--- title: Tiny said nothing; but when the two others had turned their backs on… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: Tiny said nothing; but when the two others had turned their backs on the bird, she stooped down and stroked aside the soft feathers which covered the head, and kissed the closed eyelids. " Who acts: Tiny, two others, soft feathers. A sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. 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" **Who acts:** Tiny, two others, soft feathers · **What happens:** say, turn, stoop down, stroke, cover, kiss · **To what, where:** nothing, backs, head, closed eyelids · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. 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, two others, soft feathers), 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:pg27200:79:93 # text = Tiny said nothing; but when the two others had turned their backs on the bird, she stooped down and stroked aside the soft feathers which covered the head, and kissed the closed eyelids. " 1 Tiny Tiny PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 2 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 ; ; PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 5 but but CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 6 when when SCONJ WRB _ 11 mark _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 8 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 9 nummod _ _ 9 others other NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 nsubj _ _ 10 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ _ 11 turned turn VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 19 advcl _ _ 12 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 13 nmod:poss _ _ 13 backs back NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 obj _ _ 14 on on ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 bird bird NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 18 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 19 stooped stoop VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 20 down down ADP RP _ 19 compound:prt _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 22 stroked stroke VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 19 conj _ _ 23 aside aside ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 25 soft soft ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 amod _ _ 26 feathers feather NOUN NNS Number=Plur 22 obl _ _ 27 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 28 nsubj _ _ 28 covered cover VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 acl:relcl _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 33 kissed kiss VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 35 closed close VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 36 amod _ _ 36 eyelids eyelid NOUN NNS Number=Plur 33 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 37 . . PUNCT . _ 33 punct _ _ 38 " " PUNCT '' _ 33 punct _ SpaceAfter=No ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Tiny | nothing | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent nothing=Topic | | 2 | **turn** | past · perfect | the two others | others's backs | | | | on the bird | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent back=Theme | | 3 | **stoop down** | past | Tiny | | | | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **stroke** | participle | Tiny *not said here* | | | | | aside the soft feathers | vn touch-20-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **cover** | past | the soft feathers | the head | | | | | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme head=Destination | | 6 | **kiss** | past | | the closed eyelids | | | | | vn marry-36.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent eyelid=Co-Agent | | 7 | **close** | participle | | | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=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 92](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/79/92/) - next →: [sentence 94](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/79/94/) - ↑ back to [Little Tiny or Thumbelina](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/79/)