--- title: The robber-girl looked earnestly at her, nodded her head slightly, a… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: The robber-girl looked earnestly at her, nodded her head slightly, and said, "They sha'nt kill you, even if I do get angry with you; for I will do it myself." Who acts: robber girl, robbers. A sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. 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Andersen, Little Robber-girl. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (robber girl, robbers), 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:pg27200:174:17 # text = The robber-girl looked earnestly at her, nodded her head slightly, and said, "They sha'nt kill you, even if I do get angry with you; for I will do it myself." 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 2 robber robber NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 3 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 girl girl NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 looked look VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 earnestly earnestly ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 7 at at ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 10 nodded nod VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 11 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 12 nmod:poss _ _ 12 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ _ 13 slightly slightly ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 16 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 18 " " PUNCT `` _ 20 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 19 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 20 sha'nt sha'nt NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ _ 21 kill kill VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 16 ccomp _ _ 22 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 21 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 24 even even ADV RB _ 28 advmod _ _ 25 if if SCONJ IN _ 28 mark _ _ 26 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 27 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 28 aux _ _ 28 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 21 conj _ _ 29 angry angry ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 xcomp _ _ 30 with with ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 31 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 29 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 32 ; ; PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 33 for for SCONJ IN _ 36 mark _ _ 34 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 35 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 36 aux _ _ 36 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 16 ccomp _ _ 37 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 obj _ _ 38 myself myself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Emp|Reflex=Yes 36 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 39 . . PUNCT . _ 36 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 40 " " PUNCT '' _ 36 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **look** | past | the robber girl | | | | | at Gerda; earnestly *property* | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at she=Theme | | 2 | **nod** | past | the robber girl *not said here* | Gerda's head | | | | slightly *property* | vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent head=Patient | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the robber girl *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **sha'nt** *in a quote* | | robbers *= robber* | | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **kill** *in a quote* | present | | you | | | | | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Theme | | 6 | **get** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | present · do-support | the robber girl *= girl* | | | | | angry *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | | 7 | **do** *in a quote* | future | the robber girl *= girl* | head | | | | myself *obl:unmarked* | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality | 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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