--- title: Light and air contend with chivalric emulation for the love of the f… — Andersen's Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Light and air contend with chivalric emulation for the love of the fair flower that bestowed her chief favors on the latter; full of longing she turned towards the light, and as soon as it vanished, rolled her tender leaves together and slept in the embraces of the air. 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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 (Light, fair flower, love, tender), 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:pg1597:8:73 # text = Light and air contend with chivalric emulation for the love of the fair flower that bestowed her chief favors on the latter; full of longing she turned towards the light, and as soon as it vanished, rolled her tender leaves together and slept in the embraces of the air. 1 Light light NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 2 and and CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 3 air air NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 conj _ _ 4 contend contend VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 with with ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 chivalric chivalric ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 emulation emulation NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 8 for for ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 love love NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nmod _ _ 11 of of ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 13 fair fair ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 amod _ _ 14 flower flower NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nmod _ _ 15 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 16 nsubj _ _ 16 bestowed bestow VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 acl:relcl _ _ 17 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 19 nmod:poss _ _ 18 chief chief ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 amod _ _ 19 favors favor NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 obj _ _ 20 on on ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 latter latter ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 23 ; ; PUNCT : _ 24 punct _ _ 24 full full ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 parataxis _ _ 25 of of SCONJ IN _ 26 mark _ _ 26 longing long VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 24 advcl _ _ 27 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 28 turned turn VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 ccomp _ _ 29 towards towards ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 light light NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 34 as as ADV RB _ 35 advmod _ _ 35 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 38 advmod _ _ 36 as as SCONJ IN _ 38 mark _ _ 37 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 38 vanished vanish VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 40 rolled roll VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 38 conj _ _ 41 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 42 nmod:poss _ _ 42 tender tender NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 nsubj _ _ 43 leaves leave VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 40 ccomp _ _ 44 together together ADV RB _ 43 advmod _ _ 45 and and CCONJ CC _ 46 cc _ _ 46 slept sleep VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 38 conj _ _ 47 in in ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 48 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 49 embraces embrace NOUN NNS Number=Plur 46 obl _ _ 50 of of ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 51 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 52 det _ _ 52 air air NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 53 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **contend** | present | Light and air | | | | | with chivalric emulation for the love of the fair flower | vn battle-36.4 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent with emulation=Co-Agent | | 2 | **bestow** | past | the fair flower | light's chief favors | | the latter | | | tree rules | | 3 | **long** | gerund | Light and air *not said here* | | | | | | vn long-32.2 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 4 | **turn** | past | light | | | the light | | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme towards light=Trajectory | | 5 | **vanish** | past | love | | | | | soon *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **roll** | past | love *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **leave** | present | light's tender | | | | | together *property* | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **sleep** | past | love *not said here* | | | the embraces of the air | | | vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent in embrace=Location | | 9 | **love** | | | the fair flower | | | | | nom love «feeling transitive»: of=patient | | 10 | **favor** | | light | | | | | | nom favor «act transitive»: poss=agent | | 11 | **tender** | | light | | | | | | nom tender «possession transitive»: poss=agent | | 12 | **embrace** | | | the air | | | | | nom embrace «act 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 72](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/8/72/) - next →: [sentence 74](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/8/74/) - ↑ back to [The Shoes of Fortune, part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/8/)