--- title: "My sledge! don't forget my sledge," was his first thought, and then… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: "My sledge! don't forget my sledge," was his first thought, and then he looked and saw that it was bound fast to one of the white chickens, which flew behind him with the sledge at its back. Who acts: sledge, fur, white chickens. A sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. 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C. Andersen, A Little Boy and a Little Girl. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (sledge, fur, white chickens), 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:pg27200:171:79 # text = "My sledge! don't forget my sledge," was his first thought, and then he looked and saw that it was bound fast to one of the white chickens, which flew behind him with the sledge at its back. 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 My my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 3 nmod:poss _ _ 3 sledge sledge NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 ! ! PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ 5 do do AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 7 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 6 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 7 advmod _ _ 7 forget forget VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 csubj _ _ 8 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 9 sledge sledge NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 " " PUNCT '' _ 7 punct _ _ 12 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 cop _ _ 13 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 15 nmod:poss _ _ 14 first first ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 15 amod _ _ 15 thought thought NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 18 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 20 advmod _ _ 19 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 20 looked look VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 parataxis _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 22 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 conj _ _ 23 that that SCONJ IN _ 26 mark _ _ 24 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj:pass _ _ 25 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 aux:pass _ _ 26 bound bind VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 22 ccomp _ _ 27 fast fast ADV RB Degree=Pos 26 advmod _ _ 28 to to ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 29 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 26 obl _ _ 30 of of ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 32 white white ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 33 amod _ _ 33 chickens chicken NOUN NNS Number=Plur 29 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 35 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 36 nsubj _ _ 36 flew fly VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 33 acl:relcl _ _ 37 behind behind ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 38 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 obl _ _ 39 with with ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 sledge sledge NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl _ _ 42 at at ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 43 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 44 nmod:poss _ _ 44 back back NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 15 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **forget** *in a quote* | infinitive · do-support | My sledge | my sledge | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **is a** | past | | fur's first thought | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **look** | past | fur | | | | then | | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | | 4 | **see** | past | fur *not said here* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 5 | **bind** | past · passive | | sledge | one of the white chickens | | | fast *property* | vn shake-22.3-2-1 «NP V NP PP»: subject=Patient to one=Co-Patient | | 6 | **fly** | past | the white chickens | | | | | behind fur; with the sledge at sledge's back | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme behind he=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. 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