--- title: As the old man trembled with cold, and the little child slept a mome… — Andersen's Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: As the old man trembled with cold, and the little child slept a moment, the mother went and poured some ale into a pot and set it on the stove, that it might be warm for him; the old man sat and rocked the cradle, and the mother sat down on a chair close by him, and looked at her little sick child t --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/21/6/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [Andersen's Fairy Tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/) / [The Story of a Mother](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/21/) / 6 # Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Story of a Mother, sentence 6 As the old man trembled with cold, and the little child slept a moment, the mother went and poured some ale into a pot and set it on the stove, that it might be warm for him; the old man sat and rocked the cradle, and the mother sat down on a chair close by him, and looked at her little sick child that drew its breath so deep, and raised its little hand. **Who acts:** old man, little child, mother, child, little sick child · **What happens:** tremble, sleep, go, pour, set, be · **To what, where:** ale, pot, child, stove, cradle, chair This is a sentence of «Andersen's Fairy Tales» by H. 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 (old man, little child, mother, child), 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:pg1597:21:6 # text = As the old man trembled with cold, and the little child slept a moment, the mother went and poured some ale into a pot and set it on the stove, that it might be warm for him; the old man sat and rocked the cradle, and the mother sat down on a chair close by him, and looked at her little sick child that drew its breath so deep, and raised its little hand. 1 As as SCONJ IN _ 5 mark _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 trembled tremble VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 19 advcl _ _ 6 with with ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 cold cold ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 11 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 12 child child NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nsubj _ _ 13 slept sleep VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 14 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 moment moment NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 mother mother NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 nsubj _ _ 19 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 21 poured pour VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 conj _ _ 22 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 23 det _ _ 23 ale ale NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obj _ _ 24 into into ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 pot pot NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 28 set set VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 21 conj _ _ 29 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 obj _ _ 30 on on ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 stove stove NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 34 that that SCONJ IN _ 38 mark _ _ 35 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 36 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 38 aux _ _ 37 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 38 cop _ _ 38 warm warm ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 conj _ _ 39 for for ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 40 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 41 ; ; PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 43 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 44 amod _ _ 44 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 nsubj _ _ 45 sat sit VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 parataxis _ _ 46 and and CCONJ CC _ 47 cc _ _ 47 rocked rock VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 45 conj _ _ 48 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 49 cradle cradle NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 50 , , PUNCT , _ 54 punct _ _ 51 and and CCONJ CC _ 54 cc _ _ 52 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 53 det _ _ 53 mother mother NOUN NN Number=Sing 54 nsubj _ _ 54 sat sit VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 45 conj _ _ 55 down down ADP RP _ 54 compound:prt _ _ 56 on on ADP IN _ 58 case _ _ 57 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 58 det _ _ 58 chair chair NOUN NN Number=Sing 54 obl _ _ 59 close close ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 54 conj _ _ 60 by by ADP IN _ 61 case _ _ 61 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 59 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 62 , , PUNCT , _ 64 punct _ _ 63 and and CCONJ CC _ 64 cc _ _ 64 looked look VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 parataxis _ _ 65 at at ADP IN _ 69 case _ _ 66 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 69 nmod:poss _ _ 67 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 69 amod _ _ 68 sick sick ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 69 amod _ _ 69 child child NOUN NN Number=Sing 64 obl _ _ 70 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 71 nsubj _ _ 71 drew draw VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 69 acl:relcl _ _ 72 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 73 nmod:poss _ _ 73 breath breath NOUN NN Number=Sing 71 obj _ _ 74 so so ADV RB _ 75 advmod _ _ 75 deep deep ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 71 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 76 , , PUNCT , _ 78 punct _ _ 77 and and CCONJ CC _ 78 cc _ _ 78 raised raise VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 64 conj _ _ 79 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 81 nmod:poss _ _ 80 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 81 amod _ _ 81 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 78 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 82 . . PUNCT . _ 19 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tremble** | participle | the old man | | | | | with cold | vn modes\_of\_being\_with\_motion-47.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **sleep** | past | the little child | | | | moment | | vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **go** | past | the mother | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **pour** | past | the mother *not said here* | some ale | | a pot | | | vn pour-9.5 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location PP.destination»: agent=Agent ale=Theme into pot=Destination | | 5 | **set** | infinitive | the mother *not said here* | child | | the stove | | | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme on stove=Destination | | 6 | **is** | might | child | | | | | for man; warm *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **sit** | past | the old man | | | | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **rock** | past | the old man *not said here* | the cradle | | | | | vn modes\_of\_being\_with\_motion-47.3 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location cradle=Theme | | 9 | **sit down** | past | the mother | | | a chair | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on chair=Location | | 10 | **look** | past | | | | | | at mother's little sick child | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at child=Theme | | 11 | **draw** | past | mother's little sick child | child's breath | | | | deep *property* | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent breath=Theme | | 12 | **raise** | past | | child's little hand | | | | | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hand=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 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/21/5/) - next →: [sentence 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/21/7/) - ↑ back to [The Story of a Mother](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/21/)