--- title: Then, when I have made a step forward in the world, and found out a… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: Then, when I have made a step forward in the world, and found out a comfortable position, just as I could wish it to be, one of these human boys comes and ties me up, and leaves me to the mercy of the wild waves, while the emperor's favorite horse goes prancing about proudly on his golden shoes. 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C. Andersen, The Beetle Who Went on His Travels. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (I, favorite horse), 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:pg27200:8:134 # text = Then, when I have made a step forward in the world, and found out a comfortable position, just as I could wish it to be, one of these human boys comes and ties me up, and leaves me to the mercy of the wild waves, while the emperor's favorite horse goes prancing about proudly on his golden shoes. 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 6 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 when when SCONJ WRB _ 6 mark _ _ 4 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 5 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 6 made make VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 35 csubj _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 step step NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 9 forward forward ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 10 in in ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 world world NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 15 found find VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 parataxis _ _ 16 out out ADP RP _ 15 compound:prt _ _ 17 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 18 comfortable comfortable ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 amod _ _ 19 position position NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 21 just just ADV RB _ 25 advmod _ _ 22 as as SCONJ IN _ 25 mark _ _ 23 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 24 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 25 aux _ _ 25 wish wish VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 19 acl:relcl _ _ 26 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 obj _ _ 27 to to PART TO _ 28 mark _ _ 28 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 25 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 30 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 15 ccomp _ _ 31 of of ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 32 these this DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 34 det _ _ 33 human human ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 amod _ _ 34 boys boy NOUN NNS Number=Plur 30 nmod _ _ 35 comes come VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 37 ties tie VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 35 conj _ _ 38 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 37 obj _ _ 39 up up ADP RP _ 37 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 41 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 42 leaves leave VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 35 parataxis _ _ 43 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 42 obj _ _ 44 to to ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 45 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 mercy mercy NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obl _ _ 47 of of ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 48 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 50 det _ _ 49 wild wild ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 50 amod _ _ 50 waves wave NOUN NNS Number=Plur 46 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 51 , , PUNCT , _ 58 punct _ _ 52 while while SCONJ IN _ 58 mark _ _ 53 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 54 det _ _ 54 emperor emperor NOUN NN Number=Sing 57 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 55 's 's PART POS _ 54 case _ _ 56 favorite favorite ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 57 amod _ _ 57 horse horse NOUN NN Number=Sing 58 nsubj _ _ 58 goes go VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 42 conj _ _ 59 prancing prance VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 58 xcomp _ _ 60 about about ADV RB _ 61 advmod _ _ 61 proudly proudly ADV RB _ 59 advmod _ _ 62 on on ADP IN _ 65 case _ _ 63 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 65 nmod:poss _ _ 64 golden golden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 65 amod _ _ 65 shoes shoe NOUN NNS Number=Plur 59 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 66 . . PUNCT . _ 35 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** | present · perfect | I | a step | | the world | then | forward *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent step=Product | | 2 | **find out** | past | | a comfortable position | | | | | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent position=Topic | | 3 | **wish** | could | I | position | | | | | vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot it=Theme | | 4 | **come** | present | | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **tie up** | present | | me | | | | | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Patient | | 6 | **leave** | present | | me | the mercy of the wild waves | | | | vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent i=Theme to mercy=Recipient | | 7 | **go** | present | the emperor's favorite horse | | | | | | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 8 | **prance** | gerund | the emperor's favorite horse *not said here* | | | horse's golden shoes | | proudly *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on shoe=Trajectory | 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 133](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/8/133/) - next →: [sentence 135](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/8/135/) - ↑ back to [The Beetle Who Went on His Travels](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/8/)