--- title: While he thought of this and of the whole metamorphosis he had under… — Andersen's Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: While he thought of this and of the whole metamorphosis he had undergone, he smiled and said, “I sleep and dream; but it is wonderful how one can dream so naturally, and know besides so exactly that it is but a dream. Who acts: Clerk, size, one. A sentence of «Andersen's Fairy Tales» by H. C. 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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 (Clerk, size, one), 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:pg1597:8:78 # text = While he thought of this and of the whole metamorphosis he had undergone, he smiled and said, “I sleep and dream; but it is wonderful how one can dream so naturally, and know besides so exactly that it is but a dream. 1 While while SCONJ IN _ 3 mark _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 3 obl _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 9 whole whole ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 metamorphosis metamorphosis NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl _ _ 11 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 12 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 aux _ _ 13 undergone undergo VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 10 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 15 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 16 smiled smile VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 18 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 20 “ " PUNCT `` _ 22 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 21 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 22 sleep sleep VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 18 ccomp _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 24 dream dream VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 22 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 25 ; ; PUNCT : _ 29 punct _ _ 26 but but CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 27 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 28 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 29 cop _ _ 29 wonderful wonderful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 csubj _ _ 30 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 33 advmod _ _ 31 one one PRON PRP Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 32 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 33 aux _ _ 33 dream dream VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 29 parataxis _ _ 34 so so ADV RB _ 35 advmod _ _ 35 naturally naturally ADV RB _ 33 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 38 know know VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 33 parataxis _ _ 39 besides beside VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 40 so so ADV RB _ 47 advmod _ _ 41 exactly exactly ADV RB _ 47 advmod _ _ 42 that that SCONJ IN _ 47 mark _ _ 43 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 47 nsubj _ _ 44 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 47 cop _ _ 45 but but CCONJ CC _ 47 cc _ _ 46 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 47 dream dream NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **think** *speech: other* | past | Clerk | | | | | of this | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 2 | **undergo** | past · perfect | Clerk | the whole metamorphosis *not said here* | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **smile** | past | Clerk | | | | | of the whole metamorphosis | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Clerk *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 5 | **sleep** *in a quote* | present | Clerk | | | | | | vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **dream** *in a quote* | present | Clerk *not said here* | | | | | | vn cognize-85 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **is** *in a quote* | present | size | | | | | wonderful *property* | tree rules | | 8 | **dream** *in a quote* | can | one | | | | | naturally *property* | vn cognize-85 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent | | 9 | **know** *in a quote* | present | | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 10 | **beside** *in a quote* | present | | | | | | | tree rules | | 11 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | size | a dream | | | | exactly *property* | tree rules | 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 77](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/8/77/) - next →: [sentence 79](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/8/79/) - ↑ back to [The Shoes of Fortune, part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/8/)