--- title: And as she sung, the shadows grew paler and paler; the blood in the… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: And as she sung, the shadows grew paler and paler; the blood in the emperor's veins flowed more rapidly, and gave life to his weak limbs; and even Death himself listened, and said, "Go on, little nightingale, go on." Who acts: nightingale, shadows, blood, Death. 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C. Andersen, The Nightingale. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (nightingale, shadows, blood, Death), 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:pg27200:125:137 # text = And as she sung, the shadows grew paler and paler; the blood in the emperor's veins flowed more rapidly, and gave life to his weak limbs; and even Death himself listened, and said, "Go on, little nightingale, go on." 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 2 as as SCONJ IN _ 4 mark _ _ 3 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 sung sing VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 shadows shadow NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 nsubj _ _ 8 grew grow VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 9 paler pale ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 8 xcomp _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 11 paler pale ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 9 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ; ; PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 blood blood NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 nsubj _ _ 15 in in ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 emperor emperor NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 18 's 's PART POS _ 17 case _ _ 19 veins vein NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 nmod _ _ 20 flowed flow VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 conj _ _ 21 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 22 advmod _ _ 22 rapidly rapidly ADV RB _ 20 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 25 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 conj _ _ 26 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obj _ _ 27 to to ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 28 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 30 nmod:poss _ _ 29 weak weak ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 amod _ _ 30 limbs limb NOUN NNS Number=Plur 25 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 31 ; ; PUNCT : _ 36 punct _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 33 even even ADV RB _ 34 advmod _ _ 34 Death Death PROPN NNP Number=Sing 36 nsubj _ _ 35 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 34 nmod _ _ 36 listened listen VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 39 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 41 " " PUNCT `` _ 42 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 42 Go go VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 39 ccomp _ _ 43 on on ADV RB _ 42 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 44 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 45 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 46 amod _ _ 46 nightingale nightingale NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 47 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 48 go go VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 42 conj _ _ 49 on on ADV RB _ 48 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 50 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 51 " " PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sing** *speech: express* | participle | nightingale | | | | | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP.location V PP.theme»: agent=Location | | 2 | **grow** | past | the shadows | | | | | pale *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **flow** | past | the blood in the emperor's veins | | | | | rapidly *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **give** | past | the blood in the emperor's veins *not said here* | life | emperor's weak limbs | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent life=Theme to limb=Recipient | | 5 | **listen** | past | Death emperor | | | | | | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Death emperor *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 7 | **go on** *in a quote* | infinitive | | little nightingale | | | | | vn function-105.2.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **go on** *in a quote* | infinitive | | | | | | | vn function-105.2.1 «NP V»: agent=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:** «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 136](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/125/136/) - next →: [sentence 138](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/125/138/) - ↑ back to [The Nightingale](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/125/)