--- title: She could move her eyes about, and see all the misery around her, bu… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: She could move her eyes about, and see all the misery around her, but she could not turn her head; and when she saw the people looking at her she thought they were admiring her pretty face and fine clothes, for she was still vain and proud. Who acts: punishment, people. 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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 (punishment, people), 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:pg27200:37:31 # text = She could move her eyes about, and see all the misery around her, but she could not turn her head; and when she saw the people looking at her she thought they were admiring her pretty face and fine clothes, for she was still vain and proud. 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 move move VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 5 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obj _ _ 6 about about ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 9 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 conj _ _ 10 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 12 det:predet _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 misery misery NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ _ 13 around around ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 16 but but CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 17 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 18 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 20 aux _ _ 19 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 20 advmod _ _ 20 turn turn VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 conj _ _ 21 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 22 nmod:poss _ _ 22 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 23 ; ; PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 25 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 27 advmod _ _ 26 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 27 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 34 nsubj _ _ 30 looking look VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 29 acl _ _ 31 at at ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 32 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 obl _ _ 33 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 34 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 advcl _ _ 35 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 36 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 37 aux _ _ 37 admiring admire VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 34 ccomp _ _ 38 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 40 nmod:poss _ _ 39 pretty pretty ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 40 amod _ _ 40 face face NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obj _ _ 41 and and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 42 fine fine ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 43 amod _ _ 43 clothes clothes NOUN NNS Number=Ptan 40 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 44 , , PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 45 for for SCONJ IN _ 49 mark _ _ 46 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 49 nsubj _ _ 47 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 49 cop _ _ 48 still still ADV RB _ 49 advmod _ _ 49 vain vain ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 ccomp _ _ 50 and and CCONJ CC _ 51 cc _ _ 51 proud proud ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 49 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 52 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **move** | could | punishment | punishment's eyes | | | | about *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent eye=Theme | | 2 | **see** | infinitive | punishment *not said here* | all misery | | | | around punishment | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer misery=Stimulus | | 3 | **not** **turn** | could | punishment | punishment's head | | | | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent head=Theme | | 4 | **see** | past | punishment | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 5 | **look** | gerund | the people *not said here* | | | | | at punishment | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at she=Theme | | 6 | **think** *speech: other* | past | the people | | | | | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 7 | **admire** | past · progressive | people | punishment's pretty face and fine clothes | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer face=Stimulus | | 8 | **is** | past | punishment | | | | still | vain *property* | tree rules | | 9 | **be** | | punishment *not said here* | | | | | | 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 30](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/37/30/) - next →: [sentence 32](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/37/32/) - ↑ back to [The Girl Who Trod on the Loaf](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/37/)