--- title: This formed a copy; under these were other letters, which Hjalmar ha… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: This formed a copy; under these were other letters, which Hjalmar had written: they fancied they looked like the copy, but they were mistaken; for they were leaning on one side as if they intended to fall over the pencil-lines. Who acts: This, these, letters. 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C. Andersen, Ole-luk-oie, the Dream-god. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (This, these, letters), 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:pg27200:134:24 # text = This formed a copy; under these were other letters, which Hjalmar had written: they fancied they looked like the copy, but they were mistaken; for they were leaning on one side as if they intended to fall over the pencil-lines. 1 This this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 2 nsubj _ _ 2 formed form VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 copy copy NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ; ; PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 6 under under ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 7 these this PRON DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 10 nsubj _ _ 8 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 cop _ _ 9 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 letters letter NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 12 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 15 obj _ _ 13 Hjalmar Hjalmar PROPN NNP Number=Sing 15 nsubj:pass _ _ 14 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 aux _ _ 15 written write VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 10 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 : : PUNCT : _ 18 punct _ _ 17 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 18 fancied fancy VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 19 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 20 looked look VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 ccomp _ _ 21 like like ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 copy copy NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 25 but but CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 26 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 27 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 aux:pass _ _ 28 mistaken mistake VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 18 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 29 ; ; PUNCT : _ 33 punct _ _ 30 for for SCONJ IN _ 33 mark _ _ 31 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 32 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 33 aux _ _ 33 leaning lean VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 2 advcl _ _ 34 on on ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 36 nummod _ _ 36 side side NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obl _ _ 37 as as SCONJ IN _ 40 mark _ _ 38 if if SCONJ IN _ 40 mark _ _ 39 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 40 intended intend VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 33 advcl _ _ 41 to to PART TO _ 42 mark _ _ 42 fall fall VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 40 xcomp _ _ 43 over over ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 45 pencil pencil NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 46 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 45 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 47 lines line NOUN NNS Number=Plur 42 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **form** | past | This | a copy | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location copy=Theme | | 2 | **is** | past | these | | | other letters | | | tree rules | | 3 | **write** | past · perfect · passive | | Hjalmar | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: subject=Recipient which=Topic | | 4 | **fancy** | past | letters *= letter* | | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 5 | **look** | past | letters *= letter* | | | | | like the copy | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | | 6 | **mistake** | past · passive | | letters *= letter* | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **lean** | past · progressive | letters *= letter* | | | one side | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on side=Location | | 8 | **intend** | past | letters *= letter* | | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 9 | **fall** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | letters *= letter* *not said here* | | | the pencil lines | | | vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme over line=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 23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/134/23/) - next →: [sentence 25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/134/25/) - ↑ back to [Ole-luk-oie, the Dream-god](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/134/)