--- title: While the poor girl was falling she happily caught one of the branch… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: While the poor girl was falling she happily caught one of the branches of the willow tree, by the help of which she held herself over the water, and as soon as the baron with his company and the dogs had disappeared through the gate, the girl endeavoured to scramble up, but the branch broke off, and --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/155/10/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/) / [Everything in the Right Place](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/155/) / 10 # Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen, Everything in the Right Place, sentence 10 While the poor girl was falling she happily caught one of the branches of the willow tree, by the help of which she held herself over the water, and as soon as the baron with his company and the dogs had disappeared through the gate, the girl endeavoured to scramble up, but the branch broke off, and she would have fallen backward among the rushes, had not a strong hand from above seized her at this moment. **Who acts:** poor girl, girl, branch · **What happens:** fall, catch, hold, disappear, endeavour, scramble up · **To what, where:** one, girl, water, dogs, gate, rushes This is a sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. Andersen, Everything in the Right Place. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (poor girl, girl, branch), 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:pg27200:155:10 # text = While the poor girl was falling she happily caught one of the branches of the willow tree, by the help of which she held herself over the water, and as soon as the baron with his company and the dogs had disappeared through the gate, the girl endeavoured to scramble up, but the branch broke off, and she would have fallen backward among the rushes, had not a strong hand from above seized her at this moment. 1 While while SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 poor poor ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 girl girl NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 5 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 6 falling fall VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 9 advcl _ _ 7 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 8 happily happily ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 9 caught catch VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 10 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 9 obj _ _ 11 of of ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 branches branch NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 nmod _ _ 14 of of ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 16 willow willow NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 compound _ _ 17 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 19 by by ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 help help NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ 22 of of ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 23 which which PRON WDT 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dogs dog NOUN NNS Number=Plur 44 nsubj:pass _ _ 43 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 44 aux _ _ 44 disappeared disappear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 9 conj _ _ 45 through through ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 46 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 47 gate gate NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 48 , , PUNCT , _ 51 punct _ _ 49 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 50 det _ _ 50 girl girl NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 nsubj _ _ 51 endeavoured endeavour VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 conj _ _ 52 to to PART TO _ 53 mark _ _ 53 scramble scramble VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 51 xcomp _ _ 54 up up ADP RP _ 53 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 55 , , PUNCT , _ 59 punct _ _ 56 but but CCONJ CC _ 59 cc _ _ 57 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 58 det _ _ 58 branch branch NOUN NN Number=Sing 59 nsubj _ _ 59 broke break VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 parataxis _ _ 60 off off ADP RP _ 59 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 61 , , PUNCT , _ 66 punct _ _ 62 and and CCONJ CC _ 66 cc _ _ 63 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 66 nsubj _ _ 64 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 66 aux _ _ 65 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 66 aux _ _ 66 fallen fall VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 59 conj _ _ 67 backward backward ADV RB _ 66 advmod _ _ 68 among among ADP IN _ 70 case _ _ 69 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 70 det _ _ 70 rushes rush NOUN NNS Number=Plur 66 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 71 , , PUNCT , _ 72 punct _ _ 72 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 parataxis _ _ 73 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 76 advmod _ _ 74 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 76 det _ _ 75 strong strong ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 76 amod _ _ 76 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 72 obj _ _ 77 from from ADP IN _ 79 case _ _ 78 above above ADV RB _ 79 advmod _ _ 79 seized seize VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 72 conj _ _ 80 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 79 obj _ _ 81 at at ADP IN _ 83 case _ _ 82 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 83 det _ _ 83 moment moment NOUN NN Number=Sing 79 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 84 . . PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fall** | past · progressive | the poor girl | | | | | | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **catch** | past | girl | one of the branches of the willow tree | | | | by the help; as the baron with child's company; happily *property* | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent one=Theme | | 3 | **hold** | past | girl | girl | | the water | | of the help | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent herself=Theme over water=Location | | 4 | **disappear** | past · perfect · passive | | the dogs | | the gate | | | tree rules | | 5 | **endeavour** | past | the girl | | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **scramble up** | to-infinitive | the girl *not said here* | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **break off** | past | the branch | | | | | | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient | | 8 | **fall** | would · perfect | girl | | | the rushes | | backward *property* | vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme among rush=Location | | 9 | **have** | past | | a strong hand | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hand=Patient | | 10 | **seize** | past | | girl | | | moment | above *property* | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=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 9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/155/9/) - next →: [sentence 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/155/11/) - ↑ back to [Everything in the Right Place](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/155/)