--- title: He now opened them quite wide--yes, he was quite awake; with one spr… — Andersen's Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: He now opened them quite wide--yes, he was quite awake; with one spring he was on the floor; he crept gently behind the curtain, but the maiden was gone; the flowers shone no longer, but there they stood, fresh and blooming as ever; the door was ajar, and, far within, the music sounded so soft and d --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/23/24/) [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 Shadow](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/23/) / 24 # Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Shadow, sentence 24 He now opened them quite wide--yes, he was quite awake; with one spring he was on the floor; he crept gently behind the curtain, but the maiden was gone; the flowers shone no longer, but there they stood, fresh and blooming as ever; the door was ajar, and, far within, the music sounded so soft and delightful, one could really melt away in sweet thoughts from it. **Who acts:** stranger, maiden, flowers, door, music, one · **What happens:** open, be, creep, shine, stand, bloom · **To what, where:** eyes, floor, curtain, sweet thoughts This is a sentence of «Andersen's Fairy Tales» by H. C. Andersen, The Shadow. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (stranger, maiden, flowers, door), 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:pg1597:23:24 # text = He now opened them quite wide--yes, he was quite awake; with one spring he was on the floor; he crept gently behind the curtain, but the maiden was gone; the flowers shone no longer, but there they stood, fresh and blooming as ever; the door was ajar, and, far within, the music sounded so soft and delightful, one could really melt away in sweet thoughts from it. 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 3 advmod _ _ 3 opened open VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 obj _ _ 5 quite quite ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 wide wide ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 7 -- -- PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 13 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 10 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 11 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 cop _ _ 12 quite quite ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ _ 13 awake awake ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ; ; PUNCT : _ 22 punct _ _ 15 with with ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 17 nummod _ _ 17 spring spring NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obl _ _ 18 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 19 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 cop _ _ 20 on on ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 floor floor NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 23 ; ; PUNCT : _ 25 punct _ _ 24 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 25 crept creep VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 26 gently gently ADV RB _ 25 advmod _ _ 27 behind behind ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 curtain curtain NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 31 but but CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 maiden maiden NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 nsubj _ _ 34 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 35 cop _ _ 35 gone gone ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 36 ; ; PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 flowers flower NOUN NNS Number=Plur 39 nsubj _ _ 39 shone shine VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 40 no no ADV RB _ 41 advmod _ _ 41 longer long ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 39 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 43 but but CCONJ CC _ 46 cc _ _ 44 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 46 expl _ _ 45 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 46 nsubj _ _ 46 stood stand VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 39 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 47 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 48 fresh fresh ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 46 parataxis _ _ 49 and and CCONJ CC _ 50 cc _ _ 50 blooming bloom VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 48 conj _ _ 51 as as ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 52 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 50 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 53 ; ; PUNCT , _ 57 punct _ _ 54 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 55 det _ _ 55 door door NOUN NN Number=Sing 57 nsubj _ _ 56 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 57 cop _ _ 57 ajar ajar ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 58 , , PUNCT , _ 66 punct _ _ 59 and and CCONJ CC _ 66 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 60 , , PUNCT , _ 66 punct _ _ 61 far far ADV RB Degree=Pos 66 advmod _ _ 62 within within ADP IN _ 61 fixed _ SpaceAfter=No 63 , , PUNCT , _ 66 punct _ _ 64 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 65 det _ _ 65 music music NOUN NN Number=Sing 66 nsubj _ _ 66 sounded sound VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 57 parataxis _ _ 67 so so ADV RB _ 68 advmod _ _ 68 soft soft ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 66 xcomp _ _ 69 and and CCONJ CC _ 70 cc _ _ 70 delightful delightful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 68 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 71 , , PUNCT , _ 75 punct _ _ 72 one one PRON PRP Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 75 nsubj _ _ 73 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 75 aux _ _ 74 really really ADV RB _ 75 advmod _ _ 75 melt melt VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 66 advcl _ _ 76 away away ADV RB _ 75 advmod _ _ 77 in in ADP IN _ 79 case _ _ 78 sweet sweet ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 79 amod _ _ 79 thoughts thought NOUN NNS Number=Plur 75 obl _ _ 80 from from ADP IN _ 81 case _ _ 81 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 79 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 82 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **open** | past | stranger | eyes *= eye* | | | now | wide *property* | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location they=Theme | | 2 | **is** | past | stranger | | | | | awake *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **is** | past | stranger | | | the floor | spring | | tree rules | | 4 | **creep** | past | stranger | | | the curtain | | gently *property* | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme behind curtain=Trajectory | | 5 | **is** | past | the maiden | | | | | gone *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **shine** | past | the flowers | | | | | long *property* | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **stand** | past | flowers *= flower* | | | there | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **bloom** | gerund | flowers *= flower* *not said here* | | | | | | vn entity\_specific\_modes\_being-47.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 9 | **is** | past | the door | | | | | ajar *property* | tree rules | | 10 | **sound** | past | the music | | | | | far, soft *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus | | 11 | **melt away** | could | one | | | sweet thoughts from maiden | | away *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | 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 23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/23/23/) - next →: [sentence 25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/23/25/) - ↑ back to [The Shadow](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/23/)