--- title: The doctor prescribed one day that she should put her feet in a bran… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: The doctor prescribed one day that she should put her feet in a bran bath, and she followed his advice; but she drove to the theatre all the same, and sat with her feet in bran there. Who acts: doctor. A sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. 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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 (doctor), 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:pg27200:139:25 # text = The doctor prescribed one day that she should put her feet in a bran bath, and she followed his advice; but she drove to the theatre all the same, and sat with her feet in bran there. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 doctor doctor NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 prescribed prescribe VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 5 nummod _ _ 5 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl:unmarked _ _ 6 that that SCONJ IN _ 9 mark _ _ 7 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 8 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ _ 9 put put VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 advcl _ _ 10 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 11 nmod:poss _ _ 11 feet foot NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 obj _ _ 12 in in ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 13 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 14 bran bran NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 compound _ _ 15 bath bath NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 18 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 19 followed follow VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 20 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 21 nmod:poss _ _ 21 advice advice NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 22 ; ; PUNCT : _ 25 punct _ _ 23 but but CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 24 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 25 drove drive VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 26 to to ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 theatre theatre NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ _ 29 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 31 det:predet _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 same same ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 34 sat sit VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 35 with with ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 37 nmod:poss _ _ 37 feet foot NOUN NNS Number=Plur 34 obl _ _ 38 in in ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 39 bran bran NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obl _ _ 40 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 34 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 41 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **prescribe** | past | the doctor | | | | day | | tree rules | | 2 | **put** | should | doctor | doctor's feet | | a bran bath | | | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent foot=Theme in bath=Destination | | 3 | **follow** | past | doctor | street's advice | | | | | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent advice=Theme | | 4 | **drive** | past | doctor | | | the theatre | | | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent to theatre=Trajectory | | 5 | **sit** | past | | | | bran; there | | with doctor's feet | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in bran=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:** «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. Andersen, Project Gutenberg book 27200 (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 24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/139/24/) - next →: [sentence 26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/139/26/) - ↑ back to [Our Aunt](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/139/)