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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 (creature, infant), 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:pg27200:83:85 # text = She was quite disgusted at this sight, and seized a heavy stick to kill the frog; but the creature looked at her with such strange, mournful eyes, that she was unable to strike the blow. 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux:pass _ _ 3 quite quite ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 disgusted disgust VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 5 at at ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 7 det _ _ 7 sight sight NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 10 seized seize VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 11 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 12 heavy heavy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 13 stick stick NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ _ 14 to to PART TO _ 15 mark _ _ 15 kill kill VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 13 acl _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 frog frog NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 18 ; ; PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 19 but but CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 creature creature NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 nsubj _ _ 22 looked look VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 conj _ _ 23 at at ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 24 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 obl _ _ 25 with with ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 26 such such ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 amod _ _ 27 strange strange ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 29 mournful mournful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 amod _ _ 30 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 22 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 32 that that SCONJ IN _ 35 mark _ _ 33 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 34 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 35 cop _ _ 35 unable unable ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 conj _ _ 36 to to PART TO _ 37 mark _ _ 37 strike strike VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 35 xcomp _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 blow blow NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 40 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **disgust** | past · passive | | infant | | this sight | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer | | 2 | **seize** | past | | a heavy stick | | | | | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent stick=Theme | | 3 | **kill** | to-infinitive | | the frog | | | | | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent frog=Theme | | 4 | **look** | past | the creature | | | | | at infant; with such strange mournful eyes | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at she=Theme | | 5 | **is** | past | infant | | | | | unable *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **strike** | to-infinitive | infant *not said here* | the blow | | | | | vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent blow=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 84](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/83/84/) - next →: [sentence 86](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/83/86/) - ↑ back to [The Marsh King's Daughter, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/83/)