--- title: They danced once more, and she was nearly telling him, but she had s… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: They danced once more, and she was nearly telling him, but she had some discretion; she thought of her country, her kingdom, and the number of people over whom she would one day have to rule. " Who acts: eyes, Water. A sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. 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The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (eyes, Water), 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:pg27200:165:208 # text = They danced once more, and she was nearly telling him, but she had some discretion; she thought of her country, her kingdom, and the number of people over whom she would one day have to rule. " 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 danced dance VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 once once ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 4 advmod _ _ 4 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 2 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 7 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 8 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 cop _ _ 9 nearly nearly ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 10 telling tell VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 2 parataxis _ _ 11 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 iobj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 13 but but CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 14 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 15 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 16 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 17 det _ _ 17 discretion discretion NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 18 ; ; PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 19 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 20 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 21 of of ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 23 nmod:poss _ _ 23 country country NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 25 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 26 nmod:poss _ _ 26 kingdom kingdom NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 number number NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 ccomp _ _ 31 of of ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 32 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 30 nmod _ _ 33 over over ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 34 whom whom PRON WP PronType=Rel 32 nmod _ _ 35 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 36 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 39 aux _ _ 37 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 38 nummod _ _ 38 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obl:unmarked _ _ 39 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 34 acl:relcl _ _ 40 to to PART TO _ 41 mark _ _ 41 rule rule VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 39 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ 43 " " PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **dance** | past | eyes *= eye* | | | | | | vn modes\_of\_being\_with\_motion-47.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **is** | past | Water | | prince | | | nearly, tell *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **have** | past | Water | some discretion | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent discretion=Patient | | 4 | **think** *speech: other* | past | Water | | | | | of Water's country and Water's kingdom | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **have** | would | Water | | | | day | | tree rules | | 6 | **rule** | to-infinitive | Water *not said here* | | | | | | vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | 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 207](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/165/207/) - next →: [sentence 209](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/165/209/) - ↑ back to [The Shadow](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/165/)