--- title: It was so pleasing to see them that the pieces of ice even danced ab… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: It was so pleasing to see them that the pieces of ice even danced about; and when they were tired and went to lie down, they formed themselves into the letters of the word which the Snow Queen had said he must find out before he could be his own master, and have the whole world and a pair of new ska --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/176/29/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/) / [Of the Palace of the Snow Queen and Wh…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/176/) / 29 # Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen, Of the Palace of the Snow Queen and What Happened There At Last, sentence 29 It was so pleasing to see them that the pieces of ice even danced about; and when they were tired and went to lie down, they formed themselves into the letters of the word which the Snow Queen had said he must find out before he could be his own master, and have the whole world and a pair of new skates. **Who acts:** It, pieces, looks, Snow Queen, Kay · **What happens:** be, see, dance, go, lie down, form · **To what, where:** looks, letters, word, own master, whole world · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. Andersen, Of the Palace of the Snow Queen and What Happened There At Last. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (It, pieces, looks, Snow Queen), 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:pg27200:176:29 # text = It was so pleasing to see them that the pieces of ice even danced about; and when they were tired and went to lie down, they formed themselves into the letters of the word which the Snow Queen had said he must find out before he could be his own master, and have the whole world and a pair of new skates. 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 so so ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 pleasing pleasing ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 6 mark _ _ 6 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 xcomp _ _ 7 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 obj _ _ 8 that that SCONJ IN _ 14 mark _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 pieces piece NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 nsubj _ _ 11 of of ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 ice ice NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nmod _ _ 13 even even ADV RB _ 14 advmod _ _ 14 danced dance VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 advcl _ _ 15 about about ADV RB _ 14 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 16 ; ; PUNCT : _ 21 punct _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 18 when when SCONJ WRB _ 21 mark _ _ 19 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 20 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 cop _ _ 21 tired tired ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 parataxis _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 23 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 conj _ _ 24 to to PART TO _ 25 mark _ _ 25 lie lie VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 23 xcomp _ _ 26 down down ADP RP _ 25 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 28 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 29 formed form VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 30 themselves themselves PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 29 obj _ _ 31 into into ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 letters letter NOUN NNS Number=Plur 29 obl _ _ 34 of of ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 word word NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 nmod _ _ 37 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 42 obj _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 39 Snow Snow PROPN NNP Number=Sing 40 compound _ _ 40 Queen Queen PROPN NNP Number=Sing 42 nsubj _ _ 41 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 42 aux _ _ 42 said say VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 36 acl:relcl _ _ 43 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 45 nsubj _ _ 44 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 45 aux _ _ 45 find find VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 42 ccomp _ _ 46 out out ADP RP _ 45 compound:prt _ _ 47 before before SCONJ IN _ 53 mark _ _ 48 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 53 nsubj _ _ 49 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 53 aux _ _ 50 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 53 cop _ _ 51 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 53 nmod:poss _ _ 52 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 53 amod _ _ 53 master master NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 54 , , PUNCT , _ 56 punct _ _ 55 and and CCONJ CC _ 56 cc _ _ 56 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 29 conj _ _ 57 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 59 det _ _ 58 whole whole ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 59 amod _ _ 59 world world NOUN NN Number=Sing 56 obj _ _ 60 and and CCONJ CC _ 62 cc _ _ 61 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 62 det _ _ 62 pair pair NOUN NN Number=Sing 59 conj _ _ 63 of of ADP IN _ 65 case _ _ 64 new new ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 65 amod _ _ 65 skates skate NOUN NNS Number=Plur 62 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 66 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | It | | | | | pleasing *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **see** | to-infinitive | | looks *= look* | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer they=Stimulus | | 3 | **dance** | past | the pieces of ice | | | | | about *property* | vn modes\_of\_being\_with\_motion-47.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **is** | past | looks *= look* | | | | | tired *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **go** | past | looks *= look* *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 6 | **lie down** | to-infinitive | looks *= look* *not said here* | | | | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **form** | past | looks *= look* | looks *= look* | | the letters of the word | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location themselves=Theme | | 8 | **say** *speech: assert* | past · perfect | the Snow Queen | the word | | | | | tree rules | | 9 | **find out** | must | Kay | | | | | | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent | | 10 | **is a** | could | Kay | Kay's own master | | | | | tree rules | | 11 | **have** | infinitive | looks *= look* *not said here* | the whole world and a pair of new skates | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent world=Patient | | 12 | **letter** | | | the word | | | | | nom letter «communication transitive»: of=patient | 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 28](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/176/28/) - next →: [sentence 30](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/176/30/) - ↑ back to [Of the Palace of the Snow Queen and What Happened There At Last](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/176/)