--- title: The forest crow, who was now married, accompanied her for the first… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: The forest crow, who was now married, accompanied her for the first three miles; he sat by Gerda's side, as he could not bear riding backwards. Who acts: forest crow, prince. A sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. 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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 (forest crow, prince), 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:pg27200:173:113 # text = The forest crow, who was now married, accompanied her for the first three miles; he sat by Gerda's side, as he could not bear riding backwards. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 forest forest NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 compound _ _ 3 crow crow NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 5 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 8 nsubj:pass _ _ 6 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 aux:pass _ _ 7 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 8 advmod _ _ 8 married marry VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 10 accompanied accompany VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 11 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 obj _ _ 12 for for ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 14 first first ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 16 amod _ _ 15 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 16 nummod _ _ 16 miles mile NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 ; ; PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 18 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 19 sat sit VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 conj _ _ 20 by by ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 21 Gerda Gerda PROPN NNP Number=Sing 23 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 22 's 's PART POS _ 21 case _ _ 23 side side NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 25 as as SCONJ IN _ 29 mark _ _ 26 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 27 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 29 aux _ _ 28 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 29 advmod _ _ 29 bear bear VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 19 advcl _ _ 30 riding ride VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 29 xcomp _ _ 31 backwards backwards ADV RB _ 30 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 32 . . PUNCT . _ 10 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **marry** | past · passive | | the forest crow | | | now | | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | | 2 | **accompany** | past | the forest crow | princess | | | | for the first three miles | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme | | 3 | **sit** | past | prince | | | | | by Gerda's side | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent by side=Location | | 4 | **not** **bear** | could | prince | | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 5 | **ride** | gerund | prince *not said here* | | | | | backwards *property* | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent | 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 112](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/173/112/) - next →: [sentence 114](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/173/114/) - ↑ back to [The Prince and Princess](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/173/)