--- title: She took off her girdle and tied one end of it round the butterfly,… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: She took off her girdle and tied one end of it round the butterfly, and the other end of the ribbon she fastened to the leaf, which now glided on much faster than ever, taking little Tiny with it as she stood. Who acts: Tiny, other end, leaf. 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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 (Tiny, other end, leaf), 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:pg27200:79:38 # text = She took off her girdle and tied one end of it round the butterfly, and the other end of the ribbon she fastened to the leaf, which now glided on much faster than ever, taking little Tiny with it as she stood. 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 off off ADP RP _ 2 compound:prt _ _ 4 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 5 girdle girdle NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 tied tie VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 8 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 9 nummod _ _ 9 end end NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ 10 of of ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nmod _ _ 12 round round ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 butterfly butterfly NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 18 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 amod _ _ 19 end end NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 nsubj _ _ 20 of of ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 ribbon ribbon NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 nmod _ _ 23 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 24 fastened fasten VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 25 to to ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 leaf leaf NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 29 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 31 nsubj _ _ 30 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 31 advmod _ _ 31 glided glide VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 acl:relcl _ _ 32 on on ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 much much ADV RB _ 34 advmod _ _ 34 faster fast ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 31 advmod _ _ 35 than than ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 36 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 34 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 38 taking take VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 24 advcl _ _ 39 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 40 amod _ _ 40 Tiny tiny ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 38 obj _ _ 41 with with ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 42 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 obl _ _ 43 as as SCONJ IN _ 45 mark _ _ 44 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 45 nsubj _ _ 45 stood stand VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 38 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **take off** | past | Tiny | Tiny's girdle | | | | | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent girdle=Theme | | 2 | **tie** | past | Tiny *not said here* | one end of end | | | | round the butterfly | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent end=Patient | | 3 | **fasten** | past | the other end of the ribbon | | | | | to the leaf | vn tape-22.4 «NP V ADV-Middle PP»: agent=Patient to leaf=Co-Patient | | 4 | **glide** | past | the leaf | | | | now | fast *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **take** | gerund | the other end of the ribbon *not said here* | little Tiny | | | with end | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tiny=Theme | | 6 | **stand** | past | Tiny | | | | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «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 37](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/79/37/) - next →: [sentence 39](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/79/39/) - ↑ back to [Little Tiny or Thumbelina](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/79/)