poss _ _ 50 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 51 amod _ _ 51 child child NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 52 ! ! PUNCT . _ 45 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 53 ” " PUNCT '' _ 43 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **wring** | past | the mother | mother's hands | | | then | | tree rules | | 2 | **sing** *speech: express* | past | the mother *not said here* | | | | | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **weep** | past | the mother *not said here* | | | | | | vn breathe-40.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **be** | past | many songs but many more tears | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **say** *speech: express* | past | Night | | | | then | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 6 | **go** *in a quote* | infinitive | | | | the dark pine forest | | to the right | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location PP.destination»: agent=Theme to right=Initial\_Location into forest=Destination | | 7 | **see** *in a quote* | past | Night | | | | | thither *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 8 | **take** *in a quote* | infinitive | Death | Death's way | | | | with thy little child | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent way=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. 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 21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/21/21/) - next →: [sentence 23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/21/23/) - ↑ back to [The Story of a Mother](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/21/)