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title: He had eyes for all times and all people; eyes that could discover i… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics
description: He had eyes for all times and all people; eyes that could discover in the depths of the earth hidden treasures, and look into the hearts of men, as through a pane of glass; he could read more than is often seen on the cheek that blushes or grows pale, in the eye that droops or smiles. Who acts: good
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# Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen, The Philosopher's Stone, sentence 77

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He had eyes for all times and all people; eyes that could discover in the depths of the earth hidden treasures, and look into the hearts of men, as through a pane of glass; he could read more than is often seen on the cheek that blushes or grows pale, in the eye that droops or smiles.

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**Who acts:** good, eyes, cheek, eye · **What happens:** have, discover, look, read, see, blush · **To what, where:** eyes, depths, cheek, eye

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This is a sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. 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 (good, eyes, cheek, eye), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**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:pg27200:143:77
# text = He had eyes for all times and all people; eyes that could discover in the depths of the earth hidden treasures, and look into the hearts of men, as through a pane of glass; he could read more than is often seen on the cheek that blushes or grows pale, in the eye that droops or smiles.
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	eyes	eye	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
4	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	6	det	_	_
6	times	time	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
8	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	9	det	_	_
9	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	14	punct	_	_
11	eyes	eye	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	14	nsubj	_	_
12	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	14	nsubj	_	_
13	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	14	aux	_	_
14	discover	discover	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	parataxis	_	_
15	in	in	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	depths	depth	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	14	obl	_	_
18	of	of	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
19	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
20	earth	earth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	nmod	_	_
21	hidden	hidden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	22	amod	_	_
22	treasures	treasure	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	20	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	25	punct	_	_
24	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	25	cc	_	_
25	look	look	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	14	conj	_	_
26	into	into	ADP	IN	_	28	case	_	_
27	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	28	det	_	_
28	hearts	heart	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	25	obl	_	_
29	of	of	ADP	IN	_	30	case	_	_
30	men	man	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	28	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
31	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	35	punct	_	_
32	as	as	ADP	IN	_	35	case	_	_
33	through	through	ADP	IN	_	35	case	_	_
34	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	35	det	_	_
35	pane	pane	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	25	obl	_	_
36	of	of	ADP	IN	_	37	case	_	_
37	glass	glass	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	35	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
38	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	41	punct	_	_
39	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	41	nsubj	_	_
40	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	41	aux	_	_
41	read	read	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	conj	_	_
42	more	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp|ExtPos=ADV	46	advmod	_	_
43	than	than	ADP	IN	_	42	fixed	_	_
44	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	46	aux:pass	_	_
45	often	often	ADV	RB	_	46	advmod	_	_
46	seen	see	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	41	advcl	_	_
47	on	on	ADP	IN	_	49	case	_	_
48	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	49	det	_	_
49	cheek	cheek	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	46	obl	_	_
50	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	51	nsubj	_	_
51	blushes	blush	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	49	acl:relcl	_	_
52	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	53	cc	_	_
53	grows	grow	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	51	conj	_	_
54	pale	pale	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	53	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
55	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	58	punct	_	_
56	in	in	ADP	IN	_	58	case	_	_
57	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	58	det	_	_
58	eye	eye	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	53	obl	_	_
59	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	60	nsubj	_	_
60	droops	droop	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	58	acl:relcl	_	_
61	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	62	cc	_	_
62	smiles	smile	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	60	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
63	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | past | good | eyes |  |  | time |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent eye=Patient |
| 2 | **discover** | could | eyes |  |  | the depths of the earth and hidden treasures |  |  | vn discover-84-1 «NP V PP.topic S\_ING»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **look** | infinitive | eyes *not said here* |  |  |  |  | as a pane of glass; into the hearts of men | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent into heart=Theme |
| 4 | **read** | could | good |  |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 5 | **see** | present · passive | good *not said here* |  |  | the cheek |  | often *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V» |
| 6 | **blush** | present | the cheek |  |  |  |  |  | vn hiccup-40.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 7 | **grow** | present | the cheek *not said here* |  |  | the eye |  | pale *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in eye=Location |
| 8 | **droop** | present | the eye |  |  |  |  |  | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 9 | **smile** | present | the eye *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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.

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**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.

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