--- title: I will blow into your brain, so that in future you shall not only be… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: I will blow into your brain, so that in future you shall not only be able to remember all that you have seen or heard in the past, but your light within shall be so bright, that you shall be able to understand all that is said or done in your presence." Who acts: I, you, that, light. 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C. Andersen, The Old Street Lamp. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (I, you, that, light), 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:pg27200:133:42 # text = I will blow into your brain, so that in future you shall not only be able to remember all that you have seen or heard in the past, but your light within shall be so bright, that you shall be able to understand all that is said or done in your presence." 1 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 blow blow VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 into into ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 brain brain NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 8 so so SCONJ IN ExtPos=SCONJ 17 mark _ _ 9 that that SCONJ IN _ 8 fixed _ _ 10 in in ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 future future NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ _ 12 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 13 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 17 aux _ _ 14 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 17 advmod _ _ 15 only only ADV RB _ 17 advmod _ _ 16 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 17 cop _ _ 17 able able ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 conj _ _ 18 to to PART TO _ 19 mark _ _ 19 remember remember VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 17 xcomp _ _ 20 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 24 det:predet _ _ 21 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 24 nsubj _ _ 22 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 23 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 24 aux _ _ 24 seen see VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 19 ccomp _ _ 25 or or CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 26 heard hear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 24 conj _ _ 27 in in ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 past past NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 31 but but CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 32 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 33 nmod:poss _ _ 33 light light NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 nsubj _ _ 34 within within ADP IN _ 33 nmod _ _ 35 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 38 aux _ _ 36 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 38 cop _ _ 37 so so ADV RB _ 38 advmod _ _ 38 bright bright ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 40 that that SCONJ IN _ 44 mark _ _ 41 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 44 nsubj _ _ 42 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 44 aux _ _ 43 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 44 cop _ _ 44 able able ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 conj _ _ 45 to to PART TO _ 46 mark _ _ 46 understand understand VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 44 xcomp _ _ 47 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 50 det:predet _ _ 48 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 50 nsubj:pass _ _ 49 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 50 aux:pass _ _ 50 said say VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 46 ccomp _ _ 51 or or CCONJ CC _ 52 cc _ _ 52 done do VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 50 conj _ _ 53 in in ADP IN _ 55 case _ _ 54 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 55 nmod:poss _ _ 55 presence presence NOUN NN Number=Sing 52 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 56 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 57 " " PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **blow** | future | I | | | your brain | | | vn build-26.1 «NP V NP.material PP.product»: agent=Agent into brain=Product | | 2 | **not** **is** | shall | you | | | future | | able *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **remember** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 4 | **see** | present · perfect | that | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 5 | **hear** | participle | that *not said here* | | | the past | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer | | 6 | **is** | shall | your light | | | | | bright *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **is** | shall | you | | | | | able *property* | tree rules | | 8 | **understand** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 9 | **say** *speech: assert* | present · passive | | that | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: subject=Topic | | 10 | **do** | participle | | | | your presence | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 11 | **light** | | your | | | | | | nom light «phenomenon transitive»: poss=agent | 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 41](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/133/41/) - next →: [sentence 43](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/133/43/) - ↑ back to [The Old Street Lamp](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/133/)