--- title: “I sat one evening sunk in dreams of bliss, A maid of seven years ol… — Andersen's Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: “I sat one evening sunk in dreams of bliss, A maid of seven years old gave me a kiss, I at that time was rich in poesy And tales of old, though poor as poor could be; But all she asked for was this poesy. Who acts: pair, maid. 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 (pair, maid), 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:pg1597:6:52 # text = “I sat one evening sunk in dreams of bliss, A maid of seven years old gave me a kiss, I at that time was rich in poesy And tales of old, though poor as poor could be; But all she asked for was this poesy. 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 sat sit VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 5 nummod _ _ 5 evening evening NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl:unmarked _ _ 6 sunk sink VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 xcomp _ _ 7 in in ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 dreams dream NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obl _ _ 9 of of ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 bliss bliss NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 12 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 maid maid NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nsubj _ _ 14 of of ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 seven seven NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 16 nummod _ _ 16 years year NOUN NNS Number=Plur 17 obl:unmarked _ _ 17 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 18 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 19 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 18 iobj _ _ 20 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 kiss kiss NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 23 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 24 at at ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 26 det _ _ 26 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ _ 27 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 cop _ _ 28 rich rich ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 conj _ _ 29 in in ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 30 poesy poesy NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ _ 31 And and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 32 tales tale NOUN NNS Number=Plur 30 conj _ _ 33 of of ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 34 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 32 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 36 though though ADV RB _ 37 advmod _ _ 37 poor poor ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 conj _ _ 38 as as ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 39 poor poor ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 obl _ _ 40 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 41 aux _ _ 41 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 37 cop _ SpaceAfter=No 42 ; ; PUNCT : _ 46 punct _ _ 43 But but CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 44 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 46 obl _ _ 45 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 46 nsubj _ _ 46 asked ask VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 47 for for ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 48 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 50 cop _ _ 49 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 50 det _ _ 50 poesy poesy NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 51 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sit** *in a quote* | past | pair | | | | evening | | tree rules | | 2 | **sink** *in a quote* | participle | pair *not said here* | | | dreams of bliss | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 3 | **give** *in a quote* | past | a maid | a kiss | pair | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent i=Recipient kiss=Theme | | 4 | **is** *in a quote* | past | pair | | | poesy and tales of old | time | rich *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **is** *in a quote* | infinitive | pair *not said here* | | | | | as poor; poor, though *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **ask** *speech: ask* *in a quote* | past | maid | all | | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **is** *in a quote* | past | | | | | | for this poesy | tree rules | | 8 | **dream** *in a quote* | | | bliss | | | | | nom dream «cognition transitive»: of=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 51](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/6/51/) - next →: [sentence 53](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/6/53/) - ↑ back to [The Shoes of Fortune, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/6/)