--- title: At last they both lost themselves in the thicket; Christina began to… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: At last they both lost themselves in the thicket; Christina began to cry, and then Ib cried too; and, after weeping and lamenting for some time, they stretched themselves down on the dry leaves and fell asleep. Who acts: oaks, Christina, Ib. 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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 (oaks, Christina, Ib), 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:pg27200:51:47 # text = At last they both lost themselves in the thicket; Christina began to cry, and then Ib cried too; and, after weeping and lamenting for some time, they stretched themselves down on the dry leaves and fell asleep. 1 At at ADP IN _ 2 case _ _ 2 last last ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 3 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 4 both both ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 lost lose VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 acl:relcl _ _ 6 themselves themselves PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 5 obj _ _ 7 in in ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 thicket thicket NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ; ; PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 11 Christina Christina PROPN NNP Number=Sing 12 nsubj _ _ 12 began begin VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 13 to to PART TO _ 14 mark _ _ 14 cry cry VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 17 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 19 advmod _ _ 18 Ib Ib PROPN NNP Number=Sing 19 nsubj _ _ 19 cried cry VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 conj _ _ 20 too too ADV RB _ 19 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 21 ; ; PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 24 after after SCONJ IN _ 25 mark _ _ 25 weeping weep VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 33 advcl _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 27 lamenting lament VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 25 conj _ _ 28 for for ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 30 det _ _ 30 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 32 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 33 stretched stretch VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 advcl _ _ 34 themselves themselves PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 33 obj _ _ 35 down down ADP RP _ 33 compound:prt _ _ 36 on on ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 38 dry dry ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 amod _ _ 39 leaves leaf NOUN NNS Number=Plur 33 obl _ _ 40 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 41 fell fall VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 33 conj _ _ 42 asleep asleep ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 41 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **lose** | past | oaks *= oak* | oaks *= oak* | | the thicket | | both *property* | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent themselves=Eventuality | | 2 | **begin** | past | Christina | | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 3 | **cry** *speech: express* | to-infinitive | Christina *not said here* | | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **cry** *speech: express* | past | Ib | | | | then | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **weep** | gerund | oaks *= oak* *not said here* | | | | | | vn breathe-40.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **lament** | gerund | oaks *= oak* *not said here* | | | | time | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer | | 7 | **stretch down** | past | oaks *= oak* | oaks *= oak* | | the dry leaves | | | vn bend-45.2 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent themselves=Patient | | 8 | **fall** | past | oaks *= oak* *not said here* | | | | | asleep *property* | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme | 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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