--- title: This was a determination to throw herself entirely into whatever she… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: This was a determination to throw herself entirely into whatever she undertook, and it made her feel as if she had eyes even at the tips of her fingers, and could hear down into her very heart. Who acts: This, page, determination. A sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. 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C. Andersen, The Philosopher's Stone. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (This, page, determination), 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:pg27200:143:196 # text = This was a determination to throw herself entirely into whatever she undertook, and it made her feel as if she had eyes even at the tips of her fingers, and could hear down into her very heart. 1 This this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 4 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 determination determination NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 6 mark _ _ 6 throw throw VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 acl _ _ 7 herself herself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 6 obj _ _ 8 entirely entirely ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 9 into into ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 whatever whatever PRON WP PronType=Rel 6 obl _ _ 11 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 12 undertook undertake VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 15 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 16 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 17 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 obj _ _ 18 feel feel VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 16 xcomp _ _ 19 as as SCONJ IN _ 22 mark _ _ 20 if if SCONJ IN _ 22 mark _ _ 21 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 22 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 ccomp _ _ 23 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 22 obj _ _ 24 even even ADV RB _ 27 advmod _ _ 25 at at ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 tips tip NOUN NNS Number=Plur 22 obj _ _ 28 of of ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 30 nmod:poss _ _ 30 fingers finger NOUN NNS Number=Plur 27 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 33 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 34 aux _ _ 34 hear hear VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 16 advcl _ _ 35 down down ADP RP _ 34 compound:prt _ _ 36 into into ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 37 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 39 nmod:poss _ _ 38 very very ADV RB _ 39 advmod _ _ 39 heart heart NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 40 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | This | a determination | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **throw** | to-infinitive | | page | | | | into whatever *result*; entirely *property* | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.result»: agent=Causer herself=Theme into whatever=Result | | 3 | **undertake** | past | page | | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | | 4 | **make** | past | determination | page | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **feel** | infinitive | page *not said here* | | | | | | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 6 | **have** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | page | eyes | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **hear down** | could | determination *not said here* | | | page's heart | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer | 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 195](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/143/195/) - next →: [sentence 197](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/143/197/) - ↑ back to [The Philosopher's Stone](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/143/)