--- title: But just as Karen was lifting up her foot to get in too, the old sol… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: But just as Karen was lifting up her foot to get in too, the old soldier said: "Dear me, what pretty dancing shoes!" and Karen could not help it, she was obliged to dance a few steps; and when she had once begun, her legs continued to dance. Who acts: Karen, old soldier, legs. 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C. Andersen, The Red Shoes. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Karen, old soldier, legs), 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:pg27200:154:41 # text = But just as Karen was lifting up her foot to get in too, the old soldier said: "Dear me, what pretty dancing shoes!" and Karen could not help it, she was obliged to dance a few steps; and when she had once begun, her legs continued to dance. 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 2 just just ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 3 as as SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 4 Karen Karen PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 5 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 6 lifting lift VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 18 ccomp _ _ 7 up up ADP RP _ 6 compound:prt _ _ 8 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 9 foot foot NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 10 to to PART TO _ 11 mark _ _ 11 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 advcl _ _ 12 in in ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 too too ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 16 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 amod _ _ 17 soldier soldier NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nsubj _ _ 18 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 19 : : PUNCT : _ 21 punct _ _ 20 " " PUNCT `` _ 21 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 21 Dear dear ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 parataxis _ _ 22 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 24 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 26 nsubj _ _ 25 pretty pretty ADV RB _ 26 advmod _ _ 26 dancing dance VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 21 parataxis _ _ 27 shoes shoe NOUN NNS Number=Plur 26 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 28 ! ! PUNCT . _ 26 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 29 " " PUNCT '' _ 26 punct _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 31 Karen Karen PROPN NNP Number=Sing 34 nsubj _ _ 32 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 34 aux _ _ 33 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 34 advmod _ _ 34 help help VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 21 conj _ _ 35 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 37 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 38 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 39 aux:pass _ _ 39 obliged oblige VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 18 conj _ _ 40 to to PART TO _ 41 mark _ _ 41 dance dance VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 39 xcomp _ _ 42 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 43 few few ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 44 amod _ _ 44 steps step NOUN NNS Number=Plur 41 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 45 ; ; PUNCT , _ 51 punct _ _ 46 and and CCONJ CC _ 51 cc _ _ 47 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 51 advmod _ _ 48 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 51 nsubj _ _ 49 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 51 aux _ _ 50 once once ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 51 advmod _ _ 51 begun begin VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 18 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 52 , , PUNCT , _ 55 punct _ _ 53 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 54 nmod:poss _ _ 54 legs leg NOUN NNS Number=Plur 55 nsubj _ _ 55 continued continue VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 51 parataxis _ _ 56 to to PART TO _ 57 mark _ _ 57 dance dance VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 55 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 58 . . PUNCT . _ 18 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **lift up** | past · progressive | Karen | Karen's foot | | | | | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent foot=Theme | | 2 | **get** | to-infinitive | Karen *not said here* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | | 3 | **say** *speech: express* | past | the old soldier | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **dance** *in a quote* | gerund | | shoes | | | | pretty *property* | vn modes\_of\_being\_with\_motion-47.3 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location shoe=Theme | | 5 | **not** **help** | could | Karen | soldier | | | | | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Beneficiary | | 6 | **oblige** | past · passive | | Karen | | | | | vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: subject=Patient clause=Result | | 7 | **dance** | to-infinitive | | a few steps | | | | | vn modes\_of\_being\_with\_motion-47.3 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location step=Theme | | 8 | **begin** | past · perfect | Karen | | | | | once *property* | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | | 9 | **continue** | past | Karen's legs | | | | | | vn continue-55.3 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 10 | **dance** | to-infinitive | Karen's legs *not said here* | | | | | | vn modes\_of\_being\_with\_motion-47.3 «NP V»: agent=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 40](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/154/40/) - next →: [sentence 42](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/154/42/) - ↑ back to [The Red Shoes](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/154/)