--- title: We will place her on one of the water-lily leaves out in the stream;… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: We will place her on one of the water-lily leaves out in the stream; it will be like an island to her, she is so light and small, and then she cannot escape; and, while she is away, we will make haste and prepare the state-room under the marsh, in which you are to live when you are married." 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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 (one, stream, toad, we), 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:pg27200:79:21 # text = We will place her on one of the water-lily leaves out in the stream; it will be like an island to her, she is so light and small, and then she cannot escape; and, while she is away, we will make haste and prepare the state-room under the marsh, in which you are to live when you are married." 1 We we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 4 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nmod _ _ 5 on on ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 12 nsubj _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 9 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 10 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 lily lily NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nmod _ _ 12 leaves leave VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 acl:relcl _ _ 13 out out ADP RP _ 12 compound:prt _ _ 14 in in ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 stream stream NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 ; ; PUNCT : _ 23 punct _ _ 18 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 19 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 23 aux _ _ 20 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 23 cop _ _ 21 like like ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 island island NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 appos _ _ 24 to to ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 25 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 27 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 28 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 30 cop _ _ 29 so so ADV RB _ 30 advmod _ _ 30 light light ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 conj _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 32 small small ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 35 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 39 advmod _ _ 36 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 37 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 39 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 38 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 39 advmod _ _ 39 escape escape VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 30 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 40 ; ; PUNCT : _ 50 punct _ _ 41 and and CCONJ CC _ 46 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 43 while while SCONJ IN _ 46 mark _ _ 44 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 46 nsubj _ _ 45 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 46 cop _ _ 46 away away ADV RB _ 50 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 47 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 48 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 50 nsubj _ _ 49 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 50 aux _ _ 50 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 30 parataxis _ _ 51 haste haste NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 obj _ _ 52 and and CCONJ CC _ 53 cc _ _ 53 prepare prepare VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 50 conj _ _ 54 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 57 det _ _ 55 state state NOUN NN Number=Sing 57 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 56 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 55 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 57 room room NOUN NN Number=Sing 53 obj _ _ 58 under under ADP IN _ 60 case _ _ 59 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 60 det _ _ 60 marsh marsh NOUN NN Number=Sing 53 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 61 , , PUNCT , _ 67 punct _ _ 62 in in ADP IN _ 63 case _ _ 63 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 67 obl _ _ 64 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 67 nsubj _ _ 65 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 67 cop _ _ 66 to to PART TO _ 67 mark _ _ 67 live live VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 50 conj _ _ 68 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 71 advmod _ _ 69 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 71 nsubj:pass _ _ 70 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 71 aux:pass _ _ 71 married marry VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 67 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 72 . . PUNCT . _ 23 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 73 " " PUNCT '' _ 23 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **leave out** | present | one of the water lily | place toad *not said here* | | the stream | | | vn neglect-75.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent place=Theme | | 2 | **is** | future | stream | | toad | | | like a island | tree rules | | 3 | **is** | present | toad | | | | | light *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **be** | | toad *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **not** **escape** | can | toad | | | | then | | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **is** | present | toad | | | | | away *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **make** | future | we | haste | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent haste=Product | | 8 | **prepare** | infinitive | we *not said here* | the state room | | the marsh | | | vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent room=Patient | | 9 | **is** | present | you | | | | | live *property* | tree rules | | 10 | **marry** | present · passive | | you | | | | | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=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. 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 20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/79/20/) - next →: [sentence 22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/79/22/) - ↑ back to [Little Tiny or Thumbelina](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/79/)