--- title: She was wrapped in a fur; but when this was taken off, and she lay i… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: She was wrapped in a fur; but when this was taken off, and she lay in my mother's lap, three silver coins were found fastened in her dark hair; they were all her possessions. Who acts: girl, three silver coins, coins. A sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. 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C. Andersen, The Shepherd's Story of the Bond of Friendship. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (girl, three silver coins, coins), 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:pg27200:36:25 # text = She was wrapped in a fur; but when this was taken off, and she lay in my mother's lap, three silver coins were found fastened in her dark hair; they were all her possessions. 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux:pass _ _ 3 wrapped wrap VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 4 in in ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 fur fur NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 ; ; PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 8 but but CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 9 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 12 advmod _ _ 10 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 12 nsubj:pass _ _ 11 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 aux:pass _ _ 12 taken take VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 conj _ _ 13 off off ADP RP _ 12 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 16 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 17 lay lie VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 18 in in ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 19 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 20 nmod:poss _ _ 20 mother mother NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 21 's 's PART POS _ 20 case _ _ 22 lap lap NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 24 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 26 nummod _ _ 25 silver silver NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 compound _ _ 26 coins coin NOUN NNS Number=Plur 28 nsubj:pass _ _ 27 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 aux:pass _ _ 28 found find VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 17 conj _ _ 29 fastened fasten VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 28 xcomp _ _ 30 in in ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 31 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 33 nmod:poss _ _ 32 dark dark ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 33 amod _ _ 33 hair hair NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 34 ; ; PUNCT : _ 39 punct _ _ 35 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 36 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 39 cop _ _ 37 all all ADV RB _ 39 advmod _ _ 38 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 39 nmod:poss _ _ 39 possessions possession NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 40 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **wrap** | past · passive | | girl | | a fur | | | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme in fur=Destination | | 2 | **take off** | past · passive | | this | | | | | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 3 | **lie** | past | girl | | | my mother's lap | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in lap=Location | | 4 | **find** | past · passive | | three silver coins | | | | | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Attribute clause=Theme | | 5 | **fasten** | participle | three silver coins *not said here* | | | girl's dark hair | | | vn shake-22.3-2-1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient | | 6 | **is a** | past | coins *= coin* | girl's possessions | | | | all *property* | tree rules | 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 24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/36/24/) - next →: [sentence 26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/36/26/) - ↑ back to [The Shepherd's Story of the Bond of Friendship](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/36/)