--- title: Then she laid herself down to drink up the water of the lake, which… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: Then she laid herself down to drink up the water of the lake, which was of course impossible for any human being to do; but the bereaved mother thought that perhaps a miracle might take place to help her. " Who acts: Death, lake, bereaved mother, miracle. 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" **Who acts:** Death, lake, bereaved mother, miracle · **What happens:** lay down, drink up, be, do, think, take · **To what, where:** Death, water, place · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. Andersen, The Story of a Mother. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Death, lake, bereaved mother, miracle), 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:pg27200:185:33 # text = Then she laid herself down to drink up the water of the lake, which was of course impossible for any human being to do; but the bereaved mother thought that perhaps a miracle might take place to help her. " 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 3 advmod _ _ 2 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 laid lay VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 herself herself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 3 obj _ _ 5 down down ADP RP _ 3 compound:prt _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 7 drink drink VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 advcl _ _ 8 up up ADP RP _ 7 compound:prt _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ 11 of of ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 lake lake NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 15 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 19 nsubj _ _ 16 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 cop _ _ 17 of of ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 course course NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 fixed _ _ 19 impossible impossible ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 acl:relcl _ _ 20 for for ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 21 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 19 obl _ _ 22 human human ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 acl _ _ 23 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 22 advcl _ _ 24 to to PART TO _ 25 mark _ _ 25 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 23 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 26 ; ; PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 27 but but CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 29 bereaved bereaved ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 amod _ _ 30 mother mother NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 nsubj _ _ 31 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 32 that that SCONJ IN _ 37 mark _ _ 33 perhaps perhaps ADV RB _ 35 advmod _ _ 34 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 miracle miracle NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 nsubj _ _ 36 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 37 aux _ _ 37 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 31 ccomp _ _ 38 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obj _ _ 39 to to PART TO _ 40 mark _ _ 40 help help VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 37 advcl _ _ 41 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ 43 " " PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **lay down** | past | Death | Death | | | then | | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent herself=Result | | 2 | **drink up** | to-infinitive | Death *not said here* | the water of the lake | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent water=Patient | | 3 | **is** | past | the lake | | | | | for any; impossible *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **do** | to-infinitive | the lake *not said here* | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **think** *speech: other* | past | the bereaved mother | | | | | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 6 | **take** | might | a miracle | place | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent place=Theme | | 7 | **help** | to-infinitive | a miracle *not said here* | | Death | | | | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Beneficiary | 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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