--- title: She sprang from the couch and opened the window hastily; at the same… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: She sprang from the couch and opened the window hastily; at the same moment the sun rose, and threw its beams through the window, till it rested on the couch where the great frog lay. Who acts: infant, sun, great frog. A sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. 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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 (infant, sun, great frog), 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:pg27200:83:87 # text = She sprang from the couch and opened the window hastily; at the same moment the sun rose, and threw its beams through the window, till it rested on the couch where the great frog lay. 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 sprang spring VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 from from ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 couch couch NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 opened open VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 window window NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ 10 hastily hastily ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ; ; PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 12 at at ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 14 same same ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 amod _ _ 15 moment moment NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obl _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 sun sun NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nsubj _ _ 18 rose rise VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 21 threw throw VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 22 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 23 nmod:poss _ _ 23 beams beam NOUN NNS Number=Plur 21 obj _ _ 24 through through ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 window window NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 28 till till SCONJ IN _ 30 mark _ _ 29 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 30 rested rest VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 conj _ _ 31 on on ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 couch couch NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl _ _ 34 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 38 advmod _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 36 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 amod _ _ 37 frog frog NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 nsubj _ _ 38 lay lay VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 33 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 39 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **spring** | past | infant | | | the couch | | | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme from couch=Trajectory | | 2 | **open** | past | infant *not said here* | the window | | | | hastily *property* | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location window=Theme | | 3 | **rise** | past | the sun | | | | moment | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **throw** | past | | sun's beams | | the window | | | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent beam=Theme through window=Destination | | 5 | **rest** | past | sun | | | the couch | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on couch=Location | | 6 | **lay** | present | the great frog | | | | | | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **beam** | | sun | | | | | | nom beam «communication transitive»: poss=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 86](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/83/86/) - next →: [sentence 88](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/83/88/) - ↑ back to [The Marsh King's Daughter, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/83/)