--- title: Her white mantle fluttered in the wind like a large sail, and the tr… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: Her white mantle fluttered in the wind like a large sail, and the traveller flogged her with the three rods till the blood trickled down, and at last she could scarcely fly; she contrived, however, to reach the mountain. " Who acts: white mantle, princess. 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" **Who acts:** white mantle, princess · **What happens:** flutter, flog, trickle down, fly, contrive, reach · **To what, where:** white mantle, wind, princess, blood, last, mountain This is a sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. Andersen, The Travelling Companion, part 3. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (white mantle, 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:pg27200:198:36 # text = Her white mantle fluttered in the wind like a large sail, and the traveller flogged her with the three rods till the blood trickled down, and at last she could scarcely fly; she contrived, however, to reach the mountain. " 1 Her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 3 nmod:poss _ _ 2 white white ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 mantle mantle NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nsubj:outer _ _ 4 fluttered flutter VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 acl _ _ 5 in in ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 wind wind NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 8 like like ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 9 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 10 large large ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 sail sail NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 traveller traveller NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nsubj _ _ 16 flogged flog VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 17 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 obj _ _ 18 with with ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 20 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 21 nummod _ _ 21 rods rod NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 obl _ _ 22 till till ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 blood blood NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 nmod _ _ 25 trickled trickle VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 24 acl _ _ 26 down down ADP RP _ 25 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 29 at at ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 30 last last ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 obl _ _ 31 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 32 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 34 aux _ _ 33 scarcely scarcely ADV RB _ 34 advmod _ _ 34 fly fly VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 16 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 35 ; ; PUNCT : _ 37 punct _ _ 36 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 37 contrived contrive VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 39 however however ADV RB _ 37 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 41 to to PART TO _ 42 mark _ _ 42 reach reach VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 37 ccomp _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 mountain mountain NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 42 punct _ _ 46 " " PUNCT '' _ 42 punct _ SpaceAfter=No ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **flutter** | participle | | princess's white mantle *not said here* | | the wind like a large sail | | | vn modes\_of\_being\_with\_motion-47.3 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in wind=Location | | 2 | **flog** | past | princess's white mantle | princess | | | | with the three rods till the blood | vn spank-18.3 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent she=Patient with rod=Instrument | | 3 | **trickle down** | participle | | the blood *not said here* | | | | | vn substance\_emission-43.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Source | | 4 | **fly** | could | princess | | | last | | scarcely *property* | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V NP.theme PP»: agent=Agent at last=Location | | 5 | **contrive** | past | princess | | | | | however *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **reach** | to-infinitive | princess *not said here* | the mountain | | | | | vn body\_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent mountain=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. 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 35](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/198/35/) - next →: [sentence 37](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/198/37/) - ↑ back to [The Travelling Companion, part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/198/)