--- title: The other criminals seized him, wrestled with him, and bent him doub… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: The other criminals seized him, wrestled with him, and bent him double, so that his head rested between his knees, and they tied him, so that the blood almost came out of his eyes and out of all his pores. Who acts: other criminals, head, criminals, blood. 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C. Andersen, A Story. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (other criminals, head, criminals, blood), 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:pg27200:2:78 # text = The other criminals seized him, wrestled with him, and bent him double, so that his head rested between his knees, and they tied him, so that the blood almost came out of his eyes and out of all his pores. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 criminals criminal NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 4 seized seize VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 7 wrestled wrestle VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 8 with with ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 12 bent bend VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 13 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 obj _ _ 14 double double ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 16 so so SCONJ IN ExtPos=SCONJ 20 mark _ _ 17 that that SCONJ IN _ 16 fixed _ _ 18 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 19 nmod:poss _ _ 19 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 nsubj _ _ 20 rested rest VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 conj _ _ 21 between between ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 23 nmod:poss _ _ 23 knees knee NOUN NNS Number=Plur 20 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 26 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 27 tied tie VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 28 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 30 so so SCONJ IN ExtPos=SCONJ 35 mark _ _ 31 that that SCONJ IN _ 30 fixed _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 blood blood NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 nsubj _ _ 34 almost almost ADV RB _ 35 advmod _ _ 35 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 conj _ _ 36 out out ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 37 of of ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 39 nmod:poss _ _ 39 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 35 obl _ _ 40 and and CCONJ CC _ 45 cc _ _ 41 out out ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 42 of of ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 43 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 45 det:predet _ _ 44 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 45 nmod:poss _ _ 45 pores pore NOUN NNS Number=Plur 39 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **seize** | past | the other criminals | Matz | | | | | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | | 2 | **wrestle** | past | the other criminals *not said here* | | | | | with Matz | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent with he=Co-Agent | | 3 | **bend** | past | the other criminals *not said here* | Matz | | | | double *property* | vn knead-26.5 «NP V NP.material»: agent=Agent he=Material | | 4 | **rest** | past | Matz's head | | | Matz's knees | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme between knee=Location | | 5 | **tie** | past | criminals *= criminal* | Matz | | | | | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient | | 6 | **come out** | past | the blood | Matz's eyes and Matz's pores | | | | almost *property* | vn become-109.1 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Patient eye=Result | 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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