--- title: Then the robbers, in terror, let her go, and she stood among them, a… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: Then the robbers, in terror, let her go, and she stood among them, a hideous monster; and as is the nature of frogs to do, she hopped up as high as her own size, and disappeared in the thicket. Who acts: robbers, mouth. A sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. 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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 (robbers, mouth), 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:pg27200:86:50 # text = Then the robbers, in terror, let her go, and she stood among them, a hideous monster; and as is the nature of frogs to do, she hopped up as high as her own size, and disappeared in the thicket. 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 3 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 robbers robber NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 5 in in ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 terror terror NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 8 let let VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 9 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 obj _ _ 10 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 13 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 14 stood stand VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 advcl _ _ 15 among among ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 16 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 18 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 19 hideous hideous ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 amod _ _ 20 monster monster NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 21 ; ; PUNCT : _ 26 punct _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 23 as as ADV RB _ 26 advmod _ _ 24 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 26 cop _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 nature nature NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ 27 of of ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 28 frogs frog NOUN NNS Number=Plur 26 nmod _ _ 29 to to PART TO _ 30 mark _ _ 30 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 26 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 32 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 33 hopped hop VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 parataxis _ _ 34 up up ADP RP _ 33 compound:prt _ _ 35 as as ADV RB _ 36 advmod _ _ 36 high high ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 33 xcomp _ _ 37 as as ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 38 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 40 nmod:poss _ _ 39 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 40 amod _ _ 40 size size NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 42 and and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 43 disappeared disappear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 33 conj _ _ 44 in in ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 45 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 thicket thicket NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **let** | infinitive | the robbers and terror | mouth | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **go** | infinitive | mouth *not said here* | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **stand** | past | mouth | a hideous monster | | | | among robbers *= robber* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent among they=Location | | 4 | **is a** | present | | the nature | | | | of frogs | tree rules | | 5 | **do** | to-infinitive | the robbers and terror *not said here* | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **hop up** | past | mouth | | | | | high *property* | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **disappear** | past | mouth *not said here* | | | the thicket | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «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. 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 49](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/86/49/) - next →: [sentence 51](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/86/51/) - ↑ back to [The Marsh King's Daughter, part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/86/)