--- title: I was angry with the willful child, and felt glad when her father ca… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: I was angry with the willful child, and felt glad when her father came out and scolded her more violently than yesterday, holding her roughly by the arm; she held down her head, and her blue eyes were full of large tears. ' Who acts: I, father, child, blue eyes. 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' **Who acts:** I, father, child, blue eyes · **What happens:** be, feel, come out, scold, hold, hold down · **To what, where:** child, head This is a sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. Andersen, Second Evening. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (I, father, child, blue 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:pg27200:93:10 # text = I was angry with the willful child, and felt glad when her father came out and scolded her more violently than yesterday, holding her roughly by the arm; she held down her head, and her blue eyes were full of large tears. ' 1 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 angry angry ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 4 with with ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 willful willful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 child child NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 10 felt feel VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 11 glad glad ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 xcomp _ _ 12 when when SCONJ WRB _ 15 mark _ _ 13 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 14 nmod:poss _ _ 14 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nsubj _ _ 15 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 advcl _ _ 16 out out ADV RB _ 15 advmod _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 18 scolded scold VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 conj _ _ 19 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 obj _ _ 20 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 21 advmod _ _ 21 violently violently ADV RB _ 18 advmod _ _ 22 than than ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 23 yesterday yesterday NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 25 holding hold VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 18 advcl _ _ 26 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 obj _ _ 27 roughly roughly ADV RB _ 25 advmod _ _ 28 by by ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 arm arm NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 31 ; ; PUNCT : _ 33 punct _ _ 32 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 33 held hold VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 34 down down ADP RP _ 33 compound:prt _ _ 35 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 36 nmod:poss _ _ 36 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 39 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 41 nmod:poss _ _ 40 blue blue ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 41 amod _ _ 41 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 43 nsubj _ _ 42 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 43 cop _ _ 43 full full ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 33 parataxis _ _ 44 of of ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 45 large large ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 46 amod _ _ 46 tears tear NOUN NNS Number=Plur 43 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ 48 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | I | | | | | with the willful child; angry *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **feel** | past | I *not said here* | | | | | glad *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus | | 3 | **come out** | past | child's father | | | | | out *property* | vn become-109.1 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Patient | | 4 | **scold** | past | child's father *not said here* | child | | | | violently *property* | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme | | 5 | **hold** | gerund | child's father *not said here* | child | | | | by the arm; roughly *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent she=Theme by arm=Location | | 6 | **hold down** | past | child | child's head | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent head=Theme | | 7 | **is** | past | child's blue eyes | | | | | of large tears; full *property* | tree rules | 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. 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