--- title: Then he laid himself at full length on the table behind a snuff-box… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: Then he laid himself at full length on the table behind a snuff-box that stood upon it, so that he could peep at the little delicate lady, who continued to stand on one leg without losing her balance. Who acts: lid, snuff box, little delicate lady, lady. 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C. Andersen, The Brave Tin Soldier. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (lid, snuff box, little delicate lady, lady), 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:pg27200:192:15 # text = Then he laid himself at full length on the table behind a snuff-box that stood upon it, so that he could peep at the little delicate lady, who continued to stand on one leg without losing her balance. 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 3 advmod _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|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 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 3 obj _ _ 5 at at ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 full full ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 length length NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 8 on on ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 table table NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nmod _ _ 11 behind behind ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 12 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 13 snuff snuff NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 14 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 box box NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nmod _ _ 16 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 17 nsubj _ _ 17 stood stand VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 acl:relcl _ _ 18 upon upon ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 19 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 21 so so SCONJ IN ExtPos=SCONJ 25 mark _ _ 22 that that SCONJ IN _ 21 fixed _ _ 23 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 24 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 25 aux _ _ 25 peep peep VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 conj _ _ 26 at at ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 28 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 amod _ _ 29 delicate delicate ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 amod _ _ 30 lady lady NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 32 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 33 nsubj _ _ 33 continued continue VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 acl:relcl _ _ 34 to to PART TO _ 35 mark _ _ 35 stand stand VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 33 xcomp _ _ 36 on on ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 38 nummod _ _ 38 leg leg NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl _ _ 39 without without SCONJ IN _ 40 mark _ _ 40 losing lose VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 35 advcl _ _ 41 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 42 nmod:poss _ _ 42 balance balance NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **lay** | past | lid | lid | | full length on the table behind a snuff box | then | | vn put\_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent himself=Theme at length=Destination | | 2 | **stand** | past | a snuff box | | | box | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent upon it=Location | | 3 | **peep** | could | lid | | | | | at the little delicate lady | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at lady=Theme | | 4 | **continue** | past | the little delicate lady | | | | | | vn continue-55.3 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 5 | **stand** | to-infinitive | the little delicate lady *not said here* | | | one leg | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on leg=Location | | 6 | **lose** | gerund | the little delicate lady *not said here* | lady's balance | | | | | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent balance=Eventuality | | 7 | **balance** | | lady | | | | | | nom balance «state intransitive»: 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 14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/192/14/) - next →: [sentence 16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/192/16/) - ↑ back to [The Brave Tin Soldier](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/192/)