--- title: And all this about the two children was mirrored to old Anthony in a… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: And all this about the two children was mirrored to old Anthony in a single tear, which could soon be wiped away and disappear, but might come again from its source in the heart of the old man. A sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. Andersen, The Old Bachelor's Nightcap, wit --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/128/79/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/) / [The Old Bachelor's Nightcap](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/128/) / 79 # Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen, The Old Bachelor's Nightcap, sentence 79 And all this about the two children was mirrored to old Anthony in a single tear, which could soon be wiped away and disappear, but might come again from its source in the heart of the old man. **What happens:** mirror, wipe away, disappear, come · **To what, where:** this, old Anthony, single tear, source This is a sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. 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: 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:pg27200:128:79 # text = And all this about the two children was mirrored to old Anthony in a single tear, which could soon be wiped away and disappear, but might come again from its source in the heart of the old man. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 2 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 3 det:predet _ _ 3 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 9 nsubj:pass _ _ 4 about about ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 7 nummod _ _ 7 children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nmod _ _ 8 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 aux:pass _ _ 9 mirrored mirror VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 10 to to ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 12 Anthony Anthony PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ 13 in in ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 14 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 15 single single ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 amod _ _ 16 tear tear NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 18 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 22 nsubj:pass _ _ 19 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 22 aux _ _ 20 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 22 advmod _ _ 21 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 22 aux:pass _ _ 22 wiped wipe VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 16 conj _ _ 23 away away ADV RB _ 22 advmod _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 25 disappear disappear VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 23 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 27 but but CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 28 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 29 aux _ _ 29 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 conj _ _ 30 again again ADV RB _ 29 advmod _ _ 31 from from ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 33 nmod:poss _ _ 33 source source NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obl _ _ 34 in in ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 heart heart NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 nmod _ _ 37 of of ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 39 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 40 amod _ _ 40 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 41 . . PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **mirror** | past · passive | | this | old Anthony | a single tear | | | tree rules | | 2 | **wipe away** | could · passive | | a single tear | | | | away, soon *property* | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: subject=Source | | 3 | **disappear** | infinitive | | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **come** | might | | | | pot's source in the heart of the old man | again | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from source=Initial\_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 78](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/128/78/) - next →: [sentence 80](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/128/80/) - ↑ back to [The Old Bachelor's Nightcap](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/128/)