--- title: Mad with pain, he tore off the coverings and his clothes too, flingi… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: Mad with pain, he tore off the coverings and his clothes too, flinging them far away, and danced about before the eyes of his ferocious soldiers, who now mocked at him, the mad prince, who wished to make war with God, and was overcome by a single little gnat. 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C. Andersen, The Wicked Prince. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (poison, mad prince, single little gnat), 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:pg27200:207:33 # text = Mad with pain, he tore off the coverings and his clothes too, flinging them far away, and danced about before the eyes of his ferocious soldiers, who now mocked at him, the mad prince, who wished to make war with God, and was overcome by a single little gnat. 1 Mad mad ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 advcl _ _ 2 with with ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 3 pain pain NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 5 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 6 tore tore VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 off off ADP RP _ 6 compound:prt _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 coverings covering NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obj _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 11 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 12 nmod:poss _ _ 12 clothes clothes NOUN NNS Number=Ptan 9 conj _ _ 13 too too ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 15 flinging fling VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 6 advcl _ _ 16 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 obj _ _ 17 far far ADV RB Degree=Pos 18 advmod _ _ 18 away away ADV RB _ 15 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 21 danced dance VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 22 about about ADV RB _ 21 advmod _ _ 23 before before ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 21 obl _ _ 26 of of ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 27 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 29 nmod:poss _ _ 28 ferocious ferocious ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 amod _ _ 29 soldiers soldier NOUN NNS Number=Plur 25 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 31 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 33 nsubj:pass _ _ 32 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 33 advmod _ _ 33 mocked mock VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 29 acl:relcl _ _ 34 at at ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 35 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 38 mad mad ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 amod _ _ 39 prince prince NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 41 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 42 nsubj _ _ 42 wished wish VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 39 acl:relcl _ _ 43 to to PART TO _ 44 mark _ _ 44 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 42 xcomp _ _ 45 war war NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obj _ _ 46 with with ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 47 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 44 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 48 , , PUNCT , _ 51 punct _ _ 49 and and CCONJ CC _ 51 cc _ _ 50 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 51 aux:pass _ _ 51 overcome overcome VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 21 conj _ _ 52 by by ADP IN _ 56 case _ _ 53 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 56 det _ _ 54 single single ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 56 amod _ _ 55 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 56 amod _ _ 56 gnat gnat NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 57 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tore off** | past | poison | the coverings and poison's clothes | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **fling** | gerund | poison *not said here* | coverings *= covering* | | | | away *property* | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme | | 3 | **dance** | past | poison *not said here* | | | the eyes of poison's ferocious soldiers | | about *property* | vn modes\_of\_being\_with\_motion-47.3 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme before eye=Location | | 4 | **mock** | participle · passive | | poison's ferocious soldiers | | | now | at poison | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 5 | **wish** | past | the mad prince | | | | | | vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 6 | **make** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | the mad prince *not said here* | war | | | | with God | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset war=Product | | 7 | **overcome** | past · passive | a single little gnat | | | | | | vn exceed-90 «NP V NP»: agent=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 32](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/207/32/) - next →: [The Wild Swans, part 1, 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/208/1/) - ↑ back to [The Wicked Prince](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/207/)