--- title: He appeared to be praying, but in the midst of his prayer he seemed… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: He appeared to be praying, but in the midst of his prayer he seemed to fall into deep thought, and this must have been wrong, for his cheeks glowed and he held down his head. Who acts: Fo, this, cheeks. A sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. 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Andersen, Twenty-sixth Evening. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Fo, this, cheeks), 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:pg27200:117:11 # text = He appeared to be praying, but in the midst of his prayer he seemed to fall into deep thought, and this must have been wrong, for his cheeks glowed and he held down his head. 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 appeared appear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 to to PART TO _ 5 mark _ _ 4 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 5 aux _ _ 5 praying pray VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 2 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 7 but but CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 8 in in ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 midst midst NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ _ 11 of of ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 13 nmod:poss _ _ 13 prayer prayer NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nmod _ _ 14 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 15 seemed seem VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 16 to to PART TO _ 17 mark _ _ 17 fall fall VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 xcomp _ _ 18 into into ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 deep deep ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 amod _ _ 20 thought thought NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 23 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 27 nsubj _ _ 24 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 27 aux _ _ 25 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 27 aux _ _ 26 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 27 cop _ _ 27 wrong wrong ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 29 for for SCONJ IN _ 32 mark _ _ 30 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 31 nmod:poss _ _ 31 cheeks cheek NOUN NNS Number=Plur 32 nsubj _ _ 32 glowed glow VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 parataxis _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 34 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 35 held hold VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 conj _ _ 36 down down ADP RP _ 35 compound:prt _ _ 37 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 38 nmod:poss _ _ 38 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 39 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **appear** | past | Fo | | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **pray** | to-infinitive · progressive | Fo *not said here* | | | | | | vn long-32.2 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Pivot | | 3 | **seem** | past | Fo | | | the midst of Fo's prayer | | | vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Theme clause=Attribute | | 4 | **fall** | to-infinitive | Fo *not said here* | | | | | into deep thought *result* | vn become-109.1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient into thought=Result | | 5 | **is** | must · perfect | this | | | | | wrong *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **glow** | past | Fo's cheeks | | | | | | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **hold down** | past | Fo | Fo's head | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent head=Theme | | 8 | **pray** | | Fo | | | | | | nom prayer «act intransitive»: 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:** «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. Andersen, Project Gutenberg book 27200 (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 10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/117/10/) - next →: [sentence 12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/117/12/) - ↑ back to [Twenty-sixth Evening](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/117/)