--- title: She had been told by the wise men, that if she laid her head on the… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: She had been told by the wise men, that if she laid her head on the breast of one of them, from the head she would learn where to find life and recovery for her father. Who acts: wise men, princess. 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 (wise men, princess), 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:pg27200:84:105 # text = She had been told by the wise men, that if she laid her head on the breast of one of them, from the head she would learn where to find life and recovery for her father. 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 4 aux:pass _ _ 4 told tell VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 5 by by ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 wise wise ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 10 that that SCONJ IN _ 13 mark _ _ 11 if if SCONJ IN _ 13 mark _ _ 12 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 13 laid lay VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 14 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 15 nmod:poss _ _ 15 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obj _ _ 16 on on ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 breast breast NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ _ 19 of of ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 20 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 18 nmod _ _ 21 of of ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 22 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 24 from from ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obl _ _ 27 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 28 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 29 aux _ _ 29 learn learn VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 13 conj _ _ 30 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 32 advmod _ _ 31 to to PART TO _ 32 mark _ _ 32 find find VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 29 xcomp _ _ 33 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obj _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 35 recovery recovery NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 conj _ _ 36 for for ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 38 nmod:poss _ _ 38 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 39 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past · perfect · passive | the wise men | princess | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent subject=Recipient | | 2 | **lay** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | princess | princess's head | | the breast of one of heads | | | vn put\_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent head=Theme on breast=Destination | | 3 | **learn** | would | princess | | | the head | | | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V PP.source wh-S\_INF»: agent=Agent from head=Source clause=Topic | | 4 | **find** | to-infinitive | princess *not said here* | life and recovery | | | | for princess's father | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent life=Theme for father=Beneficiary | 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 104](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/84/104/) - next →: [sentence 106](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/84/106/) - ↑ back to [The Marsh King's Daughter, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/84/)