--- title: How gladly would he have sunk upon his knees; but he must away to th… — Andersen's Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: How gladly would he have sunk upon his knees; but he must away to the next heart; yet he still heard the pealing tones of the organ, and he himself seemed to have become a newer and a better man; he felt unworthy to tread the neighboring sanctuary which a poor garret, with a sick bed-rid mother, rev --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/7/72/) [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 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/7/) / 72 # Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Shoes of Fortune, part 3, sentence 72 How gladly would he have sunk upon his knees; but he must away to the next heart; yet he still heard the pealing tones of the organ, and he himself seemed to have become a newer and a better man; he felt unworthy to tread the neighboring sanctuary which a poor garret, with a sick bed-rid mother, revealed. **Who acts:** difference, neighboring sanctuary · **What happens:** sink, hear, seem, become, feel, tread · **To what, where:** pealing tones, neighboring sanctuary, sick rid mother, organ This is a sentence of «Andersen's Fairy Tales» by H. 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 (difference, neighboring sanctuary), 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:pg1597:7:72 # text = How gladly would he have sunk upon his knees; but he must away to the next heart; yet he still heard the pealing tones of the organ, and he himself seemed to have become a newer and a better man; he felt unworthy to tread the neighboring sanctuary which a poor garret, with a sick bed-rid mother, revealed. 1 How how ADV WRB PronType=Int 2 advmod _ _ 2 gladly gladly ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 3 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 4 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 5 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 6 aux _ _ 6 sunk sink VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 7 upon upon ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 9 knees knee NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ; ; PUNCT : _ 14 punct _ _ 11 but but CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 12 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 13 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 14 aux _ _ 14 away away ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 15 to to ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 17 next next ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 amod _ _ 18 heart heart NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 ; ; PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 20 yet yet CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 21 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 22 still still ADV RB _ 23 advmod _ _ 23 heard hear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 parataxis _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 25 pealing pealing NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 compound _ _ 26 tones tone NOUN NNS Number=Plur 23 obj _ _ 27 of of ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 organ organ NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 32 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 33 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Emp|Reflex=Yes 32 nmod:unmarked _ _ 34 seemed seem VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 parataxis _ _ 35 to to PART TO _ 37 mark _ _ 36 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 37 aux _ _ 37 become become VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 34 xcomp _ _ 38 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 newer new ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 37 xcomp _ _ 40 and and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 41 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 42 better good ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 43 amod _ _ 43 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 44 ; ; PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 45 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 46 nsubj _ _ 46 felt feel VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 parataxis _ _ 47 unworthy unworthy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 46 xcomp _ _ 48 to to PART TO _ 49 mark _ _ 49 tread tread VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 47 advcl _ _ 50 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 52 det _ _ 51 neighboring neighbor VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 52 amod _ _ 52 sanctuary sanctuary NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 obj _ _ 53 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 56 nsubj _ _ 54 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 56 det _ _ 55 poor poor ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 56 amod _ _ 56 garret garret NOUN NN Number=Sing 52 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 57 , , PUNCT , _ 64 punct _ _ 58 with with ADP IN _ 64 case _ _ 59 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 64 det _ _ 60 sick sick ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 64 amod _ _ 61 bed bed NOUN NN Number=Sing 63 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 62 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 61 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 63 rid rid ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 64 amod _ _ 64 mother mother NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 65 , , PUNCT , _ 66 punct _ _ 66 revealed reveal VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 64 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 67 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sink** | would · perfect | difference | | | | | upon difference's knees; away, gladly *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 2 | **hear** | past | difference | the pealing tones of the organ | | | still | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer tone=Stimulus | | 3 | **seem** | past | difference | | | | | | vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Theme clause=Attribute | | 4 | **become** | to-infinitive · perfect | difference *not said here* | | | | | new *property* | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient | | 5 | **feel** | past | difference | | | | | unworthy *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus | | 6 | **tread** | to-infinitive | difference *not said here* | the neighboring sanctuary | | | | | vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial\_Location sanctuary=Theme | | 7 | **neighbor** | gerund | | | | | | | vn contiguous\_location-47.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **garret** | | the neighboring sanctuary | | | | | | tree rules | | 9 | **reveal** | participle | | a sick rid mother *not said here* | | | | | vn characterize-29.2-1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 10 | **intonate** | | | the organ | | | | | nom tone «communication 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 71](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/7/71/) - next →: [sentence 73](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/7/73/) - ↑ back to [The Shoes of Fortune, part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/7/)