--- title: Then she took off her red shoes, which she liked better than anythin… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: Then she took off her red shoes, which she liked better than anything else, and threw them both into the river, but they fell near the bank, and the little waves carried them back to the land, just as if the river would not take from her what she loved best, because they could not give her back litt --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/172/16/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/) / [The Flower Garden of the Woman Who Cou…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/172/) / 16 # Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen, The Flower Garden of the Woman Who Could Conjure, sentence 16 Then she took off her red shoes, which she liked better than anything else, and threw them both into the river, but they fell near the bank, and the little waves carried them back to the land, just as if the river would not take from her what she loved best, because they could not give her back little Kay. **Who acts:** Gerda, shoes, little waves, river, waves · **What happens:** take off, like, throw, fall, carry back, not take · **To what, where:** red shoes, shoes, river, bank, land, best This is a sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. Andersen, The Flower Garden of the Woman Who Could Conjure. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Gerda, shoes, little waves, river), 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:pg27200:172:16 # text = Then she took off her red shoes, which she liked better than anything else, and threw them both into the river, but they fell near the bank, and the little waves carried them back to the land, just as if the river would not take from her what she loved best, because they could not give her back little Kay. 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 3 advmod _ _ 2 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 off off ADP RP _ 3 compound:prt _ _ 5 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 6 red red ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 shoes shoe NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 9 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 11 obj _ _ 10 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 11 liked like VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 12 better well ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 11 advmod _ _ 13 than than ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 anything anything PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 12 obl _ _ 15 else else ADV RB _ 14 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 18 threw throw VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 19 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 obj _ _ 20 both both ADV RB _ 18 advmod _ _ 21 into into ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 river river NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 25 but but CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 26 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 27 fell fall VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 28 near near ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 bank bank NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 34 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 amod _ _ 35 waves wave NOUN NNS Number=Plur 36 nsubj _ _ 36 carried carry VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 37 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 obj _ _ 38 back back ADV RB _ 36 advmod _ _ 39 to to ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 land land NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 50 punct _ _ 43 just just ADV RB _ 50 advmod _ _ 44 as as SCONJ IN _ 50 mark _ _ 45 if if SCONJ IN _ 50 mark _ _ 46 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 47 river river NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 nsubj _ _ 48 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 50 aux _ _ 49 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 50 advmod _ _ 50 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 parataxis _ _ 51 from from ADP IN _ 53 case _ _ 52 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 53 nmod:poss _ _ 53 what what PRON WP PronType=Rel 50 obl _ _ 54 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 55 nsubj _ _ 55 loved love VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 53 acl:relcl _ _ 56 best good ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 55 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 57 , , PUNCT , _ 62 punct _ _ 58 because because SCONJ IN _ 62 mark _ _ 59 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 62 nsubj _ _ 60 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 62 aux _ _ 61 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 62 advmod _ _ 62 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 50 conj _ _ 63 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 62 iobj _ _ 64 back back ADP RP _ 62 compound:prt _ _ 65 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 66 amod _ _ 66 Kay Kay PROPN NNP Number=Sing 62 iobj _ SpaceAfter=No 67 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **take off** | past | Gerda | Gerda's red shoes | | | then | | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent shoe=Theme | | 2 | **like** | past | Gerda | | | | | well *property* | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot which=Theme | | 3 | **throw** | past | Gerda *not said here* | shoes *= shoe* | | | | into the river *result*; both *property* | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.result»: agent=Causer they=Theme into river=Result | | 4 | **fall** | past | shoes *= shoe* | | | the bank | | | vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme near bank=Location | | 5 | **carry back** | past | the little waves | shoes *= shoe* | | the land | | | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent they=Theme to land=Destination | | 6 | **not** **take** *a condition, not said to happen* | would | the river | | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent from what=Initial\_Location | | 7 | **love** | past | Gerda | best | | | | | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer good=Stimulus | | 8 | **not** **give back** | could | waves *= wave* | | little Kay | | | | vn give-13.1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent she=Recipient kay=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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