--- title: “I saw you all over there at home so distinctly, as if you really we… — Andersen's Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: “I saw you all over there at home so distinctly, as if you really were here; it was again that Sunday morning; all you children stood before the table and sung your Psalms, as you do every morning. Who acts: pewter soldier, you, visit, children. 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 (pewter soldier, you, visit, children), 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:pg1597:19:76 # text = “I saw you all over there at home so distinctly, as if you really were here; it was again that Sunday morning; all you children stood before the table and sung your Psalms, as you do every morning. 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 3 obj _ _ 5 all all ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 6 over over ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 7 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 3 advmod _ _ 8 at at ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 home home NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 10 so so ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ _ 11 distinctly distinctly ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 13 as as SCONJ IN _ 18 mark _ _ 14 if if SCONJ IN _ 18 mark _ _ 15 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 16 really really ADV RB _ 18 advmod _ _ 17 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 cop _ _ 18 here here ADV RB PronType=Dem 3 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 19 ; ; PUNCT : _ 25 punct _ _ 20 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 21 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 cop _ _ 22 again again ADV RB _ 25 advmod _ _ 23 that that SCONJ IN _ 25 mark _ _ 24 Sunday Sunday PROPN NNP Number=Sing 25 compound _ _ 25 morning morning NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 26 ; ; PUNCT : _ 30 punct _ _ 27 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 29 det _ _ 28 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 29 children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 30 nsubj _ _ 30 stood stand VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 31 before before ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 table table NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 35 sung sing VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 30 conj _ _ 36 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 37 nmod:poss _ _ 37 Psalms psalm NOUN NNS Number=Plur 35 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 39 as as SCONJ IN _ 41 mark _ _ 40 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj _ _ 41 do do VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 30 parataxis _ _ 42 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 43 det _ _ 43 morning morning NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **see** *in a quote* | past | the pewter soldier *= soldier* | you | | there | | distinctly *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer you=Stimulus | | 2 | **is** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | past | you | | | | | here *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **is a** *in a quote* | past | visit | Sunday morning | | | again | | tree rules | | 4 | **child** *in a quote* | | you | | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **stand** *in a quote* | past | all children | | | the table | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent before table=Location | | 6 | **sing** *speech: express* *in a quote* | participle | all children *not said here* | your Psalms | | | | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location psalm=Theme | | 7 | **do** *in a quote* | present | you | | | | morning | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=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 75](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/19/75/) - next →: [sentence 77](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/19/77/) - ↑ back to [The Old House](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/19/)