--- title: And the swineherd went behind a tree, washed the black and brown col… — Andersen's Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: And the swineherd went behind a tree, washed the black and brown color from his face, threw off his dirty clothes, and stepped forth in his princely robes; he looked so noble that the Princess could not help bowing before him. Who acts: swineherd, Princess. 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C. Andersen, The Swineherd. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (swineherd, Princess), 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:pg1597:3:94 # text = And the swineherd went behind a tree, washed the black and brown color from his face, threw off his dirty clothes, and stepped forth in his princely robes; he looked so noble that the Princess could not help bowing before him. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 swineherd swineherd NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 behind behind ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 9 washed wash VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 11 black black ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 amod _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 13 brown brown ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 conj _ _ 14 color color NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ _ 15 from from ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 17 nmod:poss _ _ 17 face face NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 19 threw throw VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 conj _ _ 20 off off ADP RP _ 19 compound:prt _ _ 21 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 23 nmod:poss _ _ 22 dirty dirty ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 amod _ _ 23 clothes clothes NOUN NNS Number=Ptan 19 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 26 stepped step VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 conj _ _ 27 forth forth ADV RB _ 26 advmod _ _ 28 in in ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 29 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 31 nmod:poss _ _ 30 princely princely ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 amod _ _ 31 robes robe NOUN NNS Number=Plur 26 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 32 ; ; PUNCT : _ 34 punct _ _ 33 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 34 looked look VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 35 so so ADV RB _ 36 advmod _ _ 36 noble noble ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 xcomp _ _ 37 that that SCONJ IN _ 42 mark _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 Princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 nsubj _ _ 40 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 42 aux _ _ 41 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 42 advmod _ _ 42 help help VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 36 advcl _ _ 43 bowing bow VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 42 xcomp _ _ 44 before before ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 45 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** | past | the swineherd | | | a tree | | | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme behind tree=Location | | 2 | **wash** | past | the swineherd *not said here* | the black color | | Swineherd's face | | | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent color=Theme from face=Source | | 3 | **throw off** | past | the swineherd *not said here* | Swineherd's dirty clothes | | | | | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent clothes=Theme | | 4 | **step** | past | the swineherd *not said here* | | | Swineherd's princely robes | | forth *property* | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in robe=Trajectory | | 5 | **look** | past | Swineherd | | | | | noble *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus | | 6 | **not** **help** | could | the Princess | | | | | | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 7 | **bow** *not said to happen* | gerund | the Princess *not said here* | | | | before Swineherd | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent before he=Location | 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 93](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/3/93/) - next →: [sentence 95](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/3/95/) - ↑ back to [The Swineherd](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/3/)