--- title: Was she thinking, perchance, how the fishes were richly clothed in g… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: Was she thinking, perchance, how the fishes were richly clothed in gold, how they lived calmly and peacefully in their crystal world, how they were regularly fed, and yet how much happier they might be if they were free? Who acts: light, hearts. 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C. 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 (light, hearts), 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:pg27200:117:25 # text = Was she thinking, perchance, how the fishes were richly clothed in gold, how they lived calmly and peacefully in their crystal world, how they were regularly fed, and yet how much happier they might be if they were free? 1 Was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 2 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 thinking think VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 5 perchance perchance ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 7 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 12 advmod _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 fishes fish NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 nsubj:pass _ _ 10 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 aux:pass _ _ 11 richly richly ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ _ 12 clothed clothe VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 conj _ _ 13 in in ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 gold gold NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 16 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 18 advmod _ _ 17 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 18 lived live VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 advcl _ _ 19 calmly calmly ADV RB _ 18 advmod _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 21 peacefully peacefully ADV RB _ 19 conj _ _ 22 in in ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 23 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 25 nmod:poss _ _ 24 crystal crystal ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 amod _ _ 25 world world NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 27 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 31 advmod _ _ 28 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj:pass _ _ 29 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 aux:pass _ _ 30 regularly regularly ADV RB _ 31 advmod _ _ 31 fed feed VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 25 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 34 yet yet ADV RB _ 37 advmod _ _ 35 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 36 advmod _ _ 36 much much ADV RB _ 37 advmod _ _ 37 happier happy ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 18 conj _ _ 38 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 44 nsubj _ _ 39 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 44 aux _ _ 40 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 44 cop _ _ 41 if if SCONJ IN _ 44 mark _ _ 42 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 44 nsubj _ _ 43 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 44 cop _ _ 44 free free ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 45 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **think** *speech: other* | past · progressive | light | | | | | | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **clothe** | past · passive | | the fishes | | gold | | richly *property* | vn dress-41.1.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | | 3 | **live** | past | hearts *= heart* | | | hearts's crystal world | | calmly *property* | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in world=Location | | 4 | **feed** | past · passive | | hearts *= heart* | | | | regularly *property* | vn feeding-39.7 «NP V NP»: subject=Recipient | | 5 | **is** *a condition, not said to happen* | might | hearts *= heart* | | | | | free *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:** «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 24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/117/24/) - next →: [sentence 26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/117/26/) - ↑ back to [Twenty-sixth Evening](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/117/)