--- title: In the greatest perplexity, he now came out of the last heart in the… — Andersen's Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: In the greatest perplexity, he now came out of the last heart in the row; he was unable to put his thoughts in order, and fancied that his too lively imagination had run away with him. Who acts: man. A sentence of «Andersen's Fairy Tales» by H. C. 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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:pg1597:7:86 # text = In the greatest perplexity, he now came out of the last heart in the row; he was unable to put his thoughts in order, and fancied that his too lively imagination had run away with him. 1 In in ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 greatest great ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 4 amod _ _ 4 perplexity perplexity NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 6 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 7 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 8 advmod _ _ 8 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 out out ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 10 of of ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 12 last last ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 13 heart heart NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ 14 in in ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 row row NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 17 ; ; PUNCT : _ 20 punct _ _ 18 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 19 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 cop _ _ 20 unable unable ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 conj _ _ 21 to to PART TO _ 22 mark _ _ 22 put put VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 20 xcomp _ _ 23 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 24 nmod:poss _ _ 24 thoughts thought NOUN NNS Number=Plur 22 obj _ _ 25 in in ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 26 order order NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 29 fancied fancy VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 conj _ _ 30 that that SCONJ IN _ 36 mark _ _ 31 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 34 nmod:poss _ _ 32 too too ADV RB _ 33 advmod _ _ 33 lively lively ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 amod _ _ 34 imagination imagination NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 nsubj:pass _ _ 35 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 aux _ _ 36 run run VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 29 ccomp _ _ 37 away away ADV RB _ 36 advmod _ _ 38 with with ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 39 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 40 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come out** | past | man | the last heart in the row | | the greatest perplexity | now | | vn become-109.1 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Patient heart=Result | | 2 | **is** | past | man | | | | | unable *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **put** | to-infinitive | man *not said here* | man's thoughts | | order | | | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent thought=Theme in order=Destination | | 4 | **fancy** | past | man *not said here* | | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 5 | **run away** | past · perfect · passive | | man's lively imagination | | | | with man; away *property* | vn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Product with he=Material | | 6 | **think** | | man | | | | | | nom thought «cognition transitive»: poss=agent | | 7 | **imagine** | | man | | | | | | nom imagination «cognition transitive»: poss=agent | 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 85](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/7/85/) - next →: [sentence 87](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/7/87/) - ↑ back to [The Shoes of Fortune, part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/7/)