--- title: Now the Princess happened to walk that way; and when she heard the t… — Andersen's Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Now the Princess happened to walk that way; and when she heard the tune, she stood quite still, and seemed pleased; for she could play “Lieber Augustine”; it was the only piece she knew; and she played it with one finger. Who acts: Princess, rose, tune. A sentence of «Andersen's Fairy Tales» by H. 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The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Princess, rose, tune), 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:pg1597:3:43 # text = Now the Princess happened to walk that way; and when she heard the tune, she stood quite still, and seemed pleased; for she could play “Lieber Augustine”; it was the only piece she knew; and she played it with one finger. 1 Now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 4 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 Princess Princess PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 happened happen VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 6 mark _ _ 6 walk walk VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 xcomp _ _ 7 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 8 det _ _ 8 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 9 ; ; PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 11 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 13 advmod _ _ 12 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 13 heard hear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 advcl _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 tune tune NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 17 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 18 stood stand VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 19 quite quite ADV RB _ 20 advmod _ _ 20 still still ADV RB _ 18 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 23 seemed seem VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 24 pleased pleased ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 25 ; ; PUNCT : _ 29 punct _ _ 26 for for SCONJ IN _ 29 mark _ _ 27 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 28 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 29 aux _ _ 29 play play VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 23 xcomp _ _ 30 “ " PUNCT `` _ 31 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 31 Lieber Lieber PROPN NNP Number=Sing 29 obj _ _ 32 Augustine Augustine PROPN NNP Number=Sing 31 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 33 ” " PUNCT '' _ 29 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 34 ; ; PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 35 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 36 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 39 cop _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 38 only only ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 amod _ _ 39 piece piece NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ _ 40 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj _ _ 41 knew know VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 39 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 42 ; ; PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 43 and and CCONJ CC _ 45 cc _ _ 44 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 45 nsubj _ _ 45 played play VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 46 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 45 obj _ _ 47 with with ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 48 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 49 nummod _ _ 49 finger finger NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 50 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **happen** | past | the Princess | | | | now | | tree rules | | 2 | **walk** | to-infinitive | the Princess *not said here* | that way | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **hear** | past | rose | the tune | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer tune=Stimulus | | 4 | **stand** | past | rose | | | | still | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **seem** | past | | | | | | pleased *property* | vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Theme clause=Attribute | | 6 | **play** | could | rose | Lieber | | | | | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lieber=Theme | | 7 | **is a** | past | tune | the only piece | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **know** | past | rose | the only piece *not said here* | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer piece=Stimulus | | 9 | **play** | past | rose | tune | | | | with one finger | vn play-114.2-1 «NP V NP PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent it=Theme with finger=Co-Agent | 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 42](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/3/42/) - next →: [sentence 44](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/3/44/) - ↑ back to [The Swineherd](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/3/)