--- title: She threw herself first upon one, and then upon the other; brought w… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: She threw herself first upon one, and then upon the other; brought water in her hand, which, from being webbed, was large and hollow, and poured it over them; but they were dead, and dead they would remain. Who acts: moon, hands. A sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. 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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 (moon, hands), 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:pg27200:86:55 # text = She threw herself first upon one, and then upon the other; brought water in her hand, which, from being webbed, was large and hollow, and poured it over them; but they were dead, and dead they would remain. 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 threw throw VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 herself herself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 2 obj _ _ 4 first first ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 2 advmod _ _ 5 upon upon ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 9 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 12 advmod _ _ 10 upon upon ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ; ; PUNCT : _ 14 punct _ _ 14 brought bring VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 15 amod _ _ 15 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 16 in in ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 18 nmod:poss _ _ 18 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 20 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 24 nsubj:pass _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 22 from from SCONJ IN _ 24 mark _ _ 23 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 24 aux:pass _ _ 24 webbed web VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 18 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 26 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 cop _ _ 27 large large ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 advcl _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 29 hollow hollow ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 32 poured pour VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 33 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 obj _ _ 34 over over ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 35 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 36 ; ; PUNCT : _ 40 punct _ _ 37 but but CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 38 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 39 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 40 cop _ _ 40 dead dead ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 42 and and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 43 dead dead ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 40 conj _ _ 44 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 46 nsubj _ _ 45 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 46 aux _ _ 46 remain remain VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **throw** | past | moon | moon | | moon's hand | | upon one; first *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **bring** | participle | | | | | | | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **web** | gerund · passive | | moon's hand | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **is** | past | moon *not said here* | | | | | large *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **be** | | moon *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **pour** | past | | water | | | | over hands *= hand* | vn preparing-26.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient | | 7 | **is** | past | hands *= hand* | | | | | dead *property* | tree rules | | 8 | **be** | | hands *= hand* *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 9 | **remain** | would | hands *= hand* | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «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 54](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/86/54/) - next →: [sentence 56](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/86/56/) - ↑ back to [The Marsh King's Daughter, part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/86/)