--- title: At last it was decided that help could only come from the princess h… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: At last it was decided that help could only come from the princess herself, whose whole soul was wrapped up in her father, especially as a plan had been adopted by her to enable her to obtain a remedy. Who acts: help. A sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. 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C. Andersen, The Marsh King's Daughter, part 2. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (help), 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:pg27200:84:102 # text = At last it was decided that help could only come from the princess herself, whose whole soul was wrapped up in her father, especially as a plan had been adopted by her to enable her to obtain a remedy. 1 At at ADP IN _ 2 case _ _ 2 last last ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 obl _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj:pass _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux:pass _ _ 5 decided decide VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 6 that that SCONJ IN _ 10 mark _ _ 7 help help NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _ 8 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 10 aux _ _ 9 only only ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 10 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 ccomp _ _ 11 from from ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ _ 14 herself herself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 20 nsubj:pass _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 16 whose whose PRON WP$ Poss=Yes|PronType=Rel 18 nmod:poss _ _ 17 whole whole ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 amod _ _ 18 soul soul NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 nsubj:pass _ _ 19 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 aux:pass _ _ 20 wrapped wrap VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 13 acl:relcl _ _ 21 up up ADP RP _ 20 compound:prt _ _ 22 in in ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 24 nmod:poss _ _ 24 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 26 especially especially ADV RB _ 32 advmod _ _ 27 as as SCONJ IN _ 32 mark _ _ 28 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 plan plan NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 nsubj:pass _ _ 30 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 aux _ _ 31 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 32 aux:pass _ _ 32 adopted adopt VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 10 parataxis _ _ 33 by by ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 34 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 obl _ _ 35 to to PART TO _ 36 mark _ _ 36 enable enable VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 32 advcl _ _ 37 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 obj _ _ 38 to to PART TO _ 39 mark _ _ 39 obtain obtain VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 36 xcomp _ _ 40 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 remedy remedy NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **decide** | past · passive | | recipe | | last | | | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V PP.co-agent that S»: subject=Co-Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **come** | could | help | | | | | from the princess | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from princess=Initial\_Location | | 3 | **wrap up** | past · passive | | help | | | | in help's father | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme in father=Destination | | 4 | **adopt** | past · perfect · passive | help | a plan | | | | especially *property* | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme | | 5 | **enable** | to-infinitive | help *not said here* | help | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **obtain** | to-infinitive | help *not said here* | a remedy | | | | | vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset remedy=Theme | 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 101](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/84/101/) - next →: [sentence 103](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/84/103/) - ↑ back to [The Marsh King's Daughter, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/84/)