--- title: Gyldenlowe sat at table next to Marie Grubbe, and he took her by the… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: Gyldenlowe sat at table next to Marie Grubbe, and he took her by the hand and gave her a kiss, as if she had been a relation; but she gave him a box on the ear, and told him she could not bear him, at which there was great laughter, as if that had been a very amusing thing. 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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 (Gyldenlowe, Grubbe, that), 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:pg27200:149:51 # text = Gyldenlowe sat at table next to Marie Grubbe, and he took her by the hand and gave her a kiss, as if she had been a relation; but she gave him a box on the ear, and told him she could not bear him, at which there was great laughter, as if that had been a very amusing thing. 1 Gyldenlowe Gyldenlowe PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 sat sit VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 at at ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 table table NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 5 next next ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 6 to to ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 Marie Marie PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 8 Grubbe Grubbe PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 11 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 12 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 13 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 obj _ _ 14 by by ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 18 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 conj _ _ 19 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 iobj _ _ 20 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 kiss kiss NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 23 as as SCONJ IN _ 29 mark _ _ 24 if if SCONJ IN _ 29 mark _ _ 25 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 26 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 aux _ _ 27 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 29 cop _ _ 28 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 relation relation NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 30 ; ; PUNCT : _ 33 punct _ _ 31 but but CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 32 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 33 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 34 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 iobj _ _ 35 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 box box NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obj _ _ 37 on on ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 ear ear NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 41 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 42 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 43 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 iobj _ _ 44 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 47 nsubj _ _ 45 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 47 aux _ _ 46 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 47 advmod _ _ 47 bear bear VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 42 ccomp _ _ 48 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 47 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 49 , , PUNCT , _ 55 punct _ _ 50 at at ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 51 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 55 obl _ _ 52 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 53 expl _ _ 53 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 55 cop _ _ 54 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 55 amod _ _ 55 laughter laughter NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 56 , , PUNCT , _ 65 punct _ _ 57 as as ADP IN _ 65 case _ _ 58 if if SCONJ IN _ 65 mark _ _ 59 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 65 nsubj _ _ 60 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 65 aux _ _ 61 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 65 cop _ _ 62 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 65 det _ _ 63 very very ADV RB _ 64 advmod _ _ 64 amusing amusing ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 65 amod _ _ 65 thing thing NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 66 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sit** | past | Gyldenlowe | | Marie | table | | next *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent at table=Location | | 2 | **take** | past | Gyldenlowe | | Grubbe | | | by the hand | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument she=Destination | | 3 | **give** | past | Gyldenlowe *not said here* | a kiss | Grubbe | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent she=Recipient kiss=Theme | | 4 | **is a** *a condition, not said to happen* | past · perfect | Grubbe | a relation | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **give** | past | Grubbe | a box | Gyldenlowe | the ear | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP NP PP.asset»: agent=Agent he=Recipient box=Theme on ear=Asset | | 6 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | Gyldenlowe *not said here* | | Gyldenlowe | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic | | 7 | **not** **bear** | could | Grubbe | Gyldenlowe | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient | | 8 | **is a** | past | | great laughter | | | | | tree rules | | 9 | **is** *a condition, not said to happen* | past · perfect | that | | | | | as a amusing thing | tree rules | 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 50](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/149/50/) - next →: [sentence 52](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/149/52/) - ↑ back to [Poultry Meg's Family](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/149/)