--- title: She had been cross, unkind, and really spiteful to him; but he was v… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: She had been cross, unkind, and really spiteful to him; but he was very sorry, and took the dead woman and laid her in his warm bed to see if he could bring her to life again. Who acts: grandmother, Claus. A sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. 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Andersen, Little Claus and Big Claus. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (grandmother, Claus), 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:pg27200:71:114 # text = She had been cross, unkind, and really spiteful to him; but he was very sorry, and took the dead woman and laid her in his warm bed to see if he could bring her to life again. 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 4 cop _ _ 4 cross cross NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 6 unkind unkind ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 9 really really ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 10 spiteful spiteful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 conj _ _ 11 to to ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ; ; PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 14 but but CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 15 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 16 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 cop _ _ 17 very very ADV RB _ 18 advmod _ _ 18 sorry sorry ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 21 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 23 dead dead ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 amod _ _ 24 woman woman NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obj _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 26 laid lay VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 conj _ _ 27 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 obj _ _ 28 in in ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 29 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 31 nmod:poss _ _ 30 warm warm ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 amod _ _ 31 bed bed NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obl _ _ 32 to to PART TO _ 33 mark _ _ 33 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 26 advcl _ _ 34 if if SCONJ IN _ 37 mark _ _ 35 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 36 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 37 aux _ _ 37 bring bring VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 33 ccomp _ _ 38 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 obj _ _ 39 to to ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 40 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obl _ _ 41 again again ADV RB _ 37 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past · perfect | grandmother | cross | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **be** | | grandmother *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **is** | past | Claus | | | | | sorry *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **take** | past | | | the dead woman | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument woman=Destination | | 5 | **lay** | past | | grandmother | | Claus's warm bed | | | vn put\_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent she=Theme in bed=Destination | | 6 | **see** | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 7 | **bring** *a condition, not said to happen* | could | Claus | grandmother | | life | again | | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent she=Theme to life=Destination | 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 113](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/71/113/) - next →: [sentence 115](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/71/115/) - ↑ back to [Little Claus and Big Claus](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/71/)