--- title: I was there for three weeks, and that has as much effect as if one h… — Andersen's Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: I was there for three weeks, and that has as much effect as if one had lived three thousand years, and read all that was composed and written; that is what I say, and it is right. Who acts: I, that, one, effect. 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 (I, that, one, effect), 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:pg1597:23:102 # text = I was there for three weeks, and that has as much effect as if one had lived three thousand years, and read all that was composed and written; that is what I say, and it is right. 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 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 0 root _ _ 4 for for ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 6 nummod _ _ 6 weeks week NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 9 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 10 nsubj _ _ 10 has have VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 11 as as ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ _ 12 much much ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 13 effect effect NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ _ 14 as as SCONJ IN _ 18 mark _ _ 15 if if SCONJ IN _ 18 mark _ _ 16 one one PRON PRP Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 17 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 aux _ _ 18 lived live VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 13 acl _ _ 19 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 20 compound _ _ 20 thousand thousand NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 21 nummod _ _ 21 years year NOUN NNS Number=Plur 18 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 24 read read VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 18 advcl _ _ 25 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 28 det:predet _ _ 26 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 28 nsubj:pass _ _ 27 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 aux:pass _ _ 28 composed compose VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 24 ccomp _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 30 written write VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 28 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 31 ; ; PUNCT : _ 34 punct _ _ 32 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 34 nsubj _ _ 33 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 34 cop _ _ 34 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 10 obl _ _ 35 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 36 say say VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 34 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 39 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj _ _ 40 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 41 cop _ _ 41 right right ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | I | | | | week | there *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **have** | present | that | much effect | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent effect=Patient | | 3 | **live** *a condition, not said to happen* | past · perfect | one | much effect *not said here* | | | year | | vn lodge-46 «NP V ADV»: agent=Theme effect=Location | | 4 | **read** | infinitive | one *not said here* | | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 5 | **compose** | past · passive | | that | | | | | vn create-26.4-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Result | | 6 | **write** | participle | | | | | | | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **is a** | present | that | | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | I | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 9 | **is** | present | effect | | | | | right *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:** «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 101](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/23/101/) - next →: [sentence 103](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/23/103/) - ↑ back to [The Shadow](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/23/)