--- title: Then flinging the sling over his shoulder, so that the creature hung… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: Then flinging the sling over his shoulder, so that the creature hung a good way down behind him, he prepared to descend with the help of a rope, and his foot soon touched safely the highest step of the ladder. Who acts: creature, Rudy, foot. 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C. Andersen, VII. the Eagle's Nest. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (creature, Rudy, foot), 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:pg27200:58:47 # text = Then flinging the sling over his shoulder, so that the creature hung a good way down behind him, he prepared to descend with the help of a rope, and his foot soon touched safely the highest step of the ladder. 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 2 advmod _ _ 2 flinging fling VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 13 advcl _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 sling sling NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 over over ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 shoulder shoulder NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 9 so so SCONJ IN ExtPos=SCONJ 13 mark _ _ 10 that that SCONJ IN _ 9 fixed _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 creature creature NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nsubj _ _ 13 hung hang VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 14 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 15 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 amod _ _ 16 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obj _ _ 17 down down ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ _ 18 behind behind ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 19 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 21 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 22 prepared prepare VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 conj _ _ 23 to to PART TO _ 24 mark _ _ 24 descend descend VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 22 xcomp _ _ 25 with with ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 help help NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl _ _ 28 of of ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 rope rope NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 33 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 34 nmod:poss _ _ 34 foot foot NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 nsubj _ _ 35 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 36 advmod _ _ 36 touched touch VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 conj _ _ 37 safely safely ADV RB _ 36 advmod _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 39 highest high ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 40 amod _ _ 40 step step NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl _ _ 41 of of ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 ladder ladder NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 13 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fling** | gerund | the creature *not said here* | the sling | | Rudy's shoulder | then | | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent sling=Theme over shoulder=Destination | | 2 | **hang** | past | the creature | a good way | | | | behind Rudy; down *property* | vn put\_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent way=Theme behind he=Destination | | 3 | **prepare** | past | Rudy | | | | | | vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Agent clause=Attribute | | 4 | **descend** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | Rudy *not said here* | | | | | with the help of a rope | vn meander-47.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **touch** | past | Rudy's foot | the highest step of the ladder | | | | safely, soon *property* | vn contiguous\_location-47.8-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **help** | | | a rope | | | | | nom help «act transitive»: of=patient | | 7 | **step** | | | the ladder | | | | | nom step «act 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. 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