--- title: It was still in the woods, so very still; and he fell on his knees,… — Andersen's Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: It was still in the woods, so very still; and he fell on his knees, sung his evening hymn, and said: “I cannot find what I seek; the sun is going down, and night is coming--the dark, dark night. Who acts: sun, tone, knees, night. A sentence of «Andersen's Fairy Tales» by H. C. 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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 (sun, tone, knees, night), 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:pg1597:18:59 # text = It was still in the woods, so very still; and he fell on his knees, sung his evening hymn, and said: “I cannot find what I seek; the sun is going down, and night is coming--the dark, dark night. 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 3 still still ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 4 in in ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 woods wood NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 8 so so ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 9 very very ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 10 still still ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ; ; PUNCT : _ 14 punct _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 13 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 14 fell fall VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 15 on on ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 17 nmod:poss _ _ 17 knees knee NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 19 sung sing VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 17 acl _ _ 20 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 22 nmod:poss _ _ 21 evening evening NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 compound _ _ 22 hymn hymn NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 25 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 26 : : PUNCT : _ 31 punct _ _ 27 “ " PUNCT `` _ 31 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 28 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 29 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 31 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 30 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 31 advmod _ _ 31 find find VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 25 ccomp _ _ 32 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 34 obj _ _ 33 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 34 seek seek VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 31 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 35 ; ; PUNCT : _ 39 punct _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 sun sun NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 nsubj _ _ 38 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 39 aux _ _ 39 going go VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 14 advcl _ _ 40 down down ADV RB _ 39 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 42 and and CCONJ CC _ 45 cc _ _ 43 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 nsubj _ _ 44 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 45 aux _ _ 45 coming come VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 39 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 46 -- -- PUNCT , _ 51 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 47 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 51 det _ _ 48 dark dark ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 51 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 49 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 50 dark dark ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 51 amod _ _ 51 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 52 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | sun | | | the woods | still; still | | tree rules | | 2 | **fall** | past | tone | | | tone's knees | | | vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme on knee=Location | | 3 | **sing** *speech: express* | participle | tone's knees *not said here* | tone's evening hymn | | | | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location hymn=Theme | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | tone *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 5 | **not** **find** *in a quote* | can | tone | | | | | | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 6 | **seek** *in a quote* | present | tone | | | | | | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Theme | | 7 | **go down** *in a quote* | present · progressive | the sun | | | | night | down *property* | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | | 8 | **come** *in a quote* | present · progressive | night | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 9 | **hymn** | | tone | | | | | | nom hymn «communication 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:** «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 58](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/18/58/) - next →: [sentence 60](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/18/60/) - ↑ back to [The Bell](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/18/)