--- title: He saw clearly that it was his irrevocable destiny to remain a priso… — Andersen's Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: He saw clearly that it was his irrevocable destiny to remain a prisoner till dawn, or, perhaps, even late in the morning; then the smith must be fetched to file away the bars; but all that would not be done so quickly as he could think about it. Who acts: creature, feeling. 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C. Andersen, The Shoes of Fortune, part 3. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (creature, feeling), 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:pg1597:7:36 # text = He saw clearly that it was his irrevocable destiny to remain a prisoner till dawn, or, perhaps, even late in the morning; then the smith must be fetched to file away the bars; but all that would not be done so quickly as he could think about it. 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 clearly clearly ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 4 that that SCONJ IN _ 9 mark _ _ 5 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 6 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 cop _ _ 7 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 8 irrevocable irrevocable ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 destiny destiny NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 xcomp _ _ 10 to to PART TO _ 11 mark _ _ 11 remain remain VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 ccomp _ _ 12 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 prisoner prisoner NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ _ 14 till till ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 15 dawn dawn NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 17 or or CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 19 perhaps perhaps ADV RB _ 32 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 21 even even ADV RB _ 22 advmod _ _ 22 late late ADV RB Degree=Pos 19 advmod _ _ 23 in in ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 morning morning NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 26 ; ; PUNCT : _ 32 punct _ _ 27 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 32 advmod _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 smith smith NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 nsubj:pass _ _ 30 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 32 aux _ _ 31 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 32 aux:pass _ _ 32 fetched fetch VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 parataxis _ _ 33 to to PART TO _ 34 mark _ _ 34 file file VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 32 advcl _ _ 35 away away ADV RB _ 34 advmod _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 bars bar NOUN NNS Number=Plur 34 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 38 ; ; PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 39 but but CCONJ CC _ 45 cc _ _ 40 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 45 nsubj:pass _ _ 41 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 40 obj _ _ 42 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 45 aux _ _ 43 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 45 advmod _ _ 44 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 45 aux:pass _ _ 45 done do VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 32 conj _ _ 46 so so ADV RB _ 47 advmod _ _ 47 quickly quickly ADV RB _ 45 advmod _ _ 48 as as SCONJ IN _ 51 mark _ _ 49 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 51 nsubj _ _ 50 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 51 aux _ _ 51 think think VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 45 advcl _ _ 52 about about ADP IN _ 53 case _ _ 53 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 51 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 54 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **see** | past | creature | | | | | clearly *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 2 | **is a** | past | feeling | creature's irrevocable destiny | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **remain** | to-infinitive | | a prisoner | | | dawn | | vn seem-109-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme prisoner=Attribute | | 4 | **fetch** | must · passive | | the smith | | | then | perhaps *property* | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 5 | **file away** | to-infinitive | | the bars | | | | away *property* | vn braid-41.2.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bar=Patient | | 6 | **not** **do** | would · passive | | all | | | | quickly *property* | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality | | 7 | **think** *speech: other* | could | creature | | | | | about smith | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent about it=Topic | 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 35](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/7/35/) - next →: [sentence 37](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/7/37/) - ↑ back to [The Shoes of Fortune, part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/7/)