--- title: The first heart through which he came, was that of a middle-aged lad… — Andersen's Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: The first heart through which he came, was that of a middle-aged lady, but he instantly fancied himself in the room of the “Institution for the cure of the crooked and deformed,” where casts of mis-shapen limbs are displayed in naked reality on the wall. Who acts: man. 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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 (man), 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:pg1597:7:67 # text = The first heart through which he came, was that of a middle-aged lady, but he instantly fancied himself in the room of the “Institution for the cure of the crooked and deformed,” where casts of mis-shapen limbs are displayed in naked reality on the wall. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 first first ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 3 amod _ _ 3 heart heart NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 nsubj:pass _ _ 4 through through ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 7 obl _ _ 6 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 7 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 9 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 cop _ _ 10 that that SCONJ IN _ 16 mark _ _ 11 of of ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 12 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 13 middle middle ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 14 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 aged aged ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 amod _ _ 16 lady lady NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 18 but but CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 19 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 20 instantly instantly ADV RB _ 21 advmod _ _ 21 fancied fancy VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 22 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 21 obj _ _ 23 in in ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 room room NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ _ 26 of of ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 28 “ " PUNCT `` _ 29 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 29 Institution institution NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 nmod _ _ 30 for for ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 cure cure NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 nmod _ _ 33 of of ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 crooked crooked ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 32 nmod _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 37 deformed deform VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 39 ” " PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ 40 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 48 advmod _ _ 41 casts cast NOUN NNS Number=Plur 48 nsubj:pass _ _ 42 of of ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 43 mis mis NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 44 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 43 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 45 shapen shapen NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 compound _ _ 46 limbs limb NOUN NNS Number=Plur 41 nmod _ _ 47 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 48 aux:pass _ _ 48 displayed display VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 49 in in ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 50 naked naked ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 51 amod _ _ 51 reality reality NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 obl _ _ 52 on on ADP IN _ 54 case _ _ 53 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 54 det _ _ 54 wall wall NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 55 . . PUNCT . _ 48 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** | past | man | | | the first heart | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme through which=Initial\_Location | | 2 | **is** | past | man *not said here* | | | | | of a aged lady | tree rules | | 3 | **fancy** | past | man | man | | the room of the Institution for the cure of the crooked | | instantly *property* | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer himself=Stimulus | | 4 | **deform** *in a quote* | past | man *not said here* | | | | | | vn turn-26.6.1 «NP V»: agent=Patient | | 5 | **display** | present · passive | | the first heart | | naked reality on the wall | | | vn reflexive\_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | 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 66](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/7/66/) - next →: [sentence 68](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/7/68/) - ↑ back to [The Shoes of Fortune, part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/7/)