--- title: She ran forwards as quickly as she could, when a whole regiment of s… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: She ran forwards as quickly as she could, when a whole regiment of snow-flakes came round her; they did not, however, fall from the sky, which was quite clear and glittering with the northern lights. Who acts: Gerda, whole regiment, flakes. 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C. Andersen, The Lapland Woman and the Finland Woman. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Gerda, whole regiment, flakes), 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:pg27200:175:33 # text = She ran forwards as quickly as she could, when a whole regiment of snow-flakes came round her; they did not, however, fall from the sky, which was quite clear and glittering with the northern lights. 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 ran run VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 forwards forwards ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 4 as as ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 quickly quickly ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 6 as as SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 7 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 8 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 2 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 10 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 18 advmod _ _ 11 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 12 whole whole ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 13 regiment regiment NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nsubj _ _ 14 of of ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 15 snow snow NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 16 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 15 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 17 flakes flake NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 nmod _ _ 18 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 19 round round ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 20 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 21 ; ; PUNCT : _ 23 punct _ _ 22 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 23 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 advcl _ _ 24 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 23 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 26 however however ADV RB _ 28 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 28 fall fall VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 parataxis _ _ 29 from from ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 sky sky NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 33 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 36 nsubj _ _ 34 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 cop _ _ 35 quite quite ADV RB _ 36 advmod _ _ 36 clear clear ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 parataxis _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 38 glittering glitter VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 36 conj _ _ 39 with with ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 41 northern northern ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 42 amod _ _ 42 lights light NOUN NNS Number=Plur 38 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **run** | past | Gerda | | | | | forwards, quickly *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **come** | past | a whole regiment of snow flakes | | | | | round Gerda | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme round she=Initial\_Location | | 3 | **not** **do** | past | flakes *= flake* | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **fall** | infinitive | | | | the sky | | however *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from sky=Initial\_Location | | 5 | **is** | past | | | | | | clear *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **glitter** | gerund | | | | | | with the northern lights | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP.location V PP.theme»: agent=Location with light=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 32](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/175/32/) - next →: [sentence 34](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/175/34/) - ↑ back to [The Lapland Woman and the Finland Woman](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/175/)