--- title: Kay looked at her, and saw that she was so beautiful, he could not i… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: Kay looked at her, and saw that she was so beautiful, he could not imagine a more lovely and intelligent face; she did not now seem to be made of ice, as when he had seen her through his window, and she had nodded to him. Who acts: Kay, queen, fur. 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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 (Kay, queen, fur), 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:pg27200:171:82 # text = Kay looked at her, and saw that she was so beautiful, he could not imagine a more lovely and intelligent face; she did not now seem to be made of ice, as when he had seen her through his window, and she had nodded to him. 1 Kay Kay PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 looked look VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 at at ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 8 that that SCONJ IN _ 12 mark _ _ 9 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 10 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 cop _ _ 11 so so ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ _ 12 beautiful beautiful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 14 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 15 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 17 aux _ _ 16 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 17 advmod _ _ 17 imagine imagine VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 ccomp _ _ 18 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 19 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 20 advmod _ _ 20 lovely lovely ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 amod _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 22 intelligent intelligent ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 conj _ _ 23 face face NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 24 ; ; PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 25 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 26 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 aux _ _ 27 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 29 advmod _ _ 28 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 29 advmod _ _ 29 seem seem VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 conj _ _ 30 to to PART TO _ 32 mark _ _ 31 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 32 aux:pass _ _ 32 made make VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 29 xcomp _ _ 33 of of ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 34 ice ice NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 36 as as SCONJ IN _ 40 mark _ _ 37 when when SCONJ WRB _ 40 mark _ _ 38 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 39 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 40 aux _ _ 40 seen see VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 32 conj _ _ 41 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 obj _ _ 42 through through ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 43 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 44 nmod:poss _ _ 44 window window NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 45 , , PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 46 and and CCONJ CC _ 49 cc _ _ 47 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 49 nsubj _ _ 48 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 49 aux _ _ 49 nodded nod VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 32 conj _ _ 50 to to ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 51 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 49 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 52 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **look** | past | Kay | | | | | at queen | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at she=Theme | | 2 | **see** | past | Kay *not said here* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 3 | **is** | past | queen | | | | | beautiful *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **not** **imagine** | could | fur | a lovely face | | | | | vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot face=Theme | | 5 | **not** **seem** | past · do-support | queen | | | | now | | vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Theme clause=Attribute | | 6 | **make** | to-infinitive · passive | queen *not said here* | | | | | of ice | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP» | | 7 | **see** | past · perfect | fur | queen | | fur's window | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer she=Stimulus | | 8 | **nod** | past · perfect | queen | | fur | | | | vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to he=Recipient | 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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