--- title: These were fastened on the reindeer, and then the little robber-maid… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: These were fastened on the reindeer, and then the little robber-maiden opened the door, coaxed in all the great dogs, and then cut the string with which the reindeer was fastened, with her sharp knife, and said, "Now run, but mind you take good care of the little girl." 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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 (little robber maiden, you, little girl), 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:pg27200:174:74 # text = These were fastened on the reindeer, and then the little robber-maiden opened the door, coaxed in all the great dogs, and then cut the string with which the reindeer was fastened, with her sharp knife, and said, "Now run, but mind you take good care of the little girl." 1 These this PRON DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 3 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux:pass _ _ 3 fastened fasten VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 4 on on ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 reindeer reindeer NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 9 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 15 advmod _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 11 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 amod _ _ 12 robber robber NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 13 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 maiden maiden NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nsubj _ _ 15 opened open VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 door door NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 19 coaxed coax VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 15 advcl _ _ 20 in in ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 21 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 24 det:predet _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 23 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 amod _ _ 24 dogs dog NOUN NNS Number=Plur 19 obl:agent _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 27 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 28 advmod _ _ 28 cut cut VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 string string NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obj _ _ 31 with with ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 32 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 36 obl _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 reindeer reindeer NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 nsubj:pass _ _ 35 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 aux:pass _ _ 36 fastened fasten VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 30 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 38 with with ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 39 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 41 nmod:poss _ _ 40 sharp sharp ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 41 amod _ _ 41 knife knife NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 43 and and CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 44 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 45 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 46 " " PUNCT `` _ 48 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 47 Now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 48 advmod _ _ 48 run run VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 44 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 49 , , PUNCT , _ 53 punct _ _ 50 but but CCONJ CC _ 53 cc _ _ 51 mind mind NOUN NN Number=Sing 53 obl:unmarked _ _ 52 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 53 nsubj _ _ 53 take take VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 28 parataxis _ _ 54 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 55 amod _ _ 55 care care NOUN NN Number=Sing 53 obj _ _ 56 of of ADP IN _ 59 case _ _ 57 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 59 det _ _ 58 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 59 amod _ _ 59 girl girl NOUN NN Number=Sing 55 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 60 . . PUNCT . _ 28 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 61 " " PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fasten** | past · passive | | These | | | | on the reindeer | vn tape-22.4 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: subject=Patient on reindeer=Co-Patient | | 2 | **open** | past | the little robber maiden | the door | | | then | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location door=Theme | | 3 | **coax** | participle | the little robber maiden *not said here* | | | | | | vn lure-59.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **cut** | infinitive | | the string | | | then | | tree rules | | 5 | **fasten** | past · passive | | the reindeer | | | | with the string | vn shake-22.3-2-1 «NP V NP PP»: subject=Patient with which=Co-Patient | | 6 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 7 | **run** *in a quote* | infinitive | | | | | now | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **take** *in a quote* | present | you | mind | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent care=Theme | | 9 | **care** *in a quote* | | the little girl | | | | | | nom care «act intransitive»: of=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 73](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/174/73/) - next →: [sentence 75](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/174/75/) - ↑ back to [Little Robber-girl](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/174/)