--- title: Among the latter there may be far more poetical natures than many an… — Andersen's Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Among the latter there may be far more poetical natures than many an acknowledged poet, when examined more closely, could boast of; the difference only is, that the poet possesses a better mental memory, on which account he is able to retain the feeling and the thought till they can be embodied by m --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/8/35/) [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 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/8/) / 35 # Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Shoes of Fortune, part 4, sentence 35 Among the latter there may be far more poetical natures than many an acknowledged poet, when examined more closely, could boast of; the difference only is, that the poet possesses a better mental memory, on which account he is able to retain the feeling and the thought till they can be embodied by means of words; a faculty which the others do not possess. **Who acts:** difference, poet, others · **What happens:** be, acknowledge, examine, boast, possess, retain · **To what, where:** faculty, better mental memory, account, feeling, poets · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «Andersen's Fairy Tales» by H. C. Andersen, The Shoes of Fortune, part 4. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (difference, poet, others), 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:pg1597:8:35 # text = Among the latter there may be far more poetical natures than many an acknowledged poet, when examined more closely, could boast of; the difference only is, that the poet possesses a better mental memory, on which account he is able to retain the feeling and the thought till they can be embodied by means of words; a faculty which the others do not possess. 1 Among among ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 3 latter latter ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 4 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 6 expl _ _ 5 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 6 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 10 cop _ _ 7 far far ADV RB Degree=Pos 8 advmod _ _ 8 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 10 amod _ _ 9 poetical poetical ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 natures nature NOUN NNS Number=Plur 23 obl _ _ 11 than than ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 12 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 nsubj _ _ 13 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 14 acknowledged acknowledge VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 15 amod _ _ 15 poet poet NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 17 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 18 advmod _ _ 18 examined examine VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 15 conj _ _ 19 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 20 advmod _ _ 20 closely closely ADV RB _ 18 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 22 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 23 aux _ _ 23 boast boast VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 24 of of ADP IN _ 23 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 25 ; ; PUNCT : _ 29 punct _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 difference difference NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 nsubj _ _ 28 only only ADV RB _ 29 advmod _ _ 29 is be VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 23 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 31 that that SCONJ IN _ 34 mark _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 poet poet NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 nsubj _ _ 34 possesses possess VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 59 csubj _ _ 35 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 36 better good ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 38 amod _ _ 37 mental mental ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 38 amod _ _ 38 memory memory NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 40 on on ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 which which DET WDT PronType=Int 42 det _ _ 42 account account NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 obl _ _ 43 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 45 nsubj _ _ 44 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 45 cop _ _ 45 able able ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 conj _ _ 46 to to PART TO _ 47 mark _ _ 47 retain retain VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 45 xcomp _ _ 48 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 49 feeling feeling NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 obj _ _ 50 and and CCONJ CC _ 52 cc _ _ 51 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 52 det _ _ 52 thought thought NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 conj _ _ 53 till till SCONJ IN _ 57 mark _ _ 54 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 57 nsubj _ _ 55 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 57 aux _ _ 56 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 57 aux:pass _ _ 57 embodied embody VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 47 advcl _ _ 58 by by ADP IN _ 57 obl _ _ 59 means mean VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 23 parataxis _ _ 60 of of ADP IN _ 61 case _ _ 61 words word NOUN NNS Number=Plur 59 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 62 ; ; PUNCT : _ 64 punct _ _ 63 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 64 det _ _ 64 faculty faculty NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ _ 65 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 70 obj _ _ 66 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 67 det _ _ 67 others other NOUN NNS Number=Plur 70 nsubj _ _ 68 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 70 aux _ _ 69 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 70 advmod _ _ 70 possess possess VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 64 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 71 . . PUNCT . _ 23 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | infinitive | | | | | | among the latter more poetical natures; than a acknowledged poet | tree rules | | 2 | **acknowledge** | participle | | | | | | | vn confess-37.10 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **examine** | participle | | | | | | closely *property* | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **boast** *speech: other* | could | | a faculty | | | | | vn complain-37.8 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **be** | present | the difference | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **possess** | present | the poet | a better mental memory | | | | | vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot memory=Theme | | 7 | **is** | present | difference | | | which account | | able *property* | tree rules | | 8 | **retain** | to-infinitive | difference *not said here* | the feeling and the thought | | | | | tree rules | | 9 | **embody** | can · passive | | poets *= poet* | | | | | tree rules | | 10 | **mean** | present | | | | | | of words | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent | | 11 | **not** **possess** | present · do-support | the others | a faculty | | | | | vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot which=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 34](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/8/34/) - next →: [sentence 36](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/8/36/) - ↑ back to [The Shoes of Fortune, part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/8/)