--- title: Anthony thought it a very beautiful but mournful story; yet he never… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: Anthony thought it a very beautiful but mournful story; yet he never feared anything so sad would happen to him and Molly, as he passed the spot, whistling the air of a song, composed by the minstrel Walter, called the "Willow bird," beginning-- Who acts: Anthony, anything. 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C. Andersen, The Old Bachelor's Nightcap. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Anthony, anything), 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:pg27200:128:107 # text = Anthony thought it a very beautiful but mournful story; yet he never feared anything so sad would happen to him and Molly, as he passed the spot, whistling the air of a song, composed by the minstrel Walter, called the "Willow bird," beginning-- 1 Anthony Anthony PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obj _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 5 very very ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 beautiful beautiful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 7 but but CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 8 mournful mournful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 conj _ _ 9 story story NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ; ; PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 11 yet yet CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 12 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 13 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 14 advmod _ _ 14 feared fear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 15 anything anything PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 19 nsubj _ _ 16 so so ADV RB _ 17 advmod _ _ 17 sad sad ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 amod _ _ 18 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 19 aux _ _ 19 happen happen VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 14 ccomp _ _ 20 to to ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 21 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 obl _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 23 Molly Molly PROPN NNP Number=Sing 21 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 25 as as SCONJ IN _ 27 mark _ _ 26 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 27 passed pass VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 parataxis _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 spot spot NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 31 whistling whistle VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 27 advcl _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 air air NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obj _ _ 34 of of ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 song song NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 38 composed compose VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 27 conj _ _ 39 by by ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 minstrel minstrel NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obl _ _ 42 Walter Walter PROPN NNP Number=Sing 41 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 44 called call VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 41 acl _ _ 45 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 46 " " PUNCT `` _ 48 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 47 Willow Willow PROPN NNP Number=Sing 48 compound _ _ 48 bird bird NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 49 , , PUNCT , _ 51 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 50 " " PUNCT `` _ 51 punct _ _ 51 beginning beginning NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 52 -- -- PUNCT NFP _ 14 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **think** *speech: other* | past | Anthony | blossom | | | | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent it=Theme story=Attribute | | 2 | **not** **fear** | past | Anthony | beginning | | | | | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 3 | **happen** | would | anything | | Anthony | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **pass** | past | Anthony | the spot | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1-3 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme spot=Trajectory | | 5 | **whistle** | gerund | Anthony *not said here* | the air of a song | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent air=Topic | | 6 | **compose** | participle | Anthony *not said here* | | | | | by the minstrel | vn create-26.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **call** | participle | | the minstrel *not said here* | the Willow bird | | | | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent bird=Recipient | 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 106](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/128/106/) - next →: [sentence 108](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/128/108/) - ↑ back to [The Old Bachelor's Nightcap](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/128/)