--- title: When the princess with her ladies passed by and heard the tune, she… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: When the princess with her ladies passed by and heard the tune, she stopped and looked quite pleased, for she also could play it--in fact, it was the only tune she could play, and she played it with one finger. Who acts: princess, sow, tune. 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C. Andersen, The Swineherd. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (princess, sow, tune), 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:pg27200:188:34 # text = When the princess with her ladies passed by and heard the tune, she stopped and looked quite pleased, for she also could play it--in fact, it was the only tune she could play, and she played it with one finger. 1 When when ADV WRB PronType=Int 7 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 4 with with ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 ladies lady NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nmod _ _ 7 passed pass VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 8 by by ADP IN _ 7 obl _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 10 heard hear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 tune tune NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 14 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 15 stopped stop VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 parataxis _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 17 looked look VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 conj _ _ 18 quite quite ADV RB _ 19 advmod _ _ 19 pleased pleased ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 21 for for SCONJ IN _ 25 mark _ _ 22 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 23 also also ADV RB _ 25 advmod _ _ 24 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 25 aux _ _ 25 play play VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 conj _ _ 26 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 27 -- -- PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 28 in in ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 29 fact fact NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 31 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 32 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 35 cop _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 34 only only ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 amod _ _ 35 tune tune NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 parataxis _ _ 36 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 37 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 38 aux _ _ 38 play play VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 35 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 40 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 41 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 42 played play VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 conj _ _ 43 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 obj _ _ 44 with with ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 45 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 46 nummod _ _ 46 finger finger NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **pass by** | participle | the princess with sow's ladies | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **hear** | past | the princess with sow's ladies *not said here* | the tune | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer tune=Stimulus | | 3 | **stop** | past | sow | | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | | 4 | **look** | past | sow *not said here* | | | | | pleased *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus | | 5 | **play** | could | sow | tune | | | | | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | | 6 | **is a** | past | tune | the only tune | | fact | | | tree rules | | 7 | **play** | could | sow | the only tune *not said here* | | | | | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tune=Theme | | 8 | **play** | past | sow | tune | | | | with one finger | vn play-114.2-1 «NP V NP PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent it=Theme with finger=Co-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 33](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/188/33/) - next →: [sentence 35](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/188/35/) - ↑ back to [The Swineherd](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/188/)