--- title: She knew not in what direction to go; but she was so unhappy, and lo… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: She knew not in what direction to go; but she was so unhappy, and longed so for her brothers, who had been, like herself, driven out into the world, that she was determined to seek them. Who acts: queen, brothers. A sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. 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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, brothers), 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:pg27200:208:38 # text = She knew not in what direction to go; but she was so unhappy, and longed so for her brothers, who had been, like herself, driven out into the world, that she was determined to seek them. 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 knew know VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 2 advmod _ _ 4 in in ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 6 nsubj _ _ 6 direction direction NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 7 to to PART TO _ 8 mark _ _ 8 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 ; ; PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 10 but but CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 11 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 12 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 cop _ _ 13 so so ADV RB _ 14 advmod _ _ 14 unhappy unhappy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 17 longed long VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 18 so so ADV RB _ 17 advmod _ _ 19 for for ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 21 nmod:poss _ _ 21 brothers brother NOUN NNS Number=Plur 17 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 23 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 28 nsubj _ _ 24 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 aux _ _ 25 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 28 cop _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 27 like like ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 28 herself herself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 21 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 30 driven drive VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 21 acl _ _ 31 out out ADP RP _ 30 compound:prt _ _ 32 into into ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 world world NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 36 that that SCONJ IN _ 39 mark _ _ 37 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 38 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 39 cop _ _ 39 determined determined ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 conj _ _ 40 to to PART TO _ 41 mark _ _ 41 seek seek VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 39 xcomp _ _ 42 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **know** | past | queen | direction | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer direction=Stimulus | | 2 | **go** | to-infinitive | queen *not said here* | direction *not said here* | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **is** | past | queen | | | | | unhappy *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **long** | past | | | | | | for queen's brothers | vn long-32.2 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Pivot for brother=Theme | | 5 | **is** | past · perfect | queen's brothers | | | | | like queen | tree rules | | 6 | **drive out** | participle | | queen's brothers *not said here* | | the world | | | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent into world=Trajectory | | 7 | **is** | past | queen | | | | | determined *property* | tree rules | | 8 | **seek** | to-infinitive | queen *not said here* | brothers *= brother* | | | | | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=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 37](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/208/37/) - next →: [sentence 39](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/208/39/) - ↑ back to [The Wild Swans, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/208/)