--- title: Here she was able, from her frog nature, to dip and dive about in th… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: Here she was able, from her frog nature, to dip and dive about in the water of the deep well, until at last she would climb forth like a cat, and come back into the hall dripping with water, so that the green leaves that were strewed on the floor were whirled round, and carried away by the streams t --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/85/28/) [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 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/85/) / 28 # Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen, The Marsh King's Daughter, part 3, sentence 28 Here she was able, from her frog nature, to dip and dive about in the water of the deep well, until at last she would climb forth like a cat, and come back into the hall dripping with water, so that the green leaves that were strewed on the floor were whirled round, and carried away by the streams that flowed from her. **Who acts:** Viking, hall, streams · **What happens:** be, dip, dive, climb, come back, drip · **To what, where:** frog nature, hall, green leaves, floor This is a sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. Andersen, The Marsh King's Daughter, part 3. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Viking, hall, streams), 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:pg27200:85:28 # text = Here she was able, from her frog nature, to dip and dive about in the water of the deep well, until at last she would climb forth like a cat, and come back into the hall dripping with water, so that the green leaves that were strewed on the floor were whirled round, and carried away by the streams that flowed from her. 1 Here here ADV RB PronType=Dem 4 advmod _ _ 2 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 4 able able ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 6 from from ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 7 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 8 frog frog NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 compound _ _ 9 nature nature NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 11 to to PART TO _ 12 mark _ _ 12 dip dip VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 14 dive dive VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 12 conj _ _ 15 about about ADV RB _ 14 advmod _ _ 16 in in ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obl _ _ 19 of of ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 21 deep deep ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 amod _ _ 22 well well NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 24 until until ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 at at ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 26 last last ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 conj _ _ 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 climb climb VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 26 parataxis _ _ 30 forth forth ADV RB _ 29 advmod _ _ 31 like like ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 cat cat NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 36 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 29 conj _ _ 37 back back ADV RB _ 36 advmod _ _ 38 into into ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 hall hall NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl _ _ 41 dripping drip VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 40 acl _ _ 42 with with ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 43 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 44 , , PUNCT , _ 57 punct _ _ 45 so so SCONJ IN _ 57 mark _ _ 46 that that SCONJ IN _ 57 mark _ _ 47 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 48 green green ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 49 amod _ _ 49 leaves leaf NOUN NNS Number=Plur 57 nsubj:pass _ _ 50 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 52 nsubj _ _ 51 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 52 aux:pass _ _ 52 strewed strew VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 49 acl:relcl _ _ 53 on on ADP IN _ 55 case _ _ 54 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 55 det _ _ 55 floor floor NOUN NN Number=Sing 52 obl _ _ 56 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 57 aux:pass _ _ 57 whirled whirl VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 36 parataxis _ _ 58 round round ADV RB _ 57 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 59 , , PUNCT , _ 61 punct _ _ 60 and and CCONJ CC _ 61 cc _ _ 61 carried carry VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 57 conj _ _ 62 away away ADV RB _ 61 advmod _ _ 63 by by ADP IN _ 65 case _ _ 64 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 65 det _ _ 65 streams stream NOUN NNS Number=Plur 61 obl _ _ 66 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 67 nsubj _ _ 67 flowed flow VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 65 acl:relcl _ _ 68 from from ADP IN _ 69 case _ _ 69 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 67 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 70 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | Viking | | | Viking's frog nature; here | | able *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **dip** | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn meander-47.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **dive** | infinitive | | | | | | in the water of the deep well; about *property* | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.patient V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient in water=Attribute | | 4 | **climb** | would | Viking | | | | | like a cat; forth *property* | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **come back** | infinitive | Viking *not said here* | | | the hall | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme into hall=Initial\_Location | | 6 | **drip** | gerund | the hall *not said here* | | | | | with water | vn substance\_emission-43.4-1 «NP.location V PP.theme»: agent=Location with water=Theme | | 7 | **strew** | past · passive | | the green leaves | | the floor | | | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme on floor=Destination | | 8 | **whirl** | past · passive | | the green leaves | | | | round *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: subject=Theme | | 9 | **carry away** | participle | | | | | | by the streams; away *property* | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 10 | **flow** | past | the streams | | | | | from Viking | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=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. 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