--- title: She looked at the red shoes, saying to herself that there was no sin… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: She looked at the red shoes, saying to herself that there was no sin in doing that; she put the red shoes on, thinking there was no harm in that either; and then she went to the ball; and commenced to dance. Who acts: Karen, sin, harm. A sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. 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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, sin, harm), 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:pg27200:154:50 # text = She looked at the red shoes, saying to herself that there was no sin in doing that; she put the red shoes on, thinking there was no harm in that either; and then she went to the ball; and commenced to dance. 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 looked look VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 at at ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 red red ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 shoes shoe NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 8 saying say VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 2 advcl _ _ 9 to to ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 herself herself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 8 obl _ _ 11 that that SCONJ IN _ 13 mark _ _ 12 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 13 expl _ _ 13 was be VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 ccomp _ _ 14 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 15 det _ _ 15 sin sin NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nsubj _ _ 16 in in SCONJ IN _ 17 mark _ _ 17 doing do VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 15 acl _ _ 18 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 17 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 19 ; ; PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 20 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 21 put put VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 23 red red ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 amod _ _ 24 shoes shoe NOUN NNS Number=Plur 21 obj _ _ 25 on on ADV RB _ 21 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 27 thinking think VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 21 advcl _ _ 28 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 29 expl _ _ 29 was be VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 ccomp _ _ 30 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 31 det _ _ 31 harm harm NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 nsubj _ _ 32 in in ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 33 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 31 nmod _ _ 34 either either CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 35 ; ; PUNCT : _ 39 punct _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 37 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 39 advmod _ _ 38 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 39 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 40 to to ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 ball ball NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 43 ; ; PUNCT : _ 45 punct _ _ 44 and and CCONJ CC _ 45 cc _ _ 45 commenced commence VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 46 to to PART TO _ 47 mark _ _ 47 dance dance VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 45 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **look** | past | Karen | | | | | at the red shoes | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at shoe=Theme | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | Karen *not said here* | | Karen | | | | vn indicate-78-1 «NP V PP.recipient that S»: agent=Pivot to herself=Experiencer clause=Topic | | 3 | **be** | past | no sin | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **do** | gerund | no sin *not said here* | no sin | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent that=Eventuality | | 5 | **put** | past | Karen | the red shoes | | | | | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent shoe=Goal | | 6 | **think** *speech: other* | gerund | Karen *not said here* | | | | | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 7 | **be** | past | no harm in that | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **go** | past | Karen | | | the ball | then | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to ball=Initial\_Location | | 9 | **commence** | past | Karen *not said here* | | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 10 | **dance** | to-infinitive | Karen *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 49](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/154/49/) - next →: [sentence 51](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/154/51/) - ↑ back to [The Red Shoes](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/154/)