--- title: Ib looked at her, and as she spoke so kindly, he took courage, and a… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: Ib looked at her, and as she spoke so kindly, he took courage, and asked her if she would give him the nuts; and the woman gave them to him, and then gathered some more from the bushes for herself, quite a pocket full. Who acts: Ib, child, woman. 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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 (Ib, child, woman), 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:pg27200:51:61 # text = Ib looked at her, and as she spoke so kindly, he took courage, and asked her if she would give him the nuts; and the woman gave them to him, and then gathered some more from the bushes for herself, quite a pocket full. 1 Ib Ib PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 looked look VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 at at ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 7 as as SCONJ IN _ 9 mark _ _ 8 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 9 spoke speak VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 10 so so ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ _ 11 kindly kindly ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 13 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 14 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 15 courage courage NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 18 asked ask VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 conj _ _ 19 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 iobj _ _ 20 if if SCONJ IN _ 23 mark _ _ 21 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 22 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 23 aux _ _ 23 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 18 ccomp _ _ 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 nuts nut NOUN NNS Number=Plur 23 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 27 ; ; PUNCT : _ 31 punct _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 woman woman NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 nsubj _ _ 31 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 32 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 iobj _ _ 33 to to ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 34 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 37 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 38 advmod _ _ 38 gathered gather VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 conj _ _ 39 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 40 det _ _ 40 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 38 advmod _ _ 41 from from ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 bushes bush NOUN NNS Number=Plur 38 obl _ _ 44 for for ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 45 herself herself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 38 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 46 , , PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 47 quite quite DET PDT PronType=Ind 49 det:predet _ _ 48 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 49 pocket pocket NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl _ _ 50 full full ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 49 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 51 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **look** | past | Ib | | | | | at child | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at she=Theme | | 2 | **speak** *speech: other* | past | child | | | | | kindly *property* | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **take** | past | Ib | courage | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent courage=Theme | | 4 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past | Ib *not said here* | | child | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S»: agent=Agent she=Recipient clause=Topic | | 5 | **give** *a condition, not said to happen* | would | child | the nuts | Ib | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient nut=Theme | | 6 | **give** | past | the woman | quite pocket | nuts *= nut* | | | to Ib | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent they=Theme to he=Recipient | | 7 | **gather** | past | the woman *not said here* | | | the bushes | then | for child | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.source NP.asset»: agent=Agent from bush=Source for herself=Asset | 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 60](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/51/60/) - next →: [sentence 62](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/51/62/) - ↑ back to [Ib and Little Christina](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/51/)