--- title: But as she stood with one foot on the loaf and the other lifted up t… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: But as she stood with one foot on the loaf and the other lifted up to step forward, the loaf began to sink under her, lower and lower, till she disappeared altogether, and only a few bubbles on the surface of the muddy pool remained to show where she had sunk. 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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, other, loaf, few bubbles), 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:pg27200:37:20 # text = But as she stood with one foot on the loaf and the other lifted up to step forward, the loaf began to sink under her, lower and lower, till she disappeared altogether, and only a few bubbles on the surface of the muddy pool remained to show where she had sunk. 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 2 as as SCONJ IN _ 4 mark _ _ 3 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 stood stand VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 with with ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 7 nummod _ _ 7 foot foot NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 8 on on ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 loaf loaf NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 nsubj _ _ 14 lifted lift VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 conj _ _ 15 up up ADP RP _ 14 compound:prt _ _ 16 to to PART TO _ 17 mark _ _ 17 step step VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 14 advcl _ _ 18 forward forward ADV RB _ 17 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 loaf loaf NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 nsubj _ _ 22 began begin VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 23 to to PART TO _ 24 mark _ _ 24 sink sink VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 22 xcomp _ _ 25 under under ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 26 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 28 lower low ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 24 advmod _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 30 lower low ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 28 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 32 till till SCONJ IN _ 34 mark _ _ 33 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 34 disappeared disappear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 advcl _ _ 35 altogether altogether ADV RB _ 34 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 49 cc _ _ 38 only only ADV RB _ 41 advmod _ _ 39 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 40 few few ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 41 amod _ _ 41 bubbles bubble NOUN NNS Number=Plur 49 nsubj _ _ 42 on on ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 surface surface NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 nmod _ _ 45 of of ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 46 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 47 muddy muddy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 48 amod _ _ 48 pool pool NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 nmod _ _ 49 remained remain VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 50 to to PART TO _ 51 mark _ _ 51 show show VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 49 xcomp _ _ 52 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 55 advmod _ _ 53 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 55 nsubj _ _ 54 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 55 aux _ _ 55 sunk sink VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 51 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 56 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stand** | past | mother | | | the loaf | | with one foot | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on loaf=Location | | 2 | **lift up** | participle | the other | | | | | | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **step forward** | to-infinitive | the other *not said here* | | | | | forward *property* | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **begin** | past | the loaf | | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 5 | **sink** | to-infinitive | the loaf *not said here* | | | | | under mother | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 6 | **disappear** | past | mother | | | | | altogether *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **remain** | past | a few bubbles on the surface of the muddy pool | | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **show** | to-infinitive | a few bubbles on the surface of the muddy pool *not said here* | | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 9 | **sink** | past · perfect | mother | | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=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 19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/37/19/) - next →: [sentence 21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/37/21/) - ↑ back to [The Girl Who Trod on the Loaf](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/37/)