--- title: But Emily could only dance one dance--the first; for she made a fals… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: But Emily could only dance one dance--the first; for she made a false step--nothing of consequence; but her foot hurt her, so that she had to be careful, and leave off dancing, and look at the others. Who acts: Emily, Mr., foot. A sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. 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Andersen, The Porter's Son, part 2. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Emily, Mr., foot), 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:pg27200:147:119 # text = But Emily could only dance one dance--the first; for she made a false step--nothing of consequence; but her foot hurt her, so that she had to be careful, and leave off dancing, and look at the others. 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 2 Emily Emily PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 3 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 4 only only ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 dance dance VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 6 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 7 nummod _ _ 7 dance dance NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 -- -- PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 first first ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 7 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ; ; PUNCT : _ 14 punct _ _ 12 for for SCONJ IN _ 14 mark _ _ 13 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 14 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 15 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 16 false false ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 amod _ _ 17 step step NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 18 -- -- PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 19 nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 17 appos _ _ 20 of of ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 21 consequence consequence NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 22 ; ; PUNCT : _ 26 punct _ _ 23 but but CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 24 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 25 nmod:poss _ _ 25 foot foot NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 nsubj _ _ 26 hurt hurt VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 conj _ _ 27 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 29 so so SCONJ IN ExtPos=SCONJ 32 mark _ _ 30 that that SCONJ IN _ 29 fixed _ _ 31 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 32 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 conj _ _ 33 to to PART TO _ 35 mark _ _ 34 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 35 cop _ _ 35 careful careful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 32 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 38 leave leave VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 conj _ _ 39 off off ADP RP _ 38 compound:prt _ _ 40 dancing dancing NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 42 and and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 43 look look VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 conj _ _ 44 at at ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 45 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 others other NOUN NNS Number=Plur 43 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **dance** | could | Emily | one dance | | | | | vn modes\_of\_being\_with\_motion-47.3 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location dance=Theme | | 2 | **make** | past | Mr. | a false step | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent step=Product | | 3 | **hurt** | past | Mr.'s foot | Mr. | | | | | vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer she=Patient | | 4 | **have** | past | Mr. | | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **is** | to-infinitive | Mr. *not said here* | | | | | careful *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **leave off** | infinitive | Emily *not said here* | dancing | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dancing=Theme | | 7 | **look** | infinitive | Emily *not said here* | | | | | at the others | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at other=Theme | 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 118](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/147/118/) - next →: [sentence 120](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/147/120/) - ↑ back to [The Porter's Son, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/147/)