--- title: As soon as Eliza saw her own face, she was quite terrified at findin… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: As soon as Eliza saw her own face, she was quite terrified at finding it so brown and ugly; but when she wetted her little hand, and rubbed her eyes and forehead, the white skin gleamed forth once more; and, after she had undressed, and dipped herself in the fresh water, a more beautiful king's daug --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/208/53/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/) / [The Wild Swans, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/208/) / 53 # Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen, The Wild Swans, part 1, sentence 53 As soon as Eliza saw her own face, she was quite terrified at finding it so brown and ugly; but when she wetted her little hand, and rubbed her eyes and forehead, the white skin gleamed forth once more; and, after she had undressed, and dipped herself in the fresh water, a more beautiful king's daughter could not be found in the wide world. **Who acts:** Eliza, bush · **What happens:** see, be, find, wett, rub, gleam · **To what, where:** own face, face, little hand, eyes, white skin, bush This is a sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. 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 (Eliza, bush), 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:pg27200:208:53 # text = As soon as Eliza saw her own face, she was quite terrified at finding it so brown and ugly; but when she wetted her little hand, and rubbed her eyes and forehead, the white skin gleamed forth once more; and, after she had undressed, and dipped herself in the fresh water, a more beautiful king's daughter could not be found in the wide world. 1 As as ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 2 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 5 advmod _ _ 3 as as SCONJ IN _ 5 mark _ _ 4 Eliza Eliza PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 7 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 face face NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 10 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 11 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 cop _ _ 12 quite quite ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ _ 13 terrified terrified ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 conj _ _ 14 at at SCONJ IN _ 15 mark _ _ 15 finding find VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 13 advcl _ _ 16 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 obj _ _ 17 so so ADV RB _ 18 advmod _ _ 18 brown brown ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 xcomp _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 20 ugly ugly ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 21 ; ; PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 22 but but CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 23 when when SCONJ WRB _ 25 mark _ _ 24 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 25 wetted wett VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 26 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 28 nmod:poss _ _ 27 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 amod _ _ 28 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 31 rubbed rub VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 32 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 33 nmod:poss _ _ 33 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 31 obj _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 35 forehead forehead NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 38 white white ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 amod _ _ 39 skin skin NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 conj _ _ 40 gleamed gleam VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 39 acl _ _ 41 forth forth ADV RB _ 40 advmod _ _ 42 once once ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 43 advmod _ _ 43 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 40 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 44 ; ; PUNCT , _ 50 punct _ _ 45 and and CCONJ CC _ 50 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 46 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 47 after after SCONJ IN _ 50 mark _ _ 48 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 50 nsubj:pass _ _ 49 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 50 aux _ _ 50 undressed undress VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 51 , , PUNCT , _ 53 punct _ _ 52 and and CCONJ CC _ 53 cc _ _ 53 dipped dip VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 54 herself herself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 53 obj _ _ 55 in in ADP IN _ 58 case _ _ 56 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 58 det _ _ 57 fresh fresh ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 58 amod _ _ 58 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 53 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 59 , , PUNCT , _ 69 punct _ _ 60 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 63 det _ _ 61 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 62 advmod _ _ 62 beautiful beautiful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 63 amod _ _ 63 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 65 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 64 's 's PART POS _ 63 case _ _ 65 daughter daughter NOUN NN Number=Sing 69 nsubj _ _ 66 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 69 aux _ _ 67 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 69 advmod _ _ 68 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 69 aux:pass _ _ 69 found find VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 53 conj _ _ 70 in in ADP IN _ 73 case _ _ 71 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 73 det _ _ 72 wide wide ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 73 amod _ _ 73 world world NOUN NN Number=Sing 69 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 74 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **see** | past | Eliza | bush's own face | | | | soon *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer face=Stimulus | | 2 | **is** | past | bush | | | | | terrified *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **find** | gerund | bush *not said here* | face | | | | brown *property* | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Topic | | 4 | **wett** | past | bush | bush's little hand | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **rub** | past | | bush's eyes and forehead and the white skin | | | | | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent eye=Theme | | 6 | **gleam** | participle | | the white skin *not said here* | | | | forth *property* | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **undress** | past · perfect · passive | | bush | | | | | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | | 8 | **dip** | past | | bush | | the fresh water | | | vn funnel-9.3 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent herself=Theme in water=Trajectory | | 9 | **not** **find** | could · passive | | a beautiful king's daughter | | the wide world | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic | 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 52](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/208/52/) - next →: [sentence 54](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/208/54/) - ↑ back to [The Wild Swans, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/208/)