--- title: Meanwhile, the horse that had carried them in wild career stood quie… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: Meanwhile, the horse that had carried them in wild career stood quietly by, plucking at the tall bramble-bushes, till the ripe young berries fell down upon Helga's hands, as if inviting her to eat. Who acts: horse, ripe young berries, evil. 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C. Andersen, The Marsh King's Daughter, part 4. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (horse, ripe young berries, evil), 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:pg27200:86:31 # text = Meanwhile, the horse that had carried them in wild career stood quietly by, plucking at the tall bramble-bushes, till the ripe young berries fell down upon Helga's hands, as if inviting her to eat. 1 Meanwhile meanwhile ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 horse horse NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nsubj _ _ 5 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 7 nsubj:pass _ _ 6 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 7 carried carry VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 acl:relcl _ _ 8 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 obj _ _ 9 in in ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 wild wild ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 career career NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 12 stood stand VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 13 quietly quietly ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ _ 14 by by SCONJ IN _ 16 mark _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 16 plucking pluck VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 12 advcl _ _ 17 at at ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 19 tall tall ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 amod _ _ 20 bramble bramble NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 21 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 20 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 22 bushes bush NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 24 till till SCONJ IN _ 29 mark _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 26 ripe ripe ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 amod _ _ 27 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 amod _ _ 28 berries berry NOUN NNS Number=Plur 29 nsubj _ _ 29 fell fall VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 conj _ _ 30 down down ADV RB _ 29 advmod _ _ 31 upon upon ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 32 Helga Helga PROPN NNP Number=Sing 34 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 33 's 's PART POS _ 32 case _ _ 34 hands hand NOUN NNS Number=Plur 29 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 36 as as SCONJ IN _ 38 mark _ _ 37 if if SCONJ IN _ 38 mark _ _ 38 inviting invite VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 29 advcl _ _ 39 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 obj _ _ 40 to to PART TO _ 41 mark _ _ 41 eat eat VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 38 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 12 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **carry** | past · perfect · passive | | the horse | | wild career | | | vn cost-54.2 «NP V NP NP»: subject=Beneficiary they=Value | | 2 | **stand** | past | the horse | | | | | meanwhile, quietly *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **pluck** | gerund | the horse *not said here* | | | the tall bramble bushes | | | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V PP-Conative»: agent=Agent at bush=Source | | 4 | **fall down** | past | the ripe young berries | | | Helga's hands | | down *property* | vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme upon hand=Location | | 5 | **invite** | gerund | the ripe young berries *not said here* | evil | | | | | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent she=Recipient clause=Topic | | 6 | **eat** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | evil *not said here* | | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=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 30](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/86/30/) - next →: [sentence 32](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/86/32/) - ↑ back to [The Marsh King's Daughter, part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/86/)