--- title: He allowed the young man to seek for, and discover, the beautiful an… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: He allowed the young man to seek for, and discover, the beautiful and the good; but while he was contemplating them, the evil spirit blew one mote after another into each of his eyes; and such a proceeding would injure the strongest sight. Who acts: father, evil spirit, proceeding. 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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 (father, evil spirit, proceeding), 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:pg27200:143:91 # text = He allowed the young man to seek for, and discover, the beautiful and the good; but while he was contemplating them, the evil spirit blew one mote after another into each of his eyes; and such a proceeding would injure the strongest sight. 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 allowed allow VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 7 seek seek VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 acl _ _ 8 for for ADP IN _ 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 11 discover discover VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 beautiful beautiful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 obj _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 18 ; ; PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 19 but but CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 20 while while SCONJ IN _ 23 mark _ _ 21 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 22 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 aux _ _ 23 contemplating contemplate VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 29 advcl _ _ 24 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 27 evil evil ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 amod _ _ 28 spirit spirit NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 nsubj _ _ 29 blew blow VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 30 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 31 nummod _ _ 31 mote mote NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obj _ _ 32 after after ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 33 another another DET DT PronType=Ind 29 obl _ _ 34 into into ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 35 each each DET DT PronType=Tot 33 nmod _ _ 36 of of ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 38 nmod:poss _ _ 38 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 35 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 39 ; ; PUNCT : _ 45 punct _ _ 40 and and CCONJ CC _ 45 cc _ _ 41 such such DET PDT PronType=Ind 43 det:predet _ _ 42 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 proceeding proceeding NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 nsubj _ _ 44 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 45 aux _ _ 45 injure injure VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 conj _ _ 46 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 47 strongest strong ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 48 amod _ _ 48 sight sight NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 49 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **allow** | past | father | | the young man | | | | vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent man=Beneficiary | | 2 | **seek** | to-infinitive | father *not said here* | | | | | | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **discover** | infinitive | father *not said here* | the beautiful | | | | | vn discover-84-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent beautiful=Topic | | 4 | **contemplate** | past · progressive | father | eyes *= eye* | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **blow** | past | the evil spirit | one mote | | | after another | | vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: agent=Agent mote=Patient | | 6 | **injure** | would | such proceeding | the strongest sight | | | | | tree rules | 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 90](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/143/90/) - next →: [sentence 92](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/143/92/) - ↑ back to [The Philosopher's Stone](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/143/)