--- title: And she always smiled so that he thought he did not know enough yet,… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: And she always smiled so that he thought he did not know enough yet, and she looked round the vast expanse as she flew higher and higher with him upon a black cloud, while the storm blew and howled as if it were singing old songs. Who acts: queen, fur, storm. 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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 (queen, fur, storm), 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:pg27200:171:85 # text = And she always smiled so that he thought he did not know enough yet, and she looked round the vast expanse as she flew higher and higher with him upon a black cloud, while the storm blew and howled as if it were singing old songs. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 2 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 3 always always ADV RB PronType=Tot 4 advmod _ _ 4 smiled smile VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 so so SCONJ IN ExtPos=SCONJ 8 mark _ _ 6 that that SCONJ IN _ 5 fixed _ _ 7 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 8 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 advcl _ _ 9 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 10 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 aux _ _ 11 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 12 advmod _ _ 12 know know VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 ccomp _ _ 13 enough enough ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 obj _ _ 14 yet yet ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 17 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 18 looked look VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 19 round round ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 21 vast vast ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 amod _ _ 22 expanse expanse NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obl _ _ 23 as as SCONJ IN _ 25 mark _ _ 24 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 25 flew fly VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 advcl _ _ 26 higher high ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 25 xcomp _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 28 higher high ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 26 conj _ _ 29 with with ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 30 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 obl _ _ 31 upon upon ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 32 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 33 black black ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 amod _ _ 34 cloud cloud NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 36 while while SCONJ IN _ 39 mark _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 storm storm NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 nsubj _ _ 39 blew blow VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 conj _ _ 40 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 41 howled howl VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 39 conj _ _ 42 as as SCONJ IN _ 46 mark _ _ 43 if if SCONJ IN _ 46 mark _ _ 44 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 46 nsubj _ _ 45 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 46 aux _ _ 46 singing sing VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 41 advcl _ _ 47 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 48 amod _ _ 48 songs song NOUN NNS Number=Plur 46 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 49 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **smile** | past | queen | | | | | always *property* | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **think** *speech: other* | past | fur | | | | | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 3 | **not** **know** | past · do-support | fur | enough | | | yet | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer enough=Stimulus | | 4 | **look** | past | queen | | | | | round the vast expanse | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent round expanse=Theme | | 5 | **fly** | past | queen | | | a black cloud | | with fur; high *property* | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V NP.theme PP»: agent=Agent upon cloud=Location | | 6 | **blow** | past | the storm | | | | | | vn split-23.2 «NP V apart»: agent=Patient | | 7 | **howl** | past | the storm *not said here* | | | | | | vn animal\_sounds-38 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **sing** *speech: express* | past · progressive | storm | old songs | | | | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location song=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. 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