--- title: One night, while she lay in her pretty bed, a large, ugly, wet toad… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: One night, while she lay in her pretty bed, a large, ugly, wet toad crept through a broken pane of glass in the window, and leaped right upon the table where Tiny lay sleeping under her rose-leaf quilt. Who acts: maiden, large wet toad, Tiny. 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C. Andersen, Little Tiny or Thumbelina. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (maiden, large wet toad, Tiny), 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:pg27200:79:16 # text = One night, while she lay in her pretty bed, a large, ugly, wet toad crept through a broken pane of glass in the window, and leaped right upon the table where Tiny lay sleeping under her rose-leaf quilt. 1 One one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 2 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 4 while while SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 5 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 6 lay lie VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 in in ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 8 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ _ 9 pretty pretty ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 bed bed NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 12 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 13 large large ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 15 ugly ugly ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 17 wet wet ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 amod _ _ 18 toad toad NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 nsubj _ _ 19 crept creep VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 parataxis _ _ 20 through through ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 21 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 22 broken break VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 23 amod _ _ 23 pane pane NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ _ 24 of of ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 25 glass glass NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 nmod _ _ 26 in in ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 window window NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 31 leaped leap VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 19 conj _ _ 32 right right ADV RB _ 35 advmod _ _ 33 upon upon ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 table table NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl _ _ 36 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 38 advmod _ _ 37 Tiny tiny ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 38 nsubj _ _ 38 lay lie VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 35 acl:relcl _ _ 39 sleeping sleep VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 38 xcomp _ _ 40 under under ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 41 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 45 nmod:poss _ _ 42 rose rose NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 43 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 42 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 44 leaf leaf NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 compound _ _ 45 quilt quilt NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **lie** | past | maiden | | | maiden's pretty bed | night | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in bed=Location | | 2 | **creep** | past | a large wet toad | | | a broken pane of glass | | in the window | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme through pane=Trajectory | | 3 | **break** | participle | | | | | | | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient | | 4 | **leap** | participle | a large wet toad *not said here* | | | the table | | | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme upon table=Trajectory | | 5 | **lie** | past | Tiny | | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **sleep** | gerund | Tiny *not said here* | | | maiden's leaf quilt | | | vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | 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 15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/79/15/) - next →: [sentence 17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/79/17/) - ↑ back to [Little Tiny or Thumbelina](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/79/)