--- title: I was frightened, to be sure, while I lay tied up in the sack, and t… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: I was frightened, to be sure, while I lay tied up in the sack, and the wind whistled in my ears when you threw me into the river from the bridge, and I sank to the bottom immediately; but I did not hurt myself, for I fell upon beautifully soft grass which grows down there; and in a moment, the sack --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/71/185/) [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/) / [Little Claus and Big Claus](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/71/) / 185 # Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen, Little Claus and Big Claus, sentence 185 I was frightened, to be sure, while I lay tied up in the sack, and the wind whistled in my ears when you threw me into the river from the bridge, and I sank to the bottom immediately; but I did not hurt myself, for I fell upon beautifully soft grass which grows down there; and in a moment, the sack opened, and the sweetest little maiden came towards me. **Who acts:** I, wind, you, soft grass, sack, sweetest little maiden · **What happens:** frighten, be, lay, tie up, whistle, throw · **To what, where:** I, sack, me, river, myself, soft grass This is a sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. 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 (I, wind, you, soft grass), 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:pg27200:71:185 # text = I was frightened, to be sure, while I lay tied up in the sack, and the wind whistled in my ears when you threw me into the river from the bridge, and I sank to the bottom immediately; but I did not hurt myself, for I fell upon beautifully soft grass which grows down there; and in a moment, the sack opened, and the sweetest little maiden came towards me. 1 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux:pass _ _ 3 frightened frighten VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 6 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 7 cop _ _ 7 sure sure ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 9 while while SCONJ IN _ 11 mark _ _ 10 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 11 lay lay VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 12 tied tie VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 11 xcomp _ _ 13 up up ADP RP _ 12 compound:prt _ _ 14 in in ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 sack sack NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 wind wind NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 nsubj _ _ 21 whistled whistle VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 advcl _ _ 22 in in ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 24 nmod:poss _ _ 24 ears ear NOUN NNS Number=Plur 21 obl _ _ 25 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 27 advmod _ _ 26 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 27 threw throw VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 advcl _ _ 28 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 27 obj _ _ 29 into into ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 river river NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl _ _ 32 from from ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 bridge bridge NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 37 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 38 sank sink VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 advcl _ _ 39 to to ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 bottom bottom NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obl _ _ 42 immediately immediately ADV RB _ 38 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 43 ; ; PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 44 but but CCONJ CC _ 48 cc _ _ 45 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 48 nsubj _ _ 46 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 48 aux _ _ 47 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 48 advmod _ _ 48 hurt hurt VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 advcl _ _ 49 myself myself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 48 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 50 , , PUNCT , _ 53 punct _ _ 51 for for SCONJ IN _ 53 mark _ _ 52 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 53 nsubj _ _ 53 fell fall VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 54 upon upon ADP IN _ 57 case _ _ 55 beautifully beautifully ADV RB _ 56 advmod _ _ 56 soft soft ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 57 amod _ _ 57 grass grass NOUN NN Number=Sing 53 obl _ _ 58 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 59 nsubj _ _ 59 grows grow VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 57 acl:relcl _ _ 60 down down ADV RB _ 61 advmod _ _ 61 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 59 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 62 ; ; PUNCT : _ 70 punct _ _ 63 and and CCONJ CC _ 70 cc _ _ 64 in in ADP IN _ 66 case _ _ 65 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 66 det _ _ 66 moment moment NOUN NN Number=Sing 70 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 67 , , PUNCT , _ 66 punct _ _ 68 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 69 det _ _ 69 sack sack NOUN NN Number=Sing 70 nsubj _ _ 70 opened open VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 71 , , PUNCT , _ 77 punct _ _ 72 and and CCONJ CC _ 77 cc _ _ 73 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 76 det _ _ 74 sweetest sweet ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 76 amod _ _ 75 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 76 amod _ _ 76 maiden maiden NOUN NN Number=Sing 77 nsubj _ _ 77 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 70 conj _ _ 78 towards towards ADP IN _ 79 case _ _ 79 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 77 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 80 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **frighten** | past · passive | | I | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer | | 2 | **is** | to-infinitive | | | | | | sure *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **lay** | present | I | | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **tie up** | participle | I *not said here* | | | the sack | | | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V ADVP-Middle»: agent=Patient | | 5 | **whistle** | past | the wind | | | | | in my ears | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in ear=Theme | | 6 | **throw** | past | you | me | | the river | | from the bridge | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location PP.destination»: agent=Agent i=Theme into river=Destination from bridge=Initial\_Location | | 7 | **sink** | past | I | | | | | to the bottom; immediately *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 8 | **not** **hurt** | past · do-support | I | myself | | | | | vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer myself=Patient | | 9 | **fall** | past | I | | | soft grass | | | vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme upon grass=Location | | 10 | **grow** | present | soft grass | | | there | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 11 | **open** | past | the sack | | | | moment | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 12 | **come** | past | the sweetest little maiden | | | | | towards me | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme towards i=Initial\_Location | 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 184](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/71/184/) - next →: [sentence 186](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/71/186/) - ↑ back to [Little Claus and Big Claus](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/71/)