--- title: The servant girl, who was sweeping out the room, picked it up, and l… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: The servant girl, who was sweeping out the room, picked it up, and laid it in one of the books which were upon the table, in the belief that it must have fallen out while the room was being arranged. Who acts: servant girl, books, room. A sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. 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The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (servant girl, books, room), 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:pg27200:177:70 # text = The servant girl, who was sweeping out the room, picked it up, and laid it in one of the books which were upon the table, in the belief that it must have fallen out while the room was being arranged. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 servant servant NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 compound _ _ 3 girl girl NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 5 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 7 nsubj _ _ 6 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 7 sweeping sweep VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 3 acl _ _ 8 out out ADP RP _ 7 compound:prt _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 room room NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 12 picked pick VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 13 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 obj _ _ 14 up up ADP RP _ 12 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 17 laid lay VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 conj _ _ 18 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 obj _ _ 19 in in ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 20 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 17 obl _ _ 21 of of ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 books book NOUN NNS Number=Plur 20 nmod _ _ 24 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 28 nsubj _ _ 25 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 cop _ _ 26 upon upon ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 table table NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 30 in in ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 belief belief NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ _ 33 that that SCONJ IN _ 37 mark _ _ 34 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 35 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 37 aux _ _ 36 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 37 aux _ _ 37 fallen fall VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 32 acl _ _ 38 out out ADP RP _ 37 compound:prt _ _ 39 while while SCONJ IN _ 44 mark _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 room room NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 nsubj:pass _ _ 42 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 44 aux:pass _ _ 43 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 44 aux:pass _ _ 44 arranged arrange VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 37 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 12 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sweep out** | past · progressive | the servant girl | the room | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme room=Trajectory | | 2 | **pick up** | past | the servant girl | room | | | | | vn discover-84-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Topic | | 3 | **lay** | past | the servant girl *not said here* | room | | the belief | | in one of the books | vn put\_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme in one=Destination | | 4 | **is** | past | the books | | | | | upon the table | tree rules | | 5 | **fall out** | must · perfect | room | the belief *not said here* | | | | | vn become-109.1-1 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Patient belief=Result | | 6 | **arrange** | past · passive | | the room | | | | | vn build-26.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Product | 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 69](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/177/69/) - next →: [sentence 71](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/177/71/) - ↑ back to [The Snowdrop](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/177/)