--- title: The ugly frog, in its monstrous shape, stood before her, and raised… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: The ugly frog, in its monstrous shape, stood before her, and raised its brown mournful eyes to her face, listening to her words, and seeming to understand them with the intelligence of a human being. Who acts: ugly frog, Helga. A sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. 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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 (ugly frog, Helga), 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:pg27200:85:75 # text = The ugly frog, in its monstrous shape, stood before her, and raised its brown mournful eyes to her face, listening to her words, and seeming to understand them with the intelligence of a human being. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 ugly ugly ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 frog frog NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 5 in in ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 6 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 7 monstrous monstrous ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 shape shape NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 10 stood stand VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 11 before before ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 15 raised raise VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 conj _ _ 16 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 19 nmod:poss _ _ 17 brown brown ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 amod _ _ 18 mournful mournful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 amod _ _ 19 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 15 obj _ _ 20 to to ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 22 nmod:poss _ _ 22 face face NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 24 listening listen VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 15 advcl _ _ 25 to to ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 27 nmod:poss _ _ 27 words word NOUN NNS Number=Plur 24 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 30 seeming seem VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 10 advcl _ _ 31 to to PART TO _ 32 mark _ _ 32 understand understand VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 30 xcomp _ _ 33 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 obj _ _ 34 with with ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 intelligence intelligence NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl _ _ 37 of of SCONJ IN _ 39 mark _ _ 38 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 human human ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 acl _ _ 40 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 39 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 41 . . PUNCT . _ 10 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stand** | past | the ugly frog and frog's monstrous shape | | | | before Helga | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent before she=Location | | 2 | **raise** | past | the ugly frog and frog's monstrous shape *not said here* | frog's brown mournful eyes | | Helga's face | | | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent eye=Theme to face=Destination | | 3 | **listen** | gerund | the ugly frog and frog's monstrous shape *not said here* | | | | | to Helga's words | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to word=Theme | | 4 | **seem** | gerund | the ugly frog and frog's monstrous shape *not said here* | | | | | | vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Theme clause=Attribute | | 5 | **understand** | to-infinitive | the ugly frog and frog's monstrous shape *not said here* | eyes *= eye* | | | | with the intelligence | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer they=Stimulus | | 6 | **word** | | Helga | | | | | | nom word «communication transitive»: poss=agent | 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 74](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/85/74/) - next →: [sentence 76](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/85/76/) - ↑ back to [The Marsh King's Daughter, part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/85/)