--- title: She let herself down gently from the tree, and, as the last sunbeam… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: She let herself down gently from the tree, and, as the last sunbeam vanished, she stood again in the wrinkled form of a frog, with the torn, webbed skin on her hands, but her eyes now gleamed with more radiant beauty than they had ever possessed in her most beautiful form of loveliness; they were no --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/86/72/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/) / [The Marsh King's Daughter, part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/86/) / 72 # Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen, The Marsh King's Daughter, part 4, sentence 72 She let herself down gently from the tree, and, as the last sunbeam vanished, she stood again in the wrinkled form of a frog, with the torn, webbed skin on her hands, but her eyes now gleamed with more radiant beauty than they had ever possessed in her most beautiful form of loveliness; they were now pure, mild maidenly eyes that shone forth in the face of a frog. **Who acts:** flock, last sunbeam, eyes, mild maidenly eyes · **What happens:** let down, vanish, stand, wrinkle, tear, web · **To what, where:** flock, tree, wrinkled form, eyes, beautiful form, face This is a sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. 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 (flock, last sunbeam, eyes, mild maidenly eyes), 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:pg27200:86:72 # text = She let herself down gently from the tree, and, as the last sunbeam vanished, she stood again in the wrinkled form of a frog, with the torn, webbed skin on her hands, but her eyes now gleamed with more radiant beauty than they had ever possessed in her most beautiful form of loveliness; they were now pure, mild maidenly eyes that shone forth in the face of a frog. 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 let let 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 down down ADP RP _ 2 compound:prt _ _ 5 gently gently ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 6 from from ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 12 as as SCONJ IN _ 16 mark _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 14 last last ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 amod _ _ 15 sunbeam sunbeam NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nsubj _ _ 16 vanished vanish VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 18 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 19 stood stand VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 20 again again ADV RB _ 19 advmod _ _ 21 in in ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 23 wrinkled wrinkle VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 24 amod _ _ 24 form form NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ _ 25 of of ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 frog frog NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 29 with with ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 31 torn tear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 34 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 33 webbed web VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 34 amod _ _ 34 skin skin NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ _ 35 on on ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 37 nmod:poss _ _ 37 hands hand NOUN NNS Number=Plur 34 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 39 but but CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 40 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 41 nmod:poss _ _ 41 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 43 nsubj _ _ 42 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 43 advmod _ _ 43 gleamed gleam VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 19 conj _ _ 44 with with ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 45 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 47 amod _ _ 46 radiant radiant ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 47 amod _ _ 47 beauty beauty NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obl _ _ 48 than than SCONJ IN _ 52 mark _ _ 49 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 52 nsubj:pass _ _ 50 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 52 aux _ _ 51 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 52 advmod _ _ 52 possessed possess VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 43 advcl _ _ 53 in in ADP IN _ 57 case _ _ 54 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 57 nmod:poss _ _ 55 most most ADV RBS Degree=Sup 56 advmod _ _ 56 beautiful beautiful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 57 amod _ _ 57 form form NOUN NN Number=Sing 52 obl _ _ 58 of of ADP IN _ 59 case _ _ 59 loveliness loveliness NOUN NN Number=Sing 57 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 60 ; ; PUNCT : _ 64 punct _ _ 61 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 64 nsubj _ _ 62 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 64 cop _ _ 63 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 64 advmod _ _ 64 pure pure ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 65 , , PUNCT , _ 68 punct _ _ 66 mild mild ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 68 amod _ _ 67 maidenly maidenly ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 68 amod _ _ 68 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 64 parataxis _ _ 69 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 70 nsubj _ _ 70 shone shine VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 68 acl:relcl _ _ 71 forth forth ADV RB _ 70 advmod _ _ 72 in in ADP IN _ 74 case _ _ 73 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 74 det _ _ 74 face face NOUN NN Number=Sing 70 obl _ _ 75 of of ADP IN _ 77 case _ _ 76 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 77 det _ _ 77 frog frog NOUN NN Number=Sing 74 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 78 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **let down** | past | flock | flock | | the tree | | gently *property* | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent herself=Theme | | 2 | **vanish** | past | the last sunbeam | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **stand** | past | flock | | | the wrinkled form of a frog | again | with the torn webbed skin on flock's hands | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in form=Location | | 4 | **wrinkle** | participle | | | | | | | vn bend-45.2 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 5 | **tear** | participle | | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **web** | participle | | | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **gleam** | participle | flock's eyes | | | | now | with more radiant beauty | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP.location V PP.theme»: agent=Location with beauty=Theme | | 8 | **possess** | past · perfect · passive | | eyes *= eye* | | flock's beautiful form of loveliness | ever | | vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 9 | **is** | past | eyes *= eye* | | | | now | pure *property* | tree rules | | 10 | **shine** | past | mild maidenly eyes | | | the face of a frog | | forth *property* | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in face=Location | | 11 | **form** | | | a frog | | | | | nom form «communication transitive»: of=patient | | 12 | **form** | | flock | loveliness | | | | | nom form «communication transitive»: poss=agent of=patient | 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 71](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/86/71/) - next →: [sentence 73](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/86/73/) - ↑ back to [The Marsh King's Daughter, part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/86/)