--- title: So he placed his daughter in a sledge, not even daring to give her a… — The Yellow Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: So he placed his daughter in a sledge, not even daring to give her a horse-cloth to keep herself warm with, and drove her out on to the bare, open fields, where he kissed her and left her, driving home as fast as he could, that he might not witness her miserable death. Who acts: frost, girl. 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The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (frost, girl), 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:pg640:37:9 # text = So he placed his daughter in a sledge, not even daring to give her a horse-cloth to keep herself warm with, and drove her out on to the bare, open fields, where he kissed her and left her, driving home as fast as he could, that he might not witness her miserable death. 1 So so ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 placed place VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 5 daughter daughter NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 in in ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 sledge sledge NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 10 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 12 advmod _ _ 11 even even ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ _ 12 daring dare VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 3 advcl _ _ 13 to to PART TO _ 14 mark _ _ 14 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 xcomp _ _ 15 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 iobj _ _ 16 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 17 horse horse NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 18 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 17 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 19 cloth cloth NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obj _ _ 20 to to PART TO _ 21 mark _ _ 21 keep keep VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 14 advcl _ _ 22 herself herself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 21 obj _ _ 23 warm warm ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 xcomp _ _ 24 with with ADP IN _ 23 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 27 drove drive VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 28 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 obj _ _ 29 out out ADP RP _ 27 compound:prt _ _ 30 on on ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 31 to to ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 33 bare bare ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 35 open open ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 amod _ _ 36 fields field NOUN NNS Number=Plur 27 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 38 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 40 advmod _ _ 39 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 40 kissed kiss VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 acl:relcl _ _ 41 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 obj _ _ 42 and and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 43 left leave VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 44 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 45 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 46 driving drive VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 43 advcl _ _ 47 home home ADV RB _ 46 advmod _ _ 48 as as ADV RB _ 49 advmod _ _ 49 fast fast ADV RB Degree=Pos 46 advmod _ _ 50 as as SCONJ IN _ 52 mark _ _ 51 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 52 nsubj _ _ 52 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 49 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 53 , , PUNCT , _ 58 punct _ _ 54 that that SCONJ IN _ 58 mark _ _ 55 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 58 nsubj _ _ 56 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 58 aux _ _ 57 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 58 advmod _ _ 58 witness witness NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 obl _ _ 59 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 61 nmod:poss _ _ 60 miserable miserable ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 61 amod _ _ 61 death death NOUN NN Number=Sing 58 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 62 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **place** | past | frost | frost's daughter | | a sledge | | | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent daughter=Theme in sledge=Destination | | 2 | **not** **dare** | gerund | frost *not said here* | | | | | | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **not** **give** | to-infinitive | frost *not said here* | a horse cloth | girl | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent she=Recipient cloth=Theme | | 4 | **keep** | to-infinitive | frost *not said here* | girl | | | | warm *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent herself=Theme | | 5 | **drive out** | past | frost *not said here* | girl | | the bare open fields | | | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent she=Theme on field=Destination | | 6 | **kiss** | past | frost | girl | | | | | vn marry-36.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Co-Agent | | 7 | **leave** | past | frost *not said here* | girl | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme | | 8 | **drive** | gerund | frost *not said here* | | | | | fast, home *property* | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent | | 9 | **not** **witness** | might | frost | girl's miserable death | | | | | tree rules | | 10 | **die** | | girl | | | | | | nom death «event intransitive»: poss=agent | 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:** «The Yellow Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 640 (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 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/37/8/) - next →: [sentence 10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/37/10/) - ↑ back to [The Story of King Frost (26)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/37/)