--- title: And she thought only of them as the clergyman laid his hand upon her… — Andersen's Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: And she thought only of them as the clergyman laid his hand upon her head, and spoke of the holy baptism, of the covenant with God, and how she should be now a matured Christian; and the organ pealed so solemnly; the sweet children's voices sang, and the old music-directors sang, but Karen only thou --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/27/28/) [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 Red Shoes](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/27/) / 28 # Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Red Shoes, sentence 28 And she thought only of them as the clergyman laid his hand upon her head, and spoke of the holy baptism, of the covenant with God, and how she should be now a matured Christian; and the organ pealed so solemnly; the sweet children's voices sang, and the old music-directors sang, but Karen only thought of her red shoes. **Who acts:** lady, clergyman, organ, voices, old music directors, Karen · **What happens:** think, lay, speak, mature, peal, sing · **To what, where:** hand, head, lady · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «Andersen's Fairy Tales» by H. C. Andersen, The Red Shoes. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (lady, clergyman, organ, voices), 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:pg1597:27:28 # text = And she thought only of them as the clergyman laid his hand upon her head, and spoke of the holy baptism, of the covenant with God, and how she should be now a matured Christian; and the organ pealed so solemnly; the sweet children's voices sang, and the old music-directors sang, but Karen only thought of her red shoes. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 2 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 only only ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 obl _ _ 7 as as SCONJ IN _ 10 mark _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 clergyman clergyman NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _ 10 laid lay VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 advcl _ _ 11 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 12 nmod:poss _ _ 12 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ _ 13 upon upon ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 15 nmod:poss _ _ 15 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 18 spoke speak VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 19 of of ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 21 holy holy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 amod _ _ 22 baptism baptism NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 24 of of ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 covenant covenant NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obl _ _ 27 with with ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 28 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 26 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 31 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 37 advmod _ _ 32 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj:pass _ _ 33 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 37 aux _ _ 34 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 37 aux:pass _ _ 35 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 37 advmod _ _ 36 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 matured mature VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 conj _ _ 38 Christian Christian PROPN NNP Number=Sing 37 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 39 ; ; PUNCT : _ 43 punct _ _ 40 and and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 organ organ NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 nsubj _ _ 43 pealed peal VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 44 so so ADV RB _ 45 advmod _ _ 45 solemnly solemnly ADV RB _ 43 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 46 ; ; PUNCT , _ 52 punct _ _ 47 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 48 sweet sweet ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 49 amod _ _ 49 children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 51 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 50 's 's PART POS _ 49 case _ _ 51 voices voice NOUN NNS Number=Plur 52 nsubj _ _ 52 sang sing VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 43 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 53 , , PUNCT , _ 60 punct _ _ 54 and and CCONJ CC _ 60 cc _ _ 55 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 59 det _ _ 56 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 59 amod _ _ 57 music music NOUN NN Number=Sing 59 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 58 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 57 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 59 directors director NOUN NNS Number=Plur 60 nsubj _ _ 60 sang sing VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 43 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 61 , , PUNCT , _ 65 punct _ _ 62 but but CCONJ CC _ 65 cc _ _ 63 Karen Karen PROPN NNP Number=Sing 65 nsubj _ _ 64 only only ADV RB _ 65 advmod _ _ 65 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 43 conj _ _ 66 of of ADP IN _ 69 case _ _ 67 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 69 nmod:poss _ _ 68 red red ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 69 amod _ _ 69 shoes shoe NOUN NNS Number=Plur 65 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 70 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **think** *speech: other* | past | lady | | | | | of shoes *= shoe* | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **lay** | past | the clergyman | clergyman's hand | | lady's head | | | vn put\_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent hand=Theme upon head=Destination | | 3 | **speak** *speech: other* | past | | | | | | of the holy baptism; of the covenant with God | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **mature** | should · passive | | lady | | | now | | tree rules | | 5 | **peal** | past | the organ | | | | | solemnly *property* | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **sing** *speech: express* | past | the sweet children's voices | | | | | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **sing** *speech: express* | past | the old music directors | | | | | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **think** *speech: other* | past | Karen | | | | | of lady's red shoes | vn focus-87.1-1 «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 27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/27/27/) - next →: [sentence 29](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/27/29/) - ↑ back to [The Red Shoes](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/27/)