--- title: Just as the mother was going to her work, the sick girl fixed her ga… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: Just as the mother was going to her work, the sick girl fixed her gaze on the lowest pane of the window--"Mother," she exclaimed, "what can that little green thing be that peeps in at the window? Who acts: mother, sick girl, girl. A sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. 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C. Andersen, The Pea Blossom. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (mother, sick girl, girl), 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:pg27200:141:30 # text = Just as the mother was going to her work, the sick girl fixed her gaze on the lowest pane of the window--"Mother," she exclaimed, "what can that little green thing be that peeps in at the window? 1 Just just ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 2 as as SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 mother mother NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 5 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 6 going go VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 14 advcl _ _ 7 to to ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 9 work work NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 12 sick sick ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 13 girl girl NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nsubj _ _ 14 fixed fix VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 15 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 16 nmod:poss _ _ 16 gaze gaze NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obj _ _ 17 on on ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 19 lowest low ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 20 amod _ _ 20 pane pane NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obl _ _ 21 of of ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 window window NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 24 -- -- PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 25 " " PUNCT `` _ 26 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 26 Mother mother NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 28 " " PUNCT `` _ 30 punct _ _ 29 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 30 exclaimed exclaim VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 32 " " PUNCT `` _ 33 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 33 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 30 obj _ _ 34 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 41 aux _ _ 35 that that SCONJ IN _ 39 mark _ _ 36 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 38 amod _ _ 37 green green ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 38 amod _ _ 38 thing thing NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 nsubj _ _ 39 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 41 cop _ _ 40 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 41 nsubj _ _ 41 peeps peep VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 33 acl:relcl _ _ 42 in in ADV RB _ 41 advmod _ _ 43 at at ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 window window NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 46 ? ? PUNCT . _ 14 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** | past · progressive | the mother | | | mother's work | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to work=Initial\_Location | | 2 | **fix** | past | the sick girl | mother's gaze | | the lowest pane of the window and Mother | | | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent gaze=Patient | | 3 | **exclaim** *speech: express* | past | girl | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent what=Topic | | 4 | **is** *in a quote* | can | | | | the window | | peep *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **work** | | mother | | | | | | nom work «act intransitive»: poss=agent | | 6 | **gaze** | | mother | | | | | | nom gaze «act intransitive»: poss=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:** «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 29](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/141/29/) - next →: [sentence 31](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/141/31/) - ↑ back to [The Pea Blossom](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/141/)