--- title: He found whole figures which represented a written word; but he neve… — Andersen's Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: He found whole figures which represented a written word; but he never could manage to represent just the word he wanted--that word was “eternity”; and the Snow Queen had said, “If you can discover that figure, you shall be your own master, and I will make you a present of the whole world and a pair --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/15/23/) [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/) / [Andersen's Fairy Tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/) / [The Snow Queen, part 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/15/) / 23 # Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Snow Queen, part 5, sentence 23 He found whole figures which represented a written word; but he never could manage to represent just the word he wanted--that word was “eternity”; and the Snow Queen had said, “If you can discover that figure, you shall be your own master, and I will make you a present of the whole world and a pair of new skates.” **Who acts:** bit, whole figures, word, Snow Queen, you · **What happens:** find, represent, write, not manage, not represent, want · **To what, where:** whole figures, written word, word, eternity, figure, own master · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «Andersen's Fairy Tales» by H. C. Andersen, The Snow Queen, part 5. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (bit, whole figures, word, Snow Queen), 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:pg1597:15:23 # text = He found whole figures which represented a written word; but he never could manage to represent just the word he wanted--that word was “eternity”; and the Snow Queen had said, “If you can discover that figure, you shall be your own master, and I will make you a present of the whole world and a pair of new skates.” 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 found find VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 whole whole ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 figures figure NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ _ 5 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 6 nsubj _ _ 6 represented represent VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 acl:relcl _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 8 written write VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 9 amod _ _ 9 word word NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ; ; PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 11 but but CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 12 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 13 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 15 advmod _ _ 14 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 15 aux _ _ 15 manage manage VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 conj _ _ 16 to to PART TO _ 17 mark _ _ 17 represent represent VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 xcomp _ _ 18 just just ADV RB _ 20 advmod _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 word word NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obj _ _ 21 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 22 wanted want VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 23 -- -- PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 24 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 25 det _ _ 25 word word NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 nsubj _ _ 26 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 cop _ _ 27 “ " PUNCT `` _ 28 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 28 eternity eternity NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 29 ” " PUNCT '' _ 28 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 30 ; ; PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 33 Snow Snow PROPN NNP Number=Sing 34 compound _ _ 34 Queen Queen PROPN NNP Number=Sing 36 nsubj _ _ 35 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 aux _ _ 36 said say VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 2 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 38 “ " PUNCT `` _ 42 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 39 If if SCONJ IN _ 42 mark _ _ 40 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 41 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 42 aux _ _ 42 discover discover VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 36 parataxis _ _ 43 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 44 det _ _ 44 figure figure NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 45 , , PUNCT , _ 51 punct _ _ 46 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 51 nsubj _ _ 47 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 51 aux _ _ 48 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 51 cop _ _ 49 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 51 nmod:poss _ _ 50 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 51 amod _ _ 51 master master NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 52 , , PUNCT , _ 56 punct _ _ 53 and and CCONJ CC _ 56 cc _ _ 54 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 56 nsubj _ _ 55 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 56 aux _ _ 56 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 parataxis _ _ 57 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 56 obj _ _ 58 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 59 det _ _ 59 present present NOUN NN Number=Sing 56 obj _ _ 60 of of ADP IN _ 63 case _ _ 61 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 63 det _ _ 62 whole whole ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 63 amod _ _ 63 world world NOUN NN Number=Sing 59 nmod _ _ 64 and and CCONJ CC _ 66 cc _ _ 65 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 66 det _ _ 66 pair pair NOUN NN Number=Sing 59 conj _ _ 67 of of ADP IN _ 69 case _ _ 68 new new ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 69 amod _ _ 69 skates skate NOUN NNS Number=Plur 66 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 70 . . PUNCT . _ 56 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 71 ” " PUNCT '' _ 56 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **find** | past | bit | whole figures | | | | | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent figure=Attribute clause=Theme | | 2 | **represent** | past | whole figures | a written word | | | | | vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot word=Theme | | 3 | **write** | participle | | | | | | | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **not** **manage** | could | bit | | | | | | vn succeed-74-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 5 | **not** **represent** | to-infinitive | bit *not said here* | the word | | | | | vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot word=Theme | | 6 | **want** | past | bit | the word *not said here* | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot word=Theme | | 7 | **is a** *in a quote* | past | that word | eternity | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **say** *speech: assert* | past · perfect | the Snow Queen | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 9 | **discover** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | can | you | that figure | | | | | vn discover-84-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent figure=Topic | | 10 | **is a** *in a quote* | shall | you | your own master | | | | | tree rules | | 11 | **make** *in a quote* | future | the Snow Queen *= queen* | a present of the whole world and a pair of new skates | you | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP NP»: agent=Asset you=Beneficiary present=Product | 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:** «Andersen's Fairy Tales» by H. C. Andersen, Project Gutenberg book 1597 (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 22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/15/22/) - next →: [sentence 24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/15/24/) - ↑ back to [The Snow Queen, part 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/15/)