--- title: The swineherd went behind a tree, wiped his face, threw off his poor… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: The swineherd went behind a tree, wiped his face, threw off his poor attire and stepped forth in his princely garments; he looked so beautiful that the princess could not help bowing to him. Who acts: swineherd, prince, princess. A sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. 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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 (swineherd, prince, princess), 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:pg27200:188:89 # text = The swineherd went behind a tree, wiped his face, threw off his poor attire and stepped forth in his princely garments; he looked so beautiful that the princess could not help bowing to him. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 swineherd swineherd NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 behind behind ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 8 wiped wipe VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 9 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ _ 10 face face NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 12 threw throw VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 13 off off ADP RP _ 12 compound:prt _ _ 14 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 16 nmod:poss _ _ 15 poor poor ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 amod _ _ 16 attire attire NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obj _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 18 stepped step VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 conj _ _ 19 forth forth ADV RB _ 18 advmod _ _ 20 in in ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 21 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 23 nmod:poss _ _ 22 princely princely ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 amod _ _ 23 garments garment NOUN NNS Number=Plur 18 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 24 ; ; PUNCT : _ 26 punct _ _ 25 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 26 looked look VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 27 so so ADV RB _ 28 advmod _ _ 28 beautiful beautiful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 xcomp _ _ 29 that that SCONJ IN _ 34 mark _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 nsubj _ _ 32 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 34 aux _ _ 33 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 34 advmod _ _ 34 help help VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 28 advcl _ _ 35 bowing bow VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 34 xcomp _ _ 36 to to ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 37 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 38 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** | past | the swineherd | | | a tree | | | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme behind tree=Location | | 2 | **wipe** | past | the swineherd *not said here* | prince's face | | | | | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent face=Source | | 3 | **throw off** | past | | prince's poor attire | | | | | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent attire=Theme | | 4 | **step** | past | | | | prince's princely garments | | forth *property* | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in garment=Trajectory | | 5 | **look** | past | prince | | | | | beautiful *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus | | 6 | **not** **help** | could | the princess | | | | | | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 7 | **bow** *not said to happen* | gerund | the princess *not said here* | | prince | | | | vn acquiesce-95.1-1 «NP V PP.pivot»: agent=Agent to he=Pivot | 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 88](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/188/88/) - next →: [sentence 90](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/188/90/) - ↑ back to [The Swineherd](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/188/)