--- title: "One can scarcely believe that she was ever small enough to lie in t… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: "One can scarcely believe that she was ever small enough to lie in the cup of the water-lily," said the papa stork; "and now she is grown up, and the image of her Egyptian mother, especially about the eyes. Who acts: One, woman, papa stork. 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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 (One, woman, papa stork), 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:pg27200:85:36 # text = "One can scarcely believe that she was ever small enough to lie in the cup of the water-lily," said the papa stork; "and now she is grown up, and the image of her Egyptian mother, especially about the eyes. 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 One one PRON PRP Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 3 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 4 scarcely scarcely ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 believe believe VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 6 that that SCONJ IN _ 10 mark _ _ 7 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 8 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 cop _ _ 9 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 10 advmod _ _ 10 small small ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 advcl _ _ 11 enough enough ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 12 to to PART TO _ 13 mark _ _ 13 lie lie VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 advcl _ _ 14 in in ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 cup cup NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ _ 17 of of ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 19 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 20 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 19 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 21 lily lily NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 23 " " PUNCT '' _ 10 punct _ _ 24 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 advcl _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 26 papa papa NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 compound _ _ 27 stork stork NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 28 ; ; PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 29 " " PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 31 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 34 advmod _ _ 32 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 33 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 34 aux:pass _ _ 34 grown grow VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 ccomp _ _ 35 up up ADP RP _ 34 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 image image NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 parataxis _ _ 40 of of ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 41 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 43 nmod:poss _ _ 42 Egyptian Egyptian ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 43 amod _ _ 43 mother mother NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 44 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 45 especially especially ADV RB _ 48 advmod _ _ 46 about about ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 47 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 48 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 39 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 49 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **believe** *in a quote* | can | One | | | | | scarcely *property* | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 2 | **is** *in a quote* | past | woman | | | | ever | enough, small *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **lie** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | woman *not said here* | | | the cup of the water lily | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in cup=Location | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the papa stork | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **grow up** *in a quote* | present · passive | | woman | | | now | | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Theme | | 6 | **image** *in a quote* | | | woman's Egyptian mother | | | | | nom image «cognition transitive»: of=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 35](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/85/35/) - next →: [sentence 37](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/85/37/) - ↑ back to [The Marsh King's Daughter, part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/85/)