--- title: She looked down, and saw two large ostriches running round quickly i… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: She looked down, and saw two large ostriches running round quickly in narrow circles; she had never seen these creatures before,--great, coarse, clumsy-looking birds with curious wings that looked as if they had been clipped, and the birds themselves had the appearance of having been roughly used. 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C. Andersen, The Marsh King's Daughter, part 6. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (daring, two large ostriches, curious wings, birds), 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:pg27200:88:31 # text = She looked down, and saw two large ostriches running round quickly in narrow circles; she had never seen these creatures before,--great, coarse, clumsy-looking birds with curious wings that looked as if they had been clipped, and the birds themselves had the appearance of having been roughly used. 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 looked look VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 down down ADP RP _ 2 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 6 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 7 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 9 nummod _ _ 8 large large ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 ostriches ostrich NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obj _ _ 10 running run VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 9 acl _ _ 11 round round ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 12 quickly quickly ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 13 in in ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 narrow narrow ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 amod _ _ 15 circles circle NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 ; ; PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 17 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 18 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 aux _ _ 19 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 20 advmod _ _ 20 seen see VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 2 parataxis _ _ 21 these this DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 22 det _ _ 22 creatures creature NOUN NNS Number=Plur 20 obj _ _ 23 before before ADV RB _ 20 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 25 -- -- PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 26 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 28 coarse coarse ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 30 clumsy clumsy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 32 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 31 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 30 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 32 looking look VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 26 advcl _ _ 33 birds bird NOUN NNS Number=Plur 32 obj _ _ 34 with with ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 curious curious ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 amod _ _ 36 wings wing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 32 obl _ _ 37 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 38 nsubj _ _ 38 looked look VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 acl:relcl _ _ 39 as as SCONJ IN _ 44 mark _ _ 40 if if SCONJ IN _ 44 mark _ _ 41 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 44 nsubj:pass _ _ 42 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 44 aux _ _ 43 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 44 aux:pass _ _ 44 clipped clip VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 38 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 45 , , PUNCT , _ 50 punct _ _ 46 and and CCONJ CC _ 50 cc _ _ 47 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 48 birds bird NOUN NNS Number=Plur 50 nsubj _ _ 49 themselves themselves PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 48 nmod _ _ 50 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 51 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 52 det _ _ 52 appearance appearance NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 obj _ _ 53 of of SCONJ IN _ 57 mark _ _ 54 having have AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 57 aux _ _ 55 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 57 aux:pass _ _ 56 roughly roughly ADV RB _ 57 advmod _ _ 57 used use VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 52 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 58 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **look down** | past | daring | | | | | | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | | 2 | **see** | past | daring *not said here* | two large ostriches | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer ostrich=Stimulus | | 3 | **run** | gerund | two large ostriches *not said here* | | | narrow circles | | quickly, round *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in circle=Trajectory | | 4 | **not** **see** | past · perfect | daring | this creatures | | | | before *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer creature=Stimulus | | 5 | **look** | gerund | daring *not said here* | birds | | | | with curious wings | vn seem-109-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme bird=Attribute | | 6 | **look** | past | curious wings | | | | | | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | | 7 | **clip** | past · perfect · passive | | wings *= wing* | | | | | vn cut-21.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | | 8 | **have** | past | the birds wings | the appearance | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent appearance=Patient | | 9 | **use** | gerund · perfect · passive | | the appearance *not said here* | | | | roughly *property* | vn eat-39.1 «NP V» | 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/pg27200/88/30/) - next →: [sentence 32](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/88/32/) - ↑ back to [The Marsh King's Daughter, part 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/88/)