--- title: But this was not poor, insignificant, common dust, which the blind g… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: But this was not poor, insignificant, common dust, which the blind girl had brought; even the rainbow's colors are dim when compared with the beauty which shone from the page on which it had fallen. Who acts: this, rainbow colors, beauty, dust. 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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, rainbow colors, beauty, dust), 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:pg27200:143:246 # text = But this was not poor, insignificant, common dust, which the blind girl had brought; even the rainbow's colors are dim when compared with the beauty which shone from the page on which it had fallen. 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 2 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 5 nsubj _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 4 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 5 advmod _ _ 5 poor poor ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 7 insignificant insignificant NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 9 common common ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 dust dust NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 12 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 17 obj _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 14 blind blind ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 amod _ _ 15 girl girl NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 nsubj:pass _ _ 16 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 aux _ _ 17 brought bring VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 7 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 18 ; ; PUNCT : _ 25 punct _ _ 19 even even ADV RB _ 21 advmod _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 rainbow rainbow NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 22 's 's PART POS _ 21 case _ _ 23 colors color NOUN NNS Number=Plur 25 nsubj _ _ 24 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 25 cop _ _ 25 dim dim ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 conj _ _ 26 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 27 advmod _ _ 27 compared compare VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 25 advcl _ _ 28 with with ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 beauty beauty NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl _ _ 31 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 32 nsubj _ _ 32 shone shine VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 acl:relcl _ _ 33 from from ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 page page NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl _ _ 36 on on ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 37 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 40 obl _ _ 38 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 39 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 40 aux _ _ 40 fallen fall VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 35 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 41 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **is** | past | this | | | | | poor *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **bring** | past · perfect · passive | | the blind girl | | | | | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP NP»: subject=Destination which=Theme | | 3 | **is** | present | rainbow colors | | | | | dim *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **compare** | participle | rainbow colors *not said here* | | | | | with the beauty | vn amalgamate-22.2-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Patient with beauty=Co-Patient | | 5 | **shine** | past | the beauty | | | the page | | | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **fall** | past · perfect | dust | | | the page | | | vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme on which=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 245](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/143/245/) - next →: [sentence 247](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/143/247/) - ↑ back to [The Philosopher's Stone](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/143/)