--- title: Then with a trembling heart, as if she were about to perform a wicke… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: Then with a trembling heart, as if she were about to perform a wicked deed, she crept into the garden in the broad moonlight, and passed through the narrow walks and the deserted streets, till she reached the churchyard. Who acts: heart. A sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. 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C. Andersen, The Wild Swans, part 2. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (heart), 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:pg27200:209:122 # text = Then with a trembling heart, as if she were about to perform a wicked deed, she crept into the garden in the broad moonlight, and passed through the narrow walks and the deserted streets, till she reached the churchyard. 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 19 advmod _ _ 2 with with ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 trembling trembling NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 compound _ _ 5 heart heart NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 7 as as SCONJ IN _ 11 mark _ _ 8 if if SCONJ IN _ 11 mark _ _ 9 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 10 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 cop _ _ 11 about about ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 conj _ _ 12 to to PART TO _ 13 mark _ _ 13 perform perform VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 xcomp _ _ 14 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 15 wicked wicked ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 amod _ _ 16 deed deed NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 18 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 19 crept creep VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 20 into into ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 garden garden NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ _ 23 in in ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 25 broad broad ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 amod _ _ 26 moonlight moonlight NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 29 passed pass VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 19 advcl _ _ 30 through through ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 32 narrow narrow ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 33 amod _ _ 33 walks walk NOUN NNS Number=Plur 29 obl _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 36 deserted desert VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 37 amod _ _ 37 streets street NOUN NNS Number=Plur 33 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 39 till till SCONJ IN _ 41 mark _ _ 40 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj _ _ 41 reached reach VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 advcl _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 churchyard churchyard NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 19 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | heart | | | | | about *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **perform** | to-infinitive | heart *not said here* | a wicked deed | | | | | vn performance-26.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent deed=Theme | | 3 | **creep** | past | heart | | | the garden | then | with a trembling heart; in the broad moonlight | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme into garden=Destination | | 4 | **pass** | participle | heart *not said here* | | | the narrow walks and the deserted streets | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme through walk=Location | | 5 | **desert** | participle | | | | | | | vn leave-51.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **reach** | past | heart | the churchyard | | | | | vn body\_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent churchyard=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 121](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/209/121/) - next →: [sentence 123](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/209/123/) - ↑ back to [The Wild Swans, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/209/)