--- title: She took three toads with her, and kissed them, and said to one, "Wh… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: She took three toads with her, and kissed them, and said to one, "When Eliza comes to the bath, seat yourself upon her head, that she may become as stupid as you are." Who acts: queen, Eliza, you. A sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. 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C. Andersen, The Wild Swans, part 1. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (queen, Eliza, you), 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:pg27200:208:24 # text = She took three toads with her, and kissed them, and said to one, "When Eliza comes to the bath, seat yourself upon her head, that she may become as stupid as you are." 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 4 nummod _ _ 4 toads toad NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ _ 5 with with ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 9 kissed kiss VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 10 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 13 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 14 to to ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 15 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 13 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 17 " " PUNCT `` _ 20 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 18 When when ADV WRB PronType=Int 20 advmod _ _ 19 Eliza Eliza PROPN NNP Number=Sing 20 nsubj _ _ 20 comes come VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 13 ccomp _ _ 21 to to ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 bath bath NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 25 seat seat NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 appos _ _ 26 yourself yourself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 25 nmod _ _ 27 upon upon ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 29 nmod:poss _ _ 29 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 31 that that SCONJ IN _ 34 mark _ _ 32 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 33 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 34 aux _ _ 34 become become VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 20 parataxis _ _ 35 as as ADV RB _ 36 advmod _ _ 36 stupid stupid ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 xcomp _ _ 37 as as SCONJ IN _ 39 mark _ _ 38 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 39 are be VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 36 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 40 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 41 " " PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **take** | past | queen | | three toads | | | with book | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument toad=Destination | | 2 | **kiss** | past | queen *not said here* | toads *= toad* | | | | | vn marry-36.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Co-Agent | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | queen *not said here* | | one | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to one=Recipient clause=Topic | | 4 | **come** *in a quote* | present | Eliza | | | the bath | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to bath=Initial\_Location | | 5 | **become** *in a quote* | may | queen | | | | | stupid *property* | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient | | 6 | **does** *in a quote* | present | you | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=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 23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/208/23/) - next →: [sentence 25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/208/25/) - ↑ back to [The Wild Swans, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/208/)