--- title: Then it was suddenly light up among the trees, and she fancied it mu… — Andersen's Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Then it was suddenly light up among the trees, and she fancied it must be the moon, for there was a face; but it was the old soldier with the red beard; he sat there, nodded his head, and said, “Look, what beautiful dancing shoes!” Who acts: wood, Karen, face. 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Andersen, The Red Shoes. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (wood, Karen, face), 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:pg1597:27:52 # text = Then it was suddenly light up among the trees, and she fancied it must be the moon, for there was a face; but it was the old soldier with the red beard; he sat there, nodded his head, and said, “Look, what beautiful dancing shoes!” 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 5 advmod _ _ 2 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 4 suddenly suddenly ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 light light VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 6 up up ADP RP _ 5 compound:prt _ _ 7 among among ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 trees tree NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 12 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 13 fancied fancy VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 14 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 15 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 18 aux _ _ 16 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 18 cop _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 moon moon NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 20 for for SCONJ IN _ 22 mark _ _ 21 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 22 expl _ _ 22 was be VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 conj _ _ 23 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 face face NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 25 ; ; PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 26 but but CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 27 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 28 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 cop _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 30 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 amod _ _ 31 soldier soldier NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 parataxis _ _ 32 with with ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 34 red red ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 amod _ _ 35 beard beard NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 36 ; ; PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 37 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 38 sat sit VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 39 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 38 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 41 nodded nod VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 38 conj _ _ 42 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 43 nmod:poss _ _ 43 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 44 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 45 and and CCONJ CC _ 46 cc _ _ 46 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 38 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 47 , , PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 48 “ " PUNCT `` _ 49 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 49 Look look VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 46 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 50 , , PUNCT , _ 51 punct _ _ 51 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 49 obl _ _ 52 beautiful beautiful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 54 amod _ _ 53 dancing dancing NOUN NN Number=Sing 54 compound _ _ 54 shoes shoe NOUN NNS Number=Plur 51 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 55 ! ! PUNCT . _ 49 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 56 ” " PUNCT '' _ 49 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | wood | | | | then | among the trees; light, suddenly *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **fancy** | past | Karen | | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer | | 3 | **is a** | must | wood | the moon | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **be** | past | a face | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **is a** | past | wood | the old soldier | | | | with the red beard | tree rules | | 6 | **sit** | past | face | | | there | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **nod** | past | face *not said here* | face's head | | | | | vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent head=Patient | | 8 | **say** *speech: express* | past | face *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 9 | **look** *in a quote* | infinitive | | | | | | | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | 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 51](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/27/51/) - next →: [sentence 53](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/27/53/) - ↑ back to [The Red Shoes](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/27/)