--- title: It was the little robber-maiden, who had got tired of staying at hom… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: It was the little robber-maiden, who had got tired of staying at home; she was going first to the north, and if that did not suit her, she meant to try some other part of the world. Who acts: It, girl, that. A sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. 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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, girl, that), 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:pg27200:176:41 # text = It was the little robber-maiden, who had got tired of staying at home; she was going first to the north, and if that did not suit her, she meant to try some other part of the world. 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 4 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 obl:unmarked _ _ 5 robber robber NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 6 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 maiden maiden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 9 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 11 nsubj _ _ 10 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ _ 11 got get VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 7 parataxis _ _ 12 tired tired ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 xcomp _ _ 13 of of SCONJ IN _ 14 mark _ _ 14 staying stay VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 12 advcl _ _ 15 at at ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 16 home home NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 ; ; PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 18 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 19 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 aux _ _ 20 going go VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 7 csubj _ _ 21 first first ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 20 advmod _ _ 22 to to ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 north north NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 27 if if SCONJ IN _ 31 mark _ _ 28 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 31 nsubj _ _ 29 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 aux _ _ 30 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 31 advmod _ _ 31 suit suit VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 35 advcl _ _ 32 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 34 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 35 meant mean VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 36 to to PART TO _ 37 mark _ _ 37 try try VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 35 xcomp _ _ 38 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 40 det _ _ 39 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 40 amod _ _ 40 part part NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obj _ _ 41 of of ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 world world NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | It | | | | | little *obl:unmarked*; maiden *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **get** | past · perfect | | | | | | tired *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | | 3 | **stay** | gerund | | | | home | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at home=Location | | 4 | **go** | past · progressive | girl | | | the north | | first *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to north=Initial\_Location | | 5 | **not** **suit** *a condition, not said to happen* | past · do-support | that | girl | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **mean** | past | girl | | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 7 | **try** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | girl *not said here* | some other part of the world | | | | | vn try-61.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent part=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. 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 40](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/176/40/) - next →: [sentence 42](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/176/42/) - ↑ 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/)