--- title: She had heard and yet not heard, as we are often obliged to do in th… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: She had heard and yet not heard, as we are often obliged to do in this world, in order to live at peace; but she could not keep it from her neighbour on the other side any longer. " Who acts: hen. A sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. 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Andersen, There Is No Doubt About It. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (hen), 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:pg27200:126:14 # text = She had heard and yet not heard, as we are often obliged to do in this world, in order to live at peace; but she could not keep it from her neighbour on the other side any longer. " 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 heard hear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 5 yet yet ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 6 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 7 advmod _ _ 7 heard hear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 3 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 9 as as SCONJ IN _ 13 mark _ _ 10 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 11 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 13 aux:pass _ _ 12 often often ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ _ 13 obliged oblige VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 7 conj _ _ 14 to to PART TO _ 15 mark _ _ 15 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 13 xcomp _ _ 16 in in ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 18 det _ _ 18 world world NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 20 in in SCONJ IN ExtPos=SCONJ 23 mark _ _ 21 order order NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 fixed _ _ 22 to to PART TO _ 23 mark _ _ 23 live live VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 conj _ _ 24 at at ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 25 peace peace NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 26 ; ; PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 27 but but CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 28 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 29 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 31 aux _ _ 30 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 31 advmod _ _ 31 keep keep VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 conj _ _ 32 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 obj _ _ 33 from from ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 35 nmod:poss _ _ 35 neighbour neighbour NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl _ _ 36 on on ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 38 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 amod _ _ 39 side side NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl _ _ 40 any any ADV RB _ 41 advmod _ _ 41 longer long ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 31 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ 43 " " PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hear** | past · perfect | hen | | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer | | 2 | **not** **hear** | participle | hen *not said here* | | | | yet | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer | | 3 | **oblige** | present · passive | | we | | | | often *property* | vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: subject=Patient clause=Result | | 4 | **do** | to-infinitive | | | | this world | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **live** | to-infinitive | | | | peace | | | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at peace=Location | | 6 | **not** **keep** | could | hen | peace | | hen's neighbour | | on the other side; long *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent it=Theme on side=Location | 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 13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/126/13/) - next →: [sentence 15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/126/15/) - ↑ back to [There Is No Doubt About It](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/126/)