--- title: And then the words of the kind people who had adopted her came to he… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: And then the words of the kind people who had adopted her came to her ears, when they said, "Inge was a sinful girl, who did not value the gifts of God, but trampled them under her feet." Who acts: words, Inge, sinful girl. A sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. 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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 (words, Inge, sinful girl), 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:pg27200:37:45 # text = And then the words of the kind people who had adopted her came to her ears, when they said, "Inge was a sinful girl, who did not value the gifts of God, but trampled them under her feet." 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 2 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 13 advmod _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 words word NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 nsubj _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 kind kind ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nmod _ _ 9 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 11 nsubj:pass _ _ 10 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ _ 11 adopted adopt VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 8 acl:relcl _ _ 12 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 obj _ _ 13 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 14 to to ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 16 nmod:poss _ _ 16 ears ear NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 18 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 20 advmod _ _ 19 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 20 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 22 " " PUNCT `` _ 27 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 23 Inge Inge PROPN NNP Number=Sing 27 nsubj _ _ 24 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 cop _ _ 25 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 26 sinful sinful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 amod _ _ 27 girl girl NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 29 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 32 nsubj _ _ 30 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 aux _ _ 31 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 32 advmod _ _ 32 value value VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 27 parataxis _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 gifts gift NOUN NNS Number=Plur 32 obj _ _ 35 of of ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 36 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 34 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 38 but but CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 39 trampled trample VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 conj _ _ 40 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 obj _ _ 41 under under ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 42 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 43 nmod:poss _ _ 43 feet foot NOUN NNS Number=Plur 39 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 45 " " PUNCT '' _ 13 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **adopt** | past · perfect · passive | | the kind people | | | | | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP NP»: subject=Theme she=Attribute | | 2 | **come** | past | the words of the kind people | | | mother's ears | then | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to ear=Initial\_Location | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | words *= word* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **is a** *in a quote* | past | Inge | a sinful girl | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **not** **value** *in a quote* | past · do-support | a sinful girl | the gifts of God | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer gift=Stimulus | | 6 | **trample** *in a quote* | past | the words of the kind people *not said here* | gifts *= gift* | | mother's feet | | | tree rules | | 7 | **word** | | | the kind people | | | | | nom word «communication transitive»: of=patient | | 8 | **gift** *in a quote* | | | God | | | | | nom gift «possession 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 44](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/37/44/) - next →: [sentence 46](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/37/46/) - ↑ back to [The Girl Who Trod on the Loaf](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/37/)