--- title: And he carved her a pair of wooden feet and some crutches, and taugh… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: And he carved her a pair of wooden feet and some crutches, and taught her a psalm which is always sung by sinners; she kissed the hand that guided the axe, and went away over the heath. Who acts: executioner, sinners, Karen, hand. A sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. 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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 (executioner, sinners, Karen, hand), 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:pg27200:154:79 # text = And he carved her a pair of wooden feet and some crutches, and taught her a psalm which is always sung by sinners; she kissed the hand that guided the axe, and went away over the heath. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 carved carve VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 obj _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 pair pair NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 wooden wooden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 feet foot NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nmod _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 11 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 12 det _ _ 12 crutches crutch NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 15 taught teach VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 16 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 iobj _ _ 17 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 psalm psalm NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obj _ _ 19 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 22 nsubj:pass _ _ 20 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 22 aux:pass _ _ 21 always always ADV RB PronType=Tot 22 advmod _ _ 22 sung sing VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 18 acl:relcl _ _ 23 by by ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 24 sinners sinner NOUN NNS Number=Plur 22 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 25 ; ; PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 26 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 27 kissed kiss VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obj _ _ 30 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 31 nsubj _ _ 31 guided guide VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 acl:relcl _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 axe axe NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 36 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 conj _ _ 37 away away ADV RB _ 36 advmod _ _ 38 over over ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 heath heath NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 41 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **carve** | past | executioner | a pair of wooden feet and some crutches | Karen | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP NP»: agent=Asset she=Beneficiary pair=Product | | 2 | **teach** *speech: other* | past | executioner *not said here* | a psalm | Karen | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent she=Recipient psalm=Topic | | 3 | **sing** *speech: express* | present · passive | sinners | a psalm | | | | always *property* | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location subject=Theme | | 4 | **kiss** | past | Karen | the hand | | | | | vn marry-36.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hand=Co-Agent | | 5 | **guide** | past | the hand | the axe | | | | | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent axe=Theme | | 6 | **go away** | past | Karen *not said here* | | | the heath | | away *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme over heath=Initial\_Location | 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 78](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/154/78/) - next →: [sentence 80](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/154/80/) - ↑ back to [The Red Shoes](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/154/)