--- title: A glance from her eyes was a signal to frighten them away, and they… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: A glance from her eyes was a signal to frighten them away, and they were not clever enough to find out who she was; indeed she hardly knew herself. Who acts: glance, eyes, flock. 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 (glance, eyes, flock), 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:pg27200:86:70 # text = A glance from her eyes was a signal to frighten them away, and they were not clever enough to find out who she was; indeed she hardly knew herself. 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 glance glance NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 3 from from ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 5 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nmod _ _ 6 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 cop _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 signal signal NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 9 to to PART TO _ 10 mark _ _ 10 frighten frighten VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 acl _ _ 11 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 obj _ _ 12 away away ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 15 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 16 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 cop _ _ 17 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 18 advmod _ _ 18 clever clever ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 parataxis _ _ 19 enough enough ADV RB _ 18 advmod _ _ 20 to to PART TO _ 21 mark _ _ 21 find find VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 18 advcl _ _ 22 out out ADP RP _ 21 compound:prt _ _ 23 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 21 obj _ _ 24 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 25 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 26 ; ; PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 27 indeed indeed ADV RB _ 30 advmod _ _ 28 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 29 hardly hardly ADV RB _ 30 advmod _ _ 30 knew know VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 conj _ _ 31 herself herself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 30 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 32 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | a glance from flock's eyes | a signal | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **frighten away** | to-infinitive | | eyes *= eye* | | | | away *property* | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus they=Experiencer | | 3 | **not** **is** | past | eyes *= eye* | | | | | clever, enough *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **find out** | to-infinitive | eyes *= eye* *not said here* | | | | | | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent who=Topic | | 5 | **know** | past | flock | flock | | | | hardly, indeed *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer herself=Stimulus | 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 69](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/86/69/) - next →: [sentence 71](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/86/71/) - ↑ back to [The Marsh King's Daughter, part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/86/)