--- title: The Ice Maiden rode on the howling wind across the deep valleys, the… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: The Ice Maiden rode on the howling wind across the deep valleys, the country, as far as Bex, was covered with a carpet of snow, so that the Ice Maiden could follow Rudy, and see him, when he visited the mill; and while in the room at the miller's house, where he was accustomed to spend so much of hi --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/59/27/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/) / [VIII. What Fresh News the Parlor-cat H…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/59/) / 27 # Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen, VIII. What Fresh News the Parlor-cat Had to Tell, sentence 27 The Ice Maiden rode on the howling wind across the deep valleys, the country, as far as Bex, was covered with a carpet of snow, so that the Ice Maiden could follow Rudy, and see him, when he visited the mill; and while in the room at the miller's house, where he was accustomed to spend so much of his time with Babette. **Who acts:** Ice Maiden, Rudy · **What happens:** ride, cover, follow, see, visit, accustom · **To what, where:** country, howling wind, Rudy, mill, much This is a sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. Andersen, VIII. What Fresh News the Parlor-cat Had to Tell. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Ice Maiden, Rudy), 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:pg27200:59:27 # text = The Ice Maiden rode on the howling wind across the deep valleys, the country, as far as Bex, was covered with a carpet of snow, so that the Ice Maiden could follow Rudy, and see him, when he visited the mill; and while in the room at the miller's house, where he was accustomed to spend so much of his time with Babette. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 Ice Ice PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 compound _ _ 3 Maiden Maiden PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 rode ride VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 on on ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 howling howling NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 compound _ _ 8 wind wind NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 9 across across ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 11 deep deep ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 12 valleys valley NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 country country NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 17 as as ADV RB _ 18 advmod _ _ 18 far far ADV RB Degree=Pos 4 advmod _ _ 19 as as ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 20 Bex Bex PROPN NNP Number=Sing 18 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 22 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 aux:pass _ _ 23 covered cover VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 parataxis _ _ 24 with with ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 carpet carpet NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ _ 27 of of ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 28 snow snow NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 30 so so SCONJ IN _ 36 mark _ _ 31 that that SCONJ IN _ 36 mark _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 33 Ice Ice PROPN NNP Number=Sing 34 compound _ _ 34 Maiden Maiden PROPN NNP Number=Sing 36 nsubj _ _ 35 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 36 aux _ _ 36 follow follow VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 23 parataxis _ _ 37 Rudy Rudy PROPN NNP Number=Sing 36 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 39 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 40 see see VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 36 conj _ _ 41 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 43 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 45 advmod _ _ 44 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 45 nsubj _ _ 45 visited visit VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 40 advcl _ _ 46 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 47 mill mill NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 48 ; ; PUNCT , _ 53 punct _ _ 49 and and CCONJ CC _ 53 cc _ _ 50 while while SCONJ IN _ 53 mark _ _ 51 in in ADP IN _ 53 case _ _ 52 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 53 det _ _ 53 room room NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 54 at at ADP IN _ 58 case _ _ 55 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 56 det _ _ 56 miller miller NOUN NN Number=Sing 58 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 57 's 's PART POS _ 56 case _ _ 58 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 53 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 59 , , PUNCT , _ 63 punct _ _ 60 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 63 advmod _ _ 61 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 63 nsubj _ _ 62 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 63 aux:pass _ _ 63 accustomed accustom VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 53 acl:relcl _ _ 64 to to PART TO _ 65 mark _ _ 65 spend spend VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 63 xcomp _ _ 66 so so ADV RB _ 67 advmod _ _ 67 much much ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 65 obj _ _ 68 of of ADP IN _ 70 case _ _ 69 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 70 nmod:poss _ _ 70 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 67 nmod _ _ 71 with with ADP IN _ 72 case _ _ 72 Babette Babette PROPN NNP Number=Sing 65 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 73 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ride** | past | the Ice Maiden | the country | | the howling wind | | across the deep valleys; in the room at the miller's house; far *property* | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent across valley=Trajectory | | 2 | **cover** | past · passive | | | | | | with a carpet of snow | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: with carpet=Theme | | 3 | **follow** | could | the Ice Maiden | Rudy | | | | | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rudy=Theme | | 4 | **see** | infinitive | the Ice Maiden *not said here* | Rudy | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus | | 5 | **visit** | past | Rudy | the mill | | | | | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mill=Co-Agent | | 6 | **accustom** | past · passive | | Rudy | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **spend** | to-infinitive | | much of Rudy's time | | | | with Babette | vn consume-66-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent much=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 26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/59/26/) - next →: [sentence 28](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/59/28/) - ↑ back to [VIII. What Fresh News the Parlor-cat Had to Tell](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/59/)