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title: When the mother had drunk out of the bottle, and was gone to sleep,… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics
description: When the mother had drunk out of the bottle, and was gone to sleep, the little robber-maiden went to the reindeer, and said, "I should like very much to tickle your neck a few times more with my knife, for it makes you look so funny; but never mind,--I will untie your cord, and set you free, so that
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# Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen, Little Robber-girl, sentence 65

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When the mother had drunk out of the bottle, and was gone to sleep, the little robber-maiden went to the reindeer, and said, "I should like very much to tickle your neck a few times more with my knife, for it makes you look so funny; but never mind,--I will untie your cord, and set you free, so that you may run away to Lapland; but you must make good use of your legs, and carry this little maiden to the castle of the Snow Queen, where her play-fellow is.

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**Who acts:** robber maiden, neck, you · **What happens:** drink out, go, sleep, say, like, tickle · **To what, where:** mother, bottle, reindeer, neck, you, cord · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is a sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. 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 maiden, neck, you), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**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:pg27200:174:65
# text = When the mother had drunk out of the bottle, and was gone to sleep, the little robber-maiden went to the reindeer, and said, "I should like very much to tickle your neck a few times more with my knife, for it makes you look so funny; but never mind,--I will untie your cord, and set you free, so that you may run away to Lapland; but you must make good use of your legs, and carry this little maiden to the castle of the Snow Queen, where her play-fellow is.
1	When	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	5	advmod	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	mother	mother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	drunk	drink	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	58	advcl	_	_
6	out	out	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	bottle	bottle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
12	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	13	aux:pass	_	_
13	gone	go	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	conj	_	_
14	to	to	PART	TO	_	15	mark	_	_
15	sleep	sleep	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	13	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	21	punct	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
18	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	21	obl:unmarked	_	_
19	robber	robber	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	21	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	19	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	maiden	maiden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	22	nsubj	_	_
22	went	go	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	13	parataxis	_	_
23	to	to	ADP	IN	_	25	case	_	_
24	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	25	det	_	_
25	reindeer	reindeer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	22	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
26	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	28	punct	_	_
27	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	28	cc	_	_
28	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	22	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
29	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	33	punct	_	_
30	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	33	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
31	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	33	nsubj	_	_
32	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	33	aux	_	_
33	like	like	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	28	ccomp	_	_
34	very	very	ADV	RB	_	35	advmod	_	_
35	much	much	ADV	RB	_	33	advmod	_	_
36	to	to	PART	TO	_	37	mark	_	_
37	tickle	tickle	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	33	xcomp	_	_
38	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	39	nmod:poss	_	_
39	neck	neck	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	37	obj	_	_
40	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	42	det	_	_
41	few	few	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	42	amod	_	_
42	times	time	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	43	obl:unmarked	_	_
43	more	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	37	obj	_	_
44	with	with	ADP	IN	_	46	case	_	_
45	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	46	nmod:poss	_	_
46	knife	knife	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	43	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
47	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	50	punct	_	_
48	for	for	SCONJ	IN	_	50	mark	_	_
49	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	50	nsubj	_	_
50	makes	make	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	37	advcl	_	_
51	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	50	obj	_	_
52	look	look	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	50	xcomp	_	_
53	so	so	ADV	RB	_	54	advmod	_	_
54	funny	funny	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	52	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
55	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	58	punct	_	_
56	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	58	cc	_	_
57	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	58	advmod	_	_
58	mind	mind	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
59	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	63	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
60	--	--	PUNCT	,	_	63	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
61	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	63	nsubj	_	_
62	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	63	aux	_	_
63	untie	untie	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	58	advcl	_	_
64	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	65	nmod:poss	_	_
65	cord	cord	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	63	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
66	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	68	punct	_	_
67	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	68	cc	_	_
68	set	set	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	58	conj	_	_
69	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	68	obj	_	_
70	free	free	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	68	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
71	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	76	punct	_	_
72	so	so	SCONJ	IN	ExtPos=SCONJ	76	mark	_	_
73	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	72	fixed	_	_
74	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	76	nsubj	_	_
75	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	76	aux	_	_
76	run	run	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	68	conj	_	_
77	away	away	ADV	RB	_	76	advmod	_	_
78	to	to	ADP	IN	_	79	case	_	_
79	Lapland	Lapland	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	77	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
80	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	84	punct	_	_
81	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	84	cc	_	_
82	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	84	nsubj	_	_
83	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	84	aux	_	_
84	make	make	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	58	advcl	_	_
85	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	86	amod	_	_
86	use	use	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	84	obj	_	_
87	of	of	ADP	IN	_	89	case	_	_
88	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	89	nmod:poss	_	_
89	legs	leg	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	86	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
90	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	92	punct	_	_
91	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	92	cc	_	_
92	carry	carry	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	84	parataxis	_	_
93	this	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	95	det	_	_
94	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	95	amod	_	_
95	maiden	maiden	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	92	obj	_	_
96	to	to	ADP	IN	_	98	case	_	_
97	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	98	det	_	_
98	castle	castle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	92	obl	_	_
99	of	of	ADP	IN	_	102	case	_	_
100	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	102	det	_	_
101	Snow	Snow	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	102	compound	_	_
102	Queen	Queen	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	98	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
103	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	109	punct	_	_
104	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	109	advmod	_	_
105	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	108	nmod:poss	_	_
106	play	play	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	108	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
107	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	106	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
108	fellow	fellow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	109	nsubj	_	_
109	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	102	cop	_	SpaceAfter=No
110	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	58	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **drink out** | past · perfect · passive |  | the mother |  | the bottle |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **go** | past · passive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V» |
| 3 | **sleep** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **go** | past | the robber maiden |  |  | the reindeer |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to reindeer=Initial\_Location |
| 5 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the robber maiden *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 6 | **like** *in a quote* | should | the robber maiden *= maiden* |  |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme |
| 7 | **tickle** *not said to happen, in a quote* | to-infinitive | the robber maiden *= maiden* *not said here* | your neck |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Stimulus neck=Experiencer more=Result |
| 8 | **make** *in a quote* | present | neck | you |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 9 | **look** *in a quote* | infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | funny *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus |
| 10 | **not** **mind** *in a quote* | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn care-88.1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
| 11 | **untie** *in a quote* | future | the robber maiden *= maiden* | your cord |  |  |  |  | vn disassemble-23.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cord=Patient |
| 12 | **set** *in a quote* | infinitive | you *not said here* | you |  |  |  | free *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Patient you=Result |
| 13 | **run away** *in a quote* | may | you |  |  |  |  | away *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 14 | **make** *in a quote* | must | you | good use of your legs |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent use=Product |
| 15 | **carry** *in a quote* | present |  | this little maiden |  | the castle |  |  | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent maiden=Theme to castle=Destination |
| 16 | **is** *in a quote* | present |  |  |  |  |  | of the Snow Queen | tree rules |
| 17 | **use** *in a quote* |  |  | your legs |  |  |  |  | nom use «act transitive»: of=patient |

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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.

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**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.

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