--- title: To it the space between the heavenly bodies is not greater than the… — Andersen's Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: To it the space between the heavenly bodies is not greater than the distance between the homes of our friends in town is for us, even if they live a short way from each other; such an electric shock in the heart, however, costs us the use of the body here below; unless, like the watchman of East Str --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/6/97/) [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 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/6/) / 97 # Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Shoes of Fortune, part 2, sentence 97 To it the space between the heavenly bodies is not greater than the distance between the homes of our friends in town is for us, even if they live a short way from each other; such an electric shock in the heart, however, costs us the use of the body here below; unless, like the watchman of East Street, we happen to have on the Shoes of Fortune. **Who acts:** space, distance, friends, we · **What happens:** not be, be, live, cost, happen, have · **To what, where:** soul, short way, each, use, us, Shoes This is a sentence of «Andersen's Fairy Tales» by H. C. Andersen, The Shoes of Fortune, part 2. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (space, distance, friends, we), 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:pg1597:6:97 # text = To it the space between the heavenly bodies is not greater than the distance between the homes of our friends in town is for us, even if they live a short way from each other; such an electric shock in the heart, however, costs us the use of the body here below; unless, like the watchman of East Street, we happen to have on the Shoes of Fortune. 1 To to ADP IN _ 2 case _ _ 2 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 obl _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 space space NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ _ 5 between between ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 heavenly heavenly ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 bodies body NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nmod _ _ 9 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 cop _ _ 10 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 11 advmod _ _ 11 greater great ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 0 root _ _ 12 than than SCONJ IN _ 25 mark _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 distance distance NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 nsubj _ _ 15 between between ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 homes home NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 nmod _ _ 18 of of ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 our our PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 20 nmod:poss _ _ 20 friends friend NOUN NNS Number=Plur 17 nmod _ _ 21 in in ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 22 town town NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 nmod _ _ 23 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 25 cop _ _ 24 for for ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 25 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 11 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 27 even even ADV RB _ 30 advmod _ _ 28 if if SCONJ IN _ 30 mark _ _ 29 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 30 live live VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 conj _ _ 31 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 32 short short ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 33 amod _ _ 33 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl:unmarked _ _ 34 from from ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 35 each each DET DT ExtPos=PRON|PronType=Rcp 30 obl _ _ 36 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 fixed _ SpaceAfter=No 37 ; ; PUNCT : _ 41 punct _ _ 38 such such DET PDT PronType=Ind 41 det:predet _ _ 39 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 40 electric electric ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 41 amod _ _ 41 shock shock NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 parataxis _ _ 42 in in ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 heart heart NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 45 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 46 however however ADV RB _ 48 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 47 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 48 costs cost VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 41 parataxis _ _ 49 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 48 iobj _ _ 50 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 51 det _ _ 51 use use NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 obj _ _ 52 of of ADP IN _ 54 case _ _ 53 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 54 det _ _ 54 body body NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 nmod _ _ 55 here here ADV RB PronType=Dem 56 advmod _ _ 56 below below ADV RB _ 48 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 57 ; ; PUNCT , _ 68 punct _ _ 58 unless unless SCONJ IN _ 68 mark _ SpaceAfter=No 59 , , PUNCT , _ 62 punct _ _ 60 like like ADP IN _ 62 case _ _ 61 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 62 det _ _ 62 watchman watchman NOUN NN Number=Sing 68 obl _ _ 63 of of ADP IN _ 65 case _ _ 64 East East PROPN NNP Number=Sing 65 compound _ _ 65 Street Street PROPN NNP Number=Sing 62 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 66 , , PUNCT , _ 62 punct _ _ 67 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 68 nsubj _ _ 68 happen happen VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 48 advcl _ _ 69 to to PART TO _ 70 mark _ _ 70 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 68 xcomp _ _ 71 on on ADP IN _ 73 case _ _ 72 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 73 det _ _ 73 Shoes shoe NOUN NNS Number=Plur 70 obl _ _ 74 of of ADP IN _ 75 case _ _ 75 Fortune fortune NOUN NN Number=Sing 73 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 76 . . PUNCT . _ 11 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **is** | present | the space between the heavenly bodies | | soul | | | great *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **is** | present | the distance between the homes of our friends in town | | | | | for us | tree rules | | 3 | **live** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | friends *= friend* | a short way | | each | | | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **cost** | present | | the use of the body | us | | | below, however *property* | vn cost-54.2 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Theme we=Beneficiary use=Value | | 5 | **happen** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | we | | | | | like the watchman of East Street | tree rules | | 6 | **have** | to-infinitive | we *not said here* | | | the Shoes of Fortune | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **use** | | | the body | | | | | nom use «act 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 96](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/6/96/) - next →: [sentence 98](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/6/98/) - ↑ back to [The Shoes of Fortune, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/6/)