--- title: Then two others came up and tried with all their strength to help he… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: Then two others came up and tried with all their strength to help her, till they nearly dropped their own burdens in doing so; then they were obliged to stop for a moment in their help, for every one must think of himself first. Who acts: two others, others, one, burdens. 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C. Andersen, What the Second Mouse Had to Tell. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (two others, others, one, burdens), 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:pg27200:180:31 # text = Then two others came up and tried with all their strength to help her, till they nearly dropped their own burdens in doing so; then they were obliged to stop for a moment in their help, for every one must think of himself first. 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 4 advmod _ _ 2 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 3 nummod _ _ 3 others other NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 4 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 up up ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 tried try VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 8 with with ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 9 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 11 det:predet _ _ 10 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 11 nmod:poss _ _ 11 strength strength NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 12 to to PART TO _ 13 mark _ _ 13 help help VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 advcl _ _ 14 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 16 till till SCONJ IN _ 19 mark _ _ 17 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 18 nearly nearly ADV RB _ 19 advmod _ _ 19 dropped drop VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 20 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 22 nmod:poss _ _ 21 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 amod _ _ 22 burdens burden NOUN NNS Number=Plur 19 obj _ _ 23 in in SCONJ IN _ 24 mark _ _ 24 doing do VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 19 advcl _ _ 25 so so ADV RB _ 24 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 26 ; ; PUNCT : _ 30 punct _ _ 27 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 30 advmod _ _ 28 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 29 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 aux:pass _ _ 30 obliged oblige VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 conj _ _ 31 to to PART TO _ 32 mark _ _ 32 stop stop VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 30 xcomp _ _ 33 for for ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 moment moment NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl _ _ 36 in in ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 38 nmod:poss _ _ 38 help help NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 40 for for SCONJ IN _ 44 mark _ _ 41 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 42 det _ _ 42 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 nsubj _ _ 43 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 44 aux _ _ 44 think think VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 32 conj _ _ 45 of of ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 46 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 44 obl _ _ 47 first first ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 44 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come up** | past | two others | | | | then | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **try** | past | two others *not said here* | | | | | with others's strength | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | | 3 | **help** | to-infinitive | two others *not said here* | | rest | | | | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Beneficiary | | 4 | **drop** | past | others *= other* | others's own burdens | | | | nearly *property* | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent burden=Theme | | 5 | **do** | gerund | others *= other* *not said here* | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **oblige** | past · passive | | burdens *= burden* | | | then | | vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: subject=Patient clause=Result | | 7 | **stop** | to-infinitive | | | | burdens's help | moment | | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in help=Location | | 8 | **think** *speech: other* | must | every one | | | | | of mouse; first *property* | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 9 | **burden** | | others *= other* | | | | | | nom burden «cognition transitive»: poss=agent | | 10 | **help** | | burdens *= burden* | | | | | | nom help «act transitive»: poss=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 30](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/180/30/) - next →: [sentence 32](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/180/32/) - ↑ back to [What the Second Mouse Had to Tell](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/180/)