--- title: She was of few words, and of a dark countenance; but she did not kno… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: She was of few words, and of a dark countenance; but she did not know how to climb, so I blew her overboard before any one found out that she was a woman; and, in my opinion, that was well done," said the Wind. Who acts: proudest, I, opinion, my. 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C. Andersen, The Story of the Wind. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (proudest, I, opinion, my), 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:pg27200:212:196 # text = She was of few words, and of a dark countenance; but she did not know how to climb, so I blew her overboard before any one found out that she was a woman; and, in my opinion, that was well done," said the Wind. 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 few few ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 words word NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 8 of of ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 9 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 10 dark dark ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 countenance countenance NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ; ; PUNCT : _ 17 punct _ _ 13 but but CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 14 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 15 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 aux _ _ 16 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 17 advmod _ _ 17 know know VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 conj _ _ 18 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 20 advmod _ _ 19 to to PART TO _ 20 mark _ _ 20 climb climb VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 17 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 22 so so ADV RB _ 24 advmod _ _ 23 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 24 blew blow VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 conj _ _ 25 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 obj _ _ 26 overboard overboard ADV RB _ 24 advmod _ _ 27 before before ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 29 det _ _ 29 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl _ _ 30 found find VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 29 acl _ _ 31 out out ADP RP _ 30 compound:prt _ _ 32 that that SCONJ IN _ 36 mark _ _ 33 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 34 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 cop _ _ 35 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 woman woman NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 37 ; ; PUNCT : _ 50 punct _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 50 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 40 in in ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 42 nmod:poss _ _ 42 opinion opinion NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 44 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 47 nsubj:pass _ _ 45 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 47 aux:pass _ _ 46 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 47 advmod _ _ 47 done do VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 42 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 48 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 49 " " PUNCT '' _ 47 punct _ _ 50 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 parataxis _ _ 51 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 52 det _ _ 52 Wind Wind PROPN NNP Number=Sing 50 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 53 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | proudest *= proud* | | | | | of few words | tree rules | | 2 | **not** **know** | past · do-support | proudest *= proud* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 3 | **climb** | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **blow** | past | I | proudest *= proud* | | | before any one | overboard *property* | vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: agent=Agent she=Patient | | 5 | **find out** | participle | | any one *not said here* | | | | | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **is a** | past | proudest *= proud* | a woman | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **do** | past · passive | | that | | | | well *property* | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality | | 8 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | past | my opinion | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 9 | **opine** | | my | | | | | | nom opinion «cognition 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. 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 195](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/212/195/) - next →: [sentence 197](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/212/197/) - ↑ back to [The Story of the Wind](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/212/)