--- title: She did not live to see many anniversaries of the festival of the Th… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: She did not live to see many anniversaries of the festival of the Three Kings; Holberg has recorded that she died in June, 1716; but he has not written down, for he did not know, that a number of great black birds circled over the ferry-house, when Mother Soren, as she was called, was lying there a --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/149/234/) [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/) / [Poultry Meg's Family](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/149/) / 234 # Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen, Poultry Meg's Family, sentence 234 She did not live to see many anniversaries of the festival of the Three Kings; Holberg has recorded that she died in June, 1716; but he has not written down, for he did not know, that a number of great black birds circled over the ferry-house, when Mother Soren, as she was called, was lying there a corpse. **Who acts:** One, Marie, number · **What happens:** not live, see, record, die, not write down, not know · **To what, where:** many anniversaries, Holberg, great black birds, ferry house, Mother, corpse · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. Andersen, Poultry Meg's Family. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (One, Marie, number), 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:pg27200:149:234 # text = She did not live to see many anniversaries of the festival of the Three Kings; Holberg has recorded that she died in June, 1716; but he has not written down, for he did not know, that a number of great black birds circled over the ferry-house, when Mother Soren, as she was called, was lying there a corpse. 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 4 advmod _ _ 4 live live VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 6 mark _ _ 6 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 xcomp _ _ 7 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 anniversaries anniversary NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obj _ _ 9 of of ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 festival festival NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nmod _ _ 12 of of ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 14 Three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 15 nummod _ _ 15 Kings king NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 16 ; ; PUNCT : _ 19 punct _ _ 17 Holberg Holberg PROPN NNP Number=Sing 19 nsubj:pass _ _ 18 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 19 aux _ _ 19 recorded record VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 conj _ _ 20 that that SCONJ IN _ 22 mark _ _ 21 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 22 died die VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 ccomp _ _ 23 in in ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 24 June June PROPN NNP Number=Sing 22 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 26 1716 1716 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 24 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 27 ; ; PUNCT : _ 32 punct _ _ 28 but but CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 29 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 30 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 32 aux _ _ 31 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 32 advmod _ _ 32 written write VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 4 parataxis _ _ 33 down down ADP RP _ 32 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 35 for for SCONJ IN _ 39 mark _ _ 36 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 37 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 39 aux _ _ 38 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 39 advmod _ _ 39 know know VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 65 punct _ _ 41 that that SCONJ IN _ 65 mark _ _ 42 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 number number NOUN NN Number=Sing 65 nsubj _ _ 44 of of ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 45 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 47 amod _ _ 46 black black ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 47 amod _ _ 47 birds bird NOUN NNS Number=Plur 43 nmod _ _ 48 circled circle VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 47 acl _ _ 49 over over ADP IN _ 53 case _ _ 50 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 53 det _ _ 51 ferry ferry NOUN NN Number=Sing 53 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 52 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 51 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 53 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 54 , , PUNCT , _ 62 punct _ _ 55 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 62 advmod _ _ 56 Mother Mother PROPN NNP Number=Sing 62 nsubj:pass _ _ 57 Soren Soren PROPN NNP Number=Sing 56 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 58 , , PUNCT , _ 62 punct _ _ 59 as as SCONJ IN _ 62 mark _ _ 60 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 62 nsubj:pass _ _ 61 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 62 aux:pass _ _ 62 called call VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 47 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 63 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 64 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 65 aux _ _ 65 lying lie VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 39 conj _ _ 66 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 65 advmod _ _ 67 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 68 det _ _ 68 corpse corpse NOUN NN Number=Sing 65 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 69 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **live** | past · do-support | One | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **see** | to-infinitive | One *not said here* | many anniversaries of the festival of the Three Kings | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer anniversary=Stimulus | | 3 | **record** | present · perfect · passive | | Holberg | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **die** | past | One | | | | june | | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | | 5 | **not** **write down** | present · perfect | Marie | | | | | | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **not** **know** | past · do-support | Marie | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 7 | **circle** | participle | | great black birds *not said here* | | the ferry house | | | vn contiguous\_location-47.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **call** | past · passive | | Mother | | | | | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient | | 9 | **lie** | past · progressive | a number of great black birds | a corpse | | there | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location corpse=Theme | 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 233](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/149/233/) - next →: [sentence 235](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/149/235/) - ↑ back to [Poultry Meg's Family](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/149/)