--- title: But when she came to the place where the footpath led across the moo… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: But when she came to the place where the footpath led across the moor, she found small pools of water, and a great deal of mud, so she threw the loaf into the mud, and trod upon it, that she might pass without wetting her feet. Who acts: mother, footpath. 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C. Andersen, The Girl Who Trod on the Loaf. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (mother, footpath), 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:pg27200:37:19 # text = But when she came to the place where the footpath led across the moor, she found small pools of water, and a great deal of mud, so she threw the loaf into the mud, and trod upon it, that she might pass without wetting her feet. 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 2 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 4 advmod _ _ 3 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 advcl _ _ 5 to to ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 8 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 11 advmod _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 footpath footpath NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ _ 11 led lead VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 acl:relcl _ _ 12 across across ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 moor moor NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 16 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 17 found find VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 18 small small ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 amod _ _ 19 pools pool NOUN NNS Number=Plur 17 obj _ _ 20 of of ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 21 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 24 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 25 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 amod _ _ 26 deal deal NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ _ 27 of of ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 28 mud mud NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 30 so so ADV RB _ 32 advmod _ _ 31 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 32 threw throw VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 conj _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 loaf loaf NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obj _ _ 35 into into ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 mud mud NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 39 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 40 trod tread VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 parataxis _ _ 41 upon upon ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 42 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 44 that that SCONJ IN _ 47 mark _ _ 45 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 47 nsubj _ _ 46 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 47 aux _ _ 47 pass pass VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 40 conj _ _ 48 without without SCONJ IN _ 49 mark _ _ 49 wetting wet VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 47 advcl _ _ 50 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 51 nmod:poss _ _ 51 feet foot NOUN NNS Number=Plur 49 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 52 . . PUNCT . _ 17 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** | past | mother | | | the place | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to place=Initial\_Location | | 2 | **lead** | past | the footpath | | | the moor | | | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent across moor=Destination | | 3 | **find** | past | mother | small pools of water | | | | a great deal of mud *obl* | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pool=Topic | | 4 | **throw** | past | mother | the loaf | | | | into the mud *result* | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.result»: agent=Causer loaf=Theme into mud=Result | | 5 | **tread** | past | | | | loaf | | | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme upon it=Trajectory | | 6 | **pass** | might | mother | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **wet** | gerund | mother *not said here* | mother's feet | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent foot=Patient | | 8 | **deal** | | | mud | | | | | nom deal «act transitive»: of=patient | 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 18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/37/18/) - next →: [sentence 20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/37/20/) - ↑ back to [The Girl Who Trod on the Loaf](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/37/)