--- title: "I can give nothing," she replied; "I am on the wane, and no lamps h… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: "I can give nothing," she replied; "I am on the wane, and no lamps have ever given me light while I have frequently shone upon them." Who acts: moon, wind. A sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. 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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 (moon, wind), 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:pg27200:133:51 # text = "I can give nothing," she replied; "I am on the wane, and no lamps have ever given me light while I have frequently shone upon them." 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 3 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 4 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 " " PUNCT `` _ 9 punct _ _ 8 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 9 replied reply VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ; ; PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 11 " " PUNCT `` _ 16 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 13 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 16 cop _ _ 14 on on ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 wane wane NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 19 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 20 det _ _ 20 lamps lamp NOUN NNS Number=Plur 23 nsubj:pass _ _ 21 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 23 aux _ _ 22 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 23 advmod _ _ 23 given give VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 25 amod _ _ 24 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 23 obj _ _ 25 light light NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 26 while while SCONJ IN _ 30 mark _ _ 27 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 28 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 30 aux _ _ 29 frequently frequently ADV RB _ 30 advmod _ _ 30 shone shine VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 4 advcl _ _ 31 upon upon ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 32 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 33 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 34 " " PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **give** *in a quote* | can | moon | nothing | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent nothing=Recipient light=Theme | | 2 | **reply** *speech: assert* | past | moon | | | | | | vn respond-113 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **is** *in a quote* | present | the wind *= wind* | | | the wane | | | tree rules | | 4 | **give** *in a quote* | present · perfect · passive | | no lamps | | | ever | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: subject=Recipient i=Theme | | 5 | **shine** *in a quote* | present · perfect | the wind *= wind* | | | | | upon clouds *= cloud*; frequently *property* | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme upon they=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 50](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/133/50/) - next →: [sentence 52](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/133/52/) - ↑ back to [The Old Street Lamp](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/133/)