--- title: I was once quite a pretty elf-maiden, and have danced in my time wit… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: I was once quite a pretty elf-maiden, and have danced in my time with the others in the moonlight, and have heard the nightingale, and have gone into the forest and met the Story-maiden, who was always to be found out there, running about. Who acts: I. 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C. Andersen, The Will-o-the Wisp Is in the Town, Says the Moor Woman. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (I), 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:pg27200:211:122 # text = I was once quite a pretty elf-maiden, and have danced in my time with the others in the moonlight, and have heard the nightingale, and have gone into the forest and met the Story-maiden, who was always to be found out there, running about. 1 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 cop _ _ 3 once once ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 9 advmod _ _ 4 quite quite ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 6 pretty pretty ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 nsubj _ _ 7 elf elf NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 8 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 maiden maiden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 12 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 13 aux _ _ 13 danced dance VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 9 conj _ _ 14 in in ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 16 nmod:poss _ _ 16 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ _ 17 with with ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 others other NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 obl _ _ 20 in in ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 moonlight moonlight NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 25 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 26 aux _ _ 26 heard hear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 9 parataxis _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 nightingale nightingale NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 31 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 32 aux _ _ 32 gone go VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 9 parataxis _ _ 33 into into ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 forest forest NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 37 met meet VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 conj _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 39 Story Story PROPN NNP Number=Sing 41 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 40 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 39 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 41 maiden maiden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 43 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 48 nsubj _ _ 44 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 48 aux:pass _ _ 45 always always ADV RB PronType=Tot 48 advmod _ _ 46 to to PART TO _ 48 mark _ _ 47 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 48 aux:pass _ _ 48 found find VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 41 parataxis _ _ 49 out out ADP RP _ 48 compound:prt _ _ 50 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 48 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 51 , , PUNCT , _ 52 punct _ _ 52 running run VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 48 advcl _ _ 53 about about ADV RB _ 52 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 54 . . PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | I | | | | | maiden, once *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **dance** | present · perfect | I *not said here* | | | | time | with the others in the moonlight | vn modes\_of\_being\_with\_motion-47.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **hear** | present · perfect | | the nightingale | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer nightingale=Stimulus | | 4 | **go** | present · perfect | | | | the forest | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme into forest=Initial\_Location | | 5 | **meet** | past | | | | | | maiden *property* | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **find out** | past · passive | | | | there | | always *property* | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic | | 7 | **run about** | gerund | | | | | | about *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «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. 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