--- title: The following day she was dressed from head to foot in silk and velv… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: The following day she was dressed from head to foot in silk and velvet, and they invited her to stay at the palace for a few days, and enjoy herself, but she only begged for a pair of boots, and a little carriage, and a horse to draw it, so that she might go into the wide world to seek for Kay. 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C. Andersen, The Prince and Princess. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (dreams, crow), 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:pg27200:173:110 # text = The following day she was dressed from head to foot in silk and velvet, and they invited her to stay at the palace for a few days, and enjoy herself, but she only begged for a pair of boots, and a little carriage, and a horse to draw it, so that she might go into the wide world to seek for Kay. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 following follow VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 3 amod _ _ 3 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obl:unmarked _ _ 4 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 5 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux:pass _ _ 6 dressed dress VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 acl:relcl _ _ 7 from from ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 9 to to ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 foot foot NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 11 in in ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 silk silk NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nmod _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 14 velvet velvet NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 17 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 18 invited invite VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 19 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 obj _ _ 20 to to PART TO _ 21 mark _ _ 21 stay stay VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 18 xcomp _ _ 22 at at ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 palace palace NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ _ 25 for for ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 26 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 27 few few ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 amod _ _ 28 days day NOUN NNS Number=Plur 24 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 31 enjoy enjoy VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 18 parataxis _ _ 32 herself herself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 31 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 34 but but CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 35 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 36 only only ADV RB _ 37 advmod _ _ 37 begged beg VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 conj _ _ 38 for for ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 pair pair NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obl _ _ 41 of of ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 42 boots boot NOUN NNS Number=Plur 40 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 44 and and CCONJ CC _ 47 cc _ _ 45 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 46 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 47 amod _ _ 47 carriage carriage NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 48 , , PUNCT , _ 51 punct _ _ 49 and and CCONJ CC _ 51 cc _ _ 50 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 51 det _ _ 51 horse horse NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obl _ _ 52 to to PART TO _ 53 mark _ _ 53 draw draw VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 51 acl _ _ 54 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 53 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 55 , , PUNCT , _ 60 punct _ _ 56 so so SCONJ IN ExtPos=SCONJ 60 mark _ _ 57 that that SCONJ IN _ 56 fixed _ _ 58 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 60 nsubj _ _ 59 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 60 aux _ _ 60 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 53 conj _ _ 61 into into ADP IN _ 64 case _ _ 62 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 64 det _ _ 63 wide wide ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 64 amod _ _ 64 world world NOUN NN Number=Sing 60 obl _ _ 65 to to PART TO _ 66 mark _ _ 66 seek seek VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 60 advcl _ _ 67 for for ADP IN _ 68 case _ _ 68 Kay Kay PROPN NNP Number=Sing 66 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 69 . . PUNCT . _ 18 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **follow** | gerund | | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **dress** | past · passive | | crow | | head | | to foot in silk and velvet | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | | 3 | **invite** | past | dreams *= dream* | crow | | | day | a horse *obl* | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent she=Recipient clause=Topic | | 4 | **stay** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | crow *not said here* | | | the palace for a few days | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at palace=Location | | 5 | **enjoy** | infinitive | | crow | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer herself=Stimulus | | 6 | **beg** *speech: request* | past | crow | a little carriage | | | | for a pair of boots | vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V PP.Topic»: agent=Agent for pair=Topic | | 7 | **draw** | to-infinitive | dreams *= dream* *not said here* | carriage | | | | | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | | 8 | **go** | might | crow | | | the wide world | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme into world=Initial\_Location | | 9 | **seek** | to-infinitive | crow *not said here* | | | | | for Kay | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V PP.theme PP.location»: agent=Agent for 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. 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 109](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/173/109/) - next →: [sentence 111](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/173/111/) - ↑ back to [The Prince and Princess](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/173/)