--- title: They could see for a very long distance out into the wide world, and… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: They could see for a very long distance out into the wide world, and the poor little shepherdess leaned her head on her chimney-sweep's shoulder, and wept till she washed the gilt off her sash; the world was so different to what she expected. " Who acts: sky, poor little shepherdess, sweep, world. 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" **Who acts:** sky, poor little shepherdess, sweep, world · **What happens:** see, learn, weep, wash, be, expect · **To what, where:** wide world, head, shoulder, gilt, sash This is a sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. Andersen, The Shepherdess and the Sheep. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (sky, poor little shepherdess, sweep, world), 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:pg27200:166:55 # text = They could see for a very long distance out into the wide world, and the poor little shepherdess leaned her head on her chimney-sweep's shoulder, and wept till she washed the gilt off her sash; the world was so different to what she expected. " 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 for for ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 6 very very ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 7 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 distance distance NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 9 out out ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 10 into into ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 12 wide wide ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 13 world world NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 17 poor poor ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 amod _ _ 18 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 amod _ _ 19 shepherdess shepherdess NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 nsubj _ _ 20 leaned learn VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 21 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 22 nmod:poss _ _ 22 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obj _ _ 23 on on ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 24 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 27 nmod:poss _ _ 25 chimney chimney NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 26 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 25 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 27 sweep sweep NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 28 's 's PART POS _ 27 case _ _ 29 shoulder shoulder NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 32 wept weep VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 conj _ _ 33 till till SCONJ IN _ 35 mark _ _ 34 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 35 washed wash VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 advcl _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 gilt gilt NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obj _ _ 38 off off ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 40 nmod:poss _ _ 40 sash sash NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 41 ; ; PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 world world NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 nsubj _ _ 44 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 46 cop _ _ 45 so so ADV RB _ 46 advmod _ _ 46 different different ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 parataxis _ _ 47 to to ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 48 what what PRON WP PronType=Rel 46 obl _ _ 49 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 50 nsubj _ _ 50 expected expect VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 48 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 51 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ 52 " " PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **see** | could | sky | | | the wide world | | for a long distance; out *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 2 | **learn** | past | the poor little shepherdess | sweep's head | | sweep's chimney sweep's shoulder | | | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent head=Topic | | 3 | **weep** | past | the poor little shepherdess *not said here* | | | | | | vn breathe-40.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **wash** | past | sweep | the gilt | | sweep's sash | | | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent gilt=Theme off sash=Source | | 5 | **is** | past | the world | | | | | different *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **expect** | past | sweep | | | | | | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V that S»: 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 54](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/166/54/) - next →: [sentence 56](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/166/56/) - ↑ back to [The Shepherdess and the Sheep](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/166/)