--- title: At last she took me up in her delicate hand, and then I told her wha… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: At last she took me up in her delicate hand, and then I told her what had brought me out into the world, and she promised me that perhaps on that very evening she should be able to obtain for me one of the two treasures for which I was seeking. Who acts: dryad, I. 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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 (dryad, I), 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:pg27200:180:45 # text = At last she took me up in her delicate hand, and then I told her what had brought me out into the world, and she promised me that perhaps on that very evening she should be able to obtain for me one of the two treasures for which I was seeking. 1 At at ADP IN _ 2 case _ _ 2 last last ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 obl _ _ 3 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 4 iobj _ _ 6 up up ADP RP _ 4 compound:prt _ _ 7 in in ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 8 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ _ 9 delicate delicate ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 13 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 15 advmod _ _ 14 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 15 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 16 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 iobj _ _ 17 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 19 nsubj:pass _ _ 18 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 aux _ _ 19 brought bring VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 15 ccomp _ _ 20 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 19 obj _ _ 21 out out ADP RP _ 19 compound:prt _ _ 22 into into ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 world world NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 27 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 28 promised promise VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 29 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 28 iobj _ _ 30 that that SCONJ IN _ 39 mark _ _ 31 perhaps perhaps ADV RB _ 39 advmod _ _ 32 on on ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 33 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 35 det _ _ 34 very very ADV RB _ 35 advmod _ _ 35 evening evening NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl _ _ 36 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 37 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 39 aux _ _ 38 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 39 cop _ _ 39 able able ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 xcomp _ _ 40 to to PART TO _ 41 mark _ _ 41 obtain obtain VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 39 xcomp _ _ 42 for for ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 43 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 41 obl _ _ 44 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 41 obj _ _ 45 of of ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 46 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 47 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 48 nummod _ _ 48 treasures treasure NOUN NNS Number=Plur 44 nmod _ _ 49 for for ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 50 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 53 obl _ _ 51 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 53 nsubj _ _ 52 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 53 aux _ _ 53 seeking seek VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 48 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 54 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **take up** | past | dryad | | me | last | | in dryad's delicate hand | vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent i=Value in hand=Location | | 2 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | I | | dryad | | then | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP what S»: agent=Agent she=Recipient clause=Topic | | 3 | **bring out** | past · perfect · passive | | me | | the world | | | tree rules | | 4 | **promise** *speech: promise* | past | dryad | | me | | | | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent i=Theme | | 5 | **is** *not said to happen* | should | dryad | | | | | able, perhaps *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **obtain** | to-infinitive | dryad *not said here* | one of the two treasures | | | | for me | vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP V NP PP.asset»: agent=Agent one=Theme for i=Asset | | 7 | **seek** | past · progressive | I | | | | | for the two treasures | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V PP.theme PP.location»: agent=Agent for which=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. 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