--- title: It seemed that she only understood the meaning of the word "love," w… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: It seemed that she only understood the meaning of the word "love," when in the form of a miserable frog she crouched together in the corner of the sleeping chamber; but the Viking's wife had listened to the wonderful story, and had felt herself strangely moved by it. Who acts: It, Helga, wife. 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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 (It, Helga, wife), 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:pg27200:85:61 # text = It seemed that she only understood the meaning of the word "love," when in the form of a miserable frog she crouched together in the corner of the sleeping chamber; but the Viking's wife had listened to the wonderful story, and had felt herself strangely moved by it. 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 seemed seem VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 that that SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 4 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 5 only only ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 understood understand VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 ccomp _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 meaning meaning NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 9 of of ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 word word NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nmod _ _ 12 " " PUNCT `` _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 love love NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 " " PUNCT '' _ 13 punct _ _ 16 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 11 nmod _ _ 17 in in ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 form form NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nsubj _ _ 20 of of ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 21 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 22 miserable miserable ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 amod _ _ 23 frog frog NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 nmod _ _ 24 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 25 crouched crouch VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 acl:relcl _ _ 26 together together ADV RB _ 25 advmod _ _ 27 in in ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 corner corner NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ _ 30 of of ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 32 sleeping sleeping ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 33 amod _ _ 33 chamber chamber NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 34 ; ; PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 35 but but CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 Viking Viking PROPN NNP Number=Sing 39 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 38 's 's PART POS _ 37 case _ _ 39 wife wife NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 nsubj _ _ 40 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 41 aux _ _ 41 listened listen VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 2 conj _ _ 42 to to ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 44 wonderful wonderful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 45 amod _ _ 45 story story NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 46 , , PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 47 and and CCONJ CC _ 49 cc _ _ 48 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 49 aux _ _ 49 felt feel VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 2 parataxis _ _ 50 herself herself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 49 obl _ _ 51 strangely strangely ADV RB _ 52 advmod _ _ 52 moved move VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 49 advcl _ _ 53 by by ADP IN _ 54 case _ _ 54 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 52 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 55 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **seem** | past | It | | | | | | vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Theme clause=Attribute | | 2 | **understand** | past | Helga | the meaning of the word | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer meaning=Stimulus | | 3 | **crouch** | past | Helga | a miserable frog *not said here* | | the corner of the sleeping chamber | | together *property* | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location frog=Theme | | 4 | **listen** | past · perfect | the Viking's wife | | | | | to the wonderful story | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to story=Theme | | 5 | **feel** | past · perfect | | Helga | | | | | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | | 6 | **move** | participle | | | | | | by form; strangely *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme by it=Trajectory | | 7 | **mean** | | | the word | | | | | nom meaning «communication transitive»: of=patient | | 8 | **form** | | | a miserable frog | | | | | nom form «communication 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 60](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/85/60/) - next →: [sentence 62](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/85/62/) - ↑ back to [The Marsh King's Daughter, part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/85/)