--- title: He drew out a sharp knife, and while the other was kissing the rose,… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: He drew out a sharp knife, and while the other was kissing the rose, the wicked man stabbed him to death; then he cut off his head, and buried it with the body in the soft earth under the linden-tree. Who acts: elf, other, wicked man. A sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. 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Andersen, The Elf of the Rose. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (elf, other, wicked man), 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:pg27200:30:30 # text = He drew out a sharp knife, and while the other was kissing the rose, the wicked man stabbed him to death; then he cut off his head, and buried it with the body in the soft earth under the linden-tree. 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 drew draw VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 out out ADP RP _ 2 compound:prt _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 sharp sharp ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 knife knife NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 9 while while SCONJ IN _ 13 mark _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 nsubj _ _ 12 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 aux _ _ 13 kissing kiss VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 20 advcl _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 rose rose NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 18 wicked wicked ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 amod _ _ 19 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 nsubj _ _ 20 stabbed stab VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 21 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 obj _ _ 22 to to ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 23 death death NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 24 ; ; PUNCT : _ 27 punct _ _ 25 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 27 advmod _ _ 26 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 27 cut cut VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 28 off off ADP RP _ 27 compound:prt _ _ 29 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 30 nmod:poss _ _ 30 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 33 buried bury VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 conj _ _ 34 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 obj _ _ 35 with with ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 body body NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obl _ _ 38 in in ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 40 soft soft ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 41 amod _ _ 41 earth earth NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obl _ _ 42 under under ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 44 linden linden NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 45 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 44 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 46 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **draw out** | past | elf | a sharp knife | | | | | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent knife=Theme | | 2 | **kiss** | past · progressive | the other | the rose | | | | | vn marry-36.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rose=Co-Agent | | 3 | **stab** | past | the wicked man | elf | | | | to death *result* | vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP PP.result»: agent=Agent he=Patient to death=Result | | 4 | **cut off** | past | elf | elf's head | | | then | | vn stop-55.4-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Affector head=Eventuality | | 5 | **bury** | past | elf *not said here* | head | | the soft earth | | with the body; under the linden tree | vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme in earth=Destination | 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 29](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/30/29/) - next →: [sentence 31](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/30/31/) - ↑ back to [The Elf of the Rose](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/30/)