--- title: At last a very little girl came out of one of the wretched-looking h… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: At last a very little girl came out of one of the wretched-looking houses, and Ib asked her to tell him the way to the street he wanted; she looked up timidly at him, and began to cry bitterly. Who acts: last little girl, Ib, girl. A sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. 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C. Andersen, Ib and Little Christina. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (last little girl, Ib, 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:pg27200:51:175 # text = At last a very little girl came out of one of the wretched-looking houses, and Ib asked her to tell him the way to the street he wanted; she looked up timidly at him, and began to cry bitterly. 1 At at ADP IN _ 2 case _ _ 2 last last ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 4 very very ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 girl girl NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 7 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 out out ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 of of ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 7 obl _ _ 11 of of ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 13 wretched wretched ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 14 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 looking look VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 16 amod _ _ 16 houses house NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 19 Ib Ib PROPN NNP Number=Sing 20 nsubj _ _ 20 asked ask VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 parataxis _ _ 21 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 iobj _ _ 22 to to PART TO _ 23 mark _ _ 23 tell tell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 20 xcomp _ _ 24 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 iobj _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obj _ _ 27 to to ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 street street NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ _ 30 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 31 wanted want VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 32 ; ; PUNCT : _ 34 punct _ _ 33 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 34 looked look VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 35 up up ADP RP _ 34 compound:prt _ _ 36 timidly timidly ADV RB _ 34 advmod _ _ 37 at at ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 38 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 40 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 41 began begin VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 42 to to PART TO _ 43 mark _ _ 43 cry cry VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 41 xcomp _ _ 44 bitterly bitterly ADV RB _ 43 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come out** | past | a last little girl | one of the looking houses | | | | | vn become-109.1 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Patient one=Result | | 2 | **look** | gerund | | | | | | | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | | 3 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past | Ib | | girl | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S\_INF»: agent=Agent she=Recipient clause=Topic | | 4 | **tell** *speech: assert* *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | Ib *not said here* | the way | Ib | | | to the street | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient way=Topic | | 5 | **want** | past | Ib | the street *not said here* | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot street=Theme | | 6 | **look up** | past | girl | | | | | at Ib; timidly *property* | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at he=Theme | | 7 | **begin** | past | a last little girl *not said here* | | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 8 | **cry** *speech: express* | to-infinitive | a last little girl *not said here* | | | | | bitterly *property* | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | 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. 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