--- title: Just at this moment the elfin hill opened, and an old elfin maiden,… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: Just at this moment the elfin hill opened, and an old elfin maiden, hollow behind, came tripping out; she was the old elf king's housekeeper, and a distant relative of the family; therefore she wore an amber heart on the middle of her forehead. Who acts: elfin hill, old elfin maiden, maiden. 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C. Andersen, The Elfin Hill. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (elfin hill, old elfin maiden, maiden), 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:pg27200:31:11 # text = Just at this moment the elfin hill opened, and an old elfin maiden, hollow behind, came tripping out; she was the old elf king's housekeeper, and a distant relative of the family; therefore she wore an amber heart on the middle of her forehead. 1 Just just ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 2 at at ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 3 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 4 det _ _ 4 moment moment NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 elfin elfin NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 compound _ _ 7 hill hill NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 8 opened open VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 11 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 12 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 amod _ _ 13 elfin elfin NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 compound _ _ 14 maiden maiden NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 16 hollow hollow VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 conj _ _ 17 behind behind ADV RB _ 16 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 19 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 parataxis _ _ 20 tripping trip VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 19 xcomp _ _ 21 out out ADP RP _ 20 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 22 ; ; PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 23 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 24 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 cop _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 26 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 amod _ _ 27 elf elf NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 compound _ _ 28 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 29 's 's PART POS _ 28 case _ _ 30 housekeeper housekeeper NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 33 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 34 distant distant ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 amod _ _ 35 relative relative NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ 36 of of ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 family family NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 39 ; ; PUNCT : _ 42 punct _ _ 40 therefore therefore ADV RB _ 42 advmod _ _ 41 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 42 wore wear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 advcl _ _ 43 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 44 amber amber NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 compound _ _ 45 heart heart NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obj _ _ 46 on on ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 47 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 48 middle middle NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obl _ _ 49 of of ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 50 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 51 nmod:poss _ _ 51 forehead forehead NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 52 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **open** | past | the elfin hill | a distant relative of the family | | | moment | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **hollow** | infinitive | a old elfin maiden | | | | | behind *property* | vn clear-10.3 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **come** | past | | | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **trip out** | gerund | | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **is a** | past | maiden | the old elf king's housekeeper | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **wear** | past | maiden | a amber heart | | the middle of maiden's forehead | | therefore *property* | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent heart=Source | 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 10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/31/10/) - next →: [sentence 12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/31/12/) - ↑ back to [The Elfin Hill](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/31/)