--- title: At the next corner hung a votive lamp before a Madonna, but the ligh… — Andersen's Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: At the next corner hung a votive lamp before a Madonna, but the light it gave was little better than none at all; indeed, he did not observe it before he was exactly under it, and his eyes fell upon the bright colors of the pictures which represented the well-known group of the Virgin and the infant --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/5/41/) [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 Shoes of Fortune, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/5/) / 41 # Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Shoes of Fortune, part 1, sentence 41 At the next corner hung a votive lamp before a Madonna, but the light it gave was little better than none at all; indeed, he did not observe it before he was exactly under it, and his eyes fell upon the bright colors of the pictures which represented the well-known group of the Virgin and the infant Jesus. **Who acts:** light, Fate, eyes, pictures · **What happens:** hang, give, be, not observe, fall, represent · **To what, where:** votive lamp, next corner, light, all, bright colors, known group This is a sentence of «Andersen's Fairy Tales» by H. C. Andersen, The Shoes of Fortune, part 1. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (light, Fate, eyes, pictures), 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:pg1597:5:41 # text = At the next corner hung a votive lamp before a Madonna, but the light it gave was little better than none at all; indeed, he did not observe it before he was exactly under it, and his eyes fell upon the bright colors of the pictures which represented the well-known group of the Virgin and the infant Jesus. 1 At at ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 next next ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 corner corner NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 5 hung hang VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 votive votive ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 lamp lamp NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 9 before before ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 Madonna Madonna PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 13 but but CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 light light NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 nsubj _ _ 16 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 17 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 acl:relcl _ _ 18 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 cop _ _ 19 little little ADV RB Degree=Pos 20 advmod _ _ 20 better good ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 5 conj _ _ 21 than than ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 22 none none PRON NN PronType=Neg 20 obl _ _ 23 at at ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 24 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 20 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 25 ; ; PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 26 indeed indeed ADV RB _ 31 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 28 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 29 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 aux _ _ 30 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 31 advmod _ _ 31 observe observe VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 conj _ _ 32 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 obj _ _ 33 before before SCONJ IN _ 38 mark _ _ 34 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 35 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 38 cop _ _ 36 exactly exactly ADV RB _ 38 advmod _ _ 37 under under ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 38 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 40 and and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 41 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 42 nmod:poss _ _ 42 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 43 nsubj _ _ 43 fell fall VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 44 upon upon ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 45 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 46 bright bright ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 47 amod _ _ 47 colors color NOUN NNS Number=Plur 43 obl _ _ 48 of of ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 49 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 50 det _ _ 50 pictures picture NOUN NNS Number=Plur 47 nmod _ _ 51 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 52 nsubj _ _ 52 represented represent VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 50 acl:relcl _ _ 53 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 57 det _ _ 54 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 56 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 55 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 54 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 56 known know VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 57 amod _ _ 57 group group NOUN NN Number=Sing 52 obj _ _ 58 of of ADP IN _ 60 case _ _ 59 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 60 det _ _ 60 Virgin Virgin PROPN NNP Number=Sing 57 nmod _ _ 61 and and CCONJ CC _ 64 cc _ _ 62 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 64 det _ _ 63 infant infant ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 64 amod _ _ 64 Jesus Jesus PROPN NNP Number=Sing 60 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 65 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hang** | past | | a votive lamp | | the next corner | before a Madonna | | vn put\_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent lamp=Theme at corner=Destination | | 2 | **give** | past | light | the light *not said here* | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent light=Theme | | 3 | **is** | past | the light | | | all | | than none; good, little *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **not** **observe** | past · do-support | Fate | light | | | | indeed *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent it=Topic | | 5 | **is** | past | Fate | | | light | | exactly *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **fall** | past | Fate's eyes | | | the bright colors of the pictures | | | vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme upon color=Location | | 7 | **represent** | past | the pictures | the known group of the Virgin and the infant Jesus | | | | | vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot group=Theme | | 8 | **know** | participle | | | | | | well *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | 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 40](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/5/40/) - next →: [sentence 42](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/5/42/) - ↑ back to [The Shoes of Fortune, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/5/)