--- title: The little one was so like the Egyptian princess, that the stork, at… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: The little one was so like the Egyptian princess, that the stork, at the first moment, thought it must be the princess herself, but after a little reflection he decided that it was much more likely to be the daughter of the princess and the Marsh King; and this explained also her being placed in the --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/83/62/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/) / [The Marsh King's Daughter, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/83/) / 62 # Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen, The Marsh King's Daughter, part 1, sentence 62 The little one was so like the Egyptian princess, that the stork, at the first moment, thought it must be the princess herself, but after a little reflection he decided that it was much more likely to be the daughter of the princess and the Marsh King; and this explained also her being placed in the cup of a water-lily. " **Who acts:** little one, stork, power, papa, it, this · **What happens:** be, think, decide, explain, place · **To what, where:** princess, daughter, cup · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. Andersen, The Marsh King's Daughter, part 1. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (little one, stork, power, papa), 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:pg27200:83:62 # text = The little one was so like the Egyptian princess, that the stork, at the first moment, thought it must be the princess herself, but after a little reflection he decided that it was much more likely to be the daughter of the princess and the Marsh King; and this explained also her being placed in the cup of a water-lily. " 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 cop _ _ 5 so so ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 6 like like ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 8 Egyptian Egyptian ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 11 that that SCONJ IN _ 20 mark _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 stork stork NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 15 at at ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 17 first first ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 18 amod _ _ 18 moment moment NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 20 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 parataxis _ _ 21 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 22 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 25 aux _ _ 23 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 25 cop _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 ccomp _ _ 26 herself herself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 25 nmod:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 28 but but CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 29 after after ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 30 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 31 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 32 amod _ _ 32 reflection reflection NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obl _ _ 33 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 34 decided decide VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 conj _ _ 35 that that SCONJ IN _ 40 mark _ _ 36 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 37 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 40 cop _ _ 38 much much ADV RB _ 39 advmod _ _ 39 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 40 advmod _ _ 40 likely likely ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 ccomp _ _ 41 to to PART TO _ 44 mark _ _ 42 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 44 cop _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 daughter daughter NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 xcomp _ _ 45 of of ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 46 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 47 princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 nmod _ _ 48 and and CCONJ CC _ 51 cc _ _ 49 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 51 det _ _ 50 Marsh Marsh PROPN NNP Number=Sing 51 compound _ _ 51 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 47 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 52 ; ; PUNCT : _ 55 punct _ _ 53 and and CCONJ CC _ 55 cc _ _ 54 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 55 nsubj _ _ 55 explained explain VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 parataxis _ _ 56 also also ADV RB _ 59 advmod _ _ 57 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 59 nmod:poss _ _ 58 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 59 aux:pass _ _ 59 placed place VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 55 ccomp _ _ 60 in in ADP IN _ 62 case _ _ 61 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 62 det _ _ 62 cup cup NOUN NN Number=Sing 59 obl _ _ 63 of of ADP IN _ 67 case _ _ 64 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 67 det _ _ 65 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 67 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 66 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 65 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 67 lily lily NOUN NN Number=Sing 62 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 68 . . PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ _ 69 " " PUNCT '' _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | the little one | | | | | like the Egyptian princess | tree rules | | 2 | **think** *speech: other* | past | the stork and the first moment | | | | | | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **is a** | must | power | the princess | | | | bud *nmod:unmarked* | tree rules | | 4 | **decide** | past | papa | | | | after a little reflection | | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **is** | past | it | | | | | likely *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **is a** | to-infinitive | | the daughter | | | | of the princess and the Marsh King | tree rules | | 7 | **explain** *speech: assert* | past | this | | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 8 | **place** | gerund · passive | | | | the cup of a water lily | | | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: in cup=Destination | 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 61](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/83/61/) - next →: [sentence 63](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/83/63/) - ↑ back to [The Marsh King's Daughter, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/83/)