--- title: I think these thanks are caught up, and the sunbeams bring the silen… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: I think these thanks are caught up, and the sunbeams bring the silent, hidden thankfulness over the head of the benefactor; and if it be a whole people that has been expressing its gratitude through a long lapse of time, the thankfulness appears as a nosegay of flowers, and at length falls in the fo --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/136/46/) [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/) / [First Visit](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/136/) / 46 # Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen, First Visit, sentence 46 I think these thanks are caught up, and the sunbeams bring the silent, hidden thankfulness over the head of the benefactor; and if it be a whole people that has been expressing its gratitude through a long lapse of time, the thankfulness appears as a nosegay of flowers, and at length falls in the form of a shooting star over the good man's grave. **Who acts:** I, sunbeams, thankfulness, whole people, time · **What happens:** think, catch up, bring, be, express, appear · **To what, where:** thanks, silent hidden thankfulness, head, whole people, gratitude, long lapse · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. Andersen, First Visit. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (I, sunbeams, thankfulness, whole people), 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:pg27200:136:46 # text = I think these thanks are caught up, and the sunbeams bring the silent, hidden thankfulness over the head of the benefactor; and if it be a whole people that has been expressing its gratitude through a long lapse of time, the thankfulness appears as a nosegay of flowers, and at length falls in the form of a shooting star over the good man's grave. 1 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 think think VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 these this DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 4 det _ _ 4 thanks thanks NOUN NNS Number=Ptan 6 nsubj:pass _ _ 5 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux:pass _ _ 6 caught catch VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 ccomp _ _ 7 up up ADP RP _ 6 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 sunbeams sunbeam NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 nsubj _ _ 12 bring bring VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 14 silent silent ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 16 hidden hidden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 amod _ _ 17 thankfulness thankfulness NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obj _ _ 18 over over ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ _ 21 of of ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 benefactor benefactor NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 24 ; ; PUNCT : _ 31 punct _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 26 if if SCONJ IN _ 31 mark _ _ 27 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 28 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 31 cop _ _ 29 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 30 whole whole ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 amod _ _ 31 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 ccomp _ _ 32 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 35 nsubj _ _ 33 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 35 aux _ _ 34 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 35 aux _ _ 35 expressing express VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 31 acl:relcl _ _ 36 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 37 nmod:poss _ _ 37 gratitude gratitude NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obj _ _ 38 through through ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 39 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 40 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 41 amod _ _ 41 lapse lapse NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl _ _ 42 of of ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 43 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 44 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 45 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 thankfulness thankfulness NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 nsubj _ _ 47 appears appear VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 35 parataxis _ _ 48 as as ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 49 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 50 det _ _ 50 nosegay nosegay NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 obl _ _ 51 of of ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 52 flowers flower NOUN NNS Number=Plur 50 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 53 , , PUNCT , _ 57 punct _ _ 54 and and CCONJ CC _ 57 cc _ _ 55 at at ADP IN _ 56 case _ _ 56 length length NOUN NN Number=Sing 57 obl _ _ 57 falls fall VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 47 conj _ _ 58 in in ADP IN _ 60 case _ _ 59 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 60 det _ _ 60 form form NOUN NN Number=Sing 57 obl _ _ 61 of of ADP IN _ 64 case _ _ 62 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 64 det _ _ 63 shooting shooting NOUN NN Number=Sing 64 compound _ _ 64 star star NOUN NN Number=Sing 60 nmod _ _ 65 over over ADP IN _ 70 case _ _ 66 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 68 det _ _ 67 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 68 amod _ _ 68 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 70 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 69 's 's PART POS _ 68 case _ _ 70 grave grave NOUN NN Number=Sing 57 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 71 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **think** *speech: other* | present | I | | | | | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 2 | **catch up** | present · passive | | this thanks | | | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 3 | **bring** | present | the sunbeams | the silent hidden thankfulness | | the head of the benefactor | | | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent thankfulness=Theme | | 4 | **is a** *a condition, not said to happen* | infinitive | thankfulness | a whole people | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **express** | present · perfect · progressive | a whole people | thankfulness's gratitude | | a long lapse of time | | | vn reflexive\_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent gratitude=Theme | | 6 | **appear** | present | the thankfulness | | | | | as a nosegay of flowers | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **fall** | present | the thankfulness *not said here* | | | length | | in the form of a shooting star; over the good man's grave | vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme at length=Location | | 8 | **lapse** | | time | | | | | | nom lapse «act intransitive»: of=agent | | 9 | **form** | | | a shooting star | | | | | nom form «communication transitive»: of=patient | 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 45](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/136/45/) - next →: [sentence 47](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/136/47/) - ↑ back to [First Visit](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/136/)