--- title: She saw the girl gliding down, and asked to have her as a remembranc… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: She saw the girl gliding down, and asked to have her as a remembrance of her visit, and got her too; while I received a present that's of no use to me--a travelling druggist's shop--a whole cupboard-full of poetry in bottles. Who acts: girl, I, present. 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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 (girl, I, present), 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:pg27200:211:138 # text = She saw the girl gliding down, and asked to have her as a remembrance of her visit, and got her too; while I received a present that's of no use to me--a travelling druggist's shop--a whole cupboard-full of poetry in bottles. 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 girl girl NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 gliding glide VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 4 acl _ _ 6 down down ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 9 asked ask VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 10 to to PART TO _ 11 mark _ _ 11 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 xcomp _ _ 12 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 obj _ _ 13 as as ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 remembrance remembrance NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ _ 16 of of ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 18 nmod:poss _ _ 18 visit visit NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 21 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 22 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 obj _ _ 23 too too ADV RB _ 21 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 24 ; ; PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 25 while while SCONJ IN _ 27 mark _ _ 26 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 27 received receive VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 28 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 present present NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obj _ _ 30 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 34 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 31 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 34 cop _ _ 32 of of ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 34 det _ _ 34 use use NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 acl:relcl _ _ 35 to to ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 36 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 34 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 37 -- -- PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 38 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 39 travelling travel VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 40 amod _ _ 40 druggist druggist NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 41 's 's PART POS _ 40 case _ _ 42 shop shop NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 43 -- -- PUNCT , _ 50 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 44 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 50 det _ _ 45 whole whole ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 50 amod _ _ 46 cupboard cupboard NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 47 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 46 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 48 full full ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 50 amod _ _ 49 of of ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 50 poetry poetry NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 parataxis _ _ 51 in in ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 52 bottles bottle NOUN NNS Number=Plur 50 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 53 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **see** | past | girl | the girl | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer girl=Stimulus | | 2 | **glide down** | gerund | the girl *not said here* | | | | | down *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past | girl *not said here* | | | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **have** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | girl *not said here* | girl | | | | as a remembrance of girl's visit | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Patient | | 5 | **get** | past | | girl | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer she=Stimulus | | 6 | **receive** | past | I | a present | | | | | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent present=Theme | | 7 | **is** | present | a present | | me | | | of no use and a travelling druggist's shop | tree rules | | 8 | **travel** | gerund | | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 9 | **remember** | | | girl's visit | | | | | nom remembrance «cognition transitive»: of=patient | | 10 | **visit** | | girl | | | | | | nom visit «act transitive»: poss=agent | 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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