--- title: It was a great amusement to her to hit out among the hunting-dogs wi… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: It was a great amusement to her to hit out among the hunting-dogs with her whip; but her father would rather have seen her hit among the peasant boys, who came running up to stare at their lord. Who acts: horse, father, daughter, peasant boys. 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C. Andersen, Poultry Meg's Family. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (horse, father, daughter, peasant boys), 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:pg27200:149:18 # text = It was a great amusement to her to hit out among the hunting-dogs with her whip; but her father would rather have seen her hit among the peasant boys, who came running up to stare at their lord. 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 amusement amusement NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 6 to to ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nmod _ _ 8 to to PART TO _ 9 mark _ _ 9 hit hit VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 acl _ _ 10 out out ADP RP _ 9 compound:prt _ _ 11 among among ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 13 hunting hunting NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 14 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 dogs dog NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 obl _ _ 16 with with ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 18 nmod:poss _ _ 18 whip whip NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 19 ; ; PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 20 but but CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 21 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 22 nmod:poss _ _ 22 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 nsubj _ _ 23 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 26 aux _ _ 24 rather rather ADV RB _ 26 advmod _ _ 25 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 26 aux _ _ 26 seen see VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 5 parataxis _ _ 27 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 28 hit hit VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 ccomp _ _ 29 among among ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 31 peasant peasant ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 32 amod _ _ 32 boys boy NOUN NNS Number=Plur 28 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 34 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 35 nsubj _ _ 35 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 acl:relcl _ _ 36 running run VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 35 advcl _ _ 37 up up ADP RP _ 36 compound:prt _ _ 38 to to PART TO _ 39 mark _ _ 39 stare stare VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 36 advcl _ _ 40 at at ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 42 nmod:poss _ _ 42 lord lord NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | horse | a great amusement | daughter | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **hit out** | to-infinitive | | | | | | among the hunting dogs with daughter's whip | vn contiguous\_location-47.8-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **see** | would · perfect | daughter's father | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 4 | **hit** | past | daughter | | | | | among the peasant boys | vn contiguous\_location-47.8-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **come** | past | the peasant boys | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **run up** | gerund | the peasant boys *not said here* | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **stare** | to-infinitive | the peasant boys *not said here* | | | | | at boys's lord | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at lord=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 17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/149/17/) - next →: [sentence 19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/149/19/) - ↑ back to [Poultry Meg's Family](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/149/)