--- title: The quiet gentle lady did not remain long at home here on earth, for… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: The quiet gentle lady did not remain long at home here on earth, for the good God called her away; and, indeed, her home was rather with Him than in the knightly house; and the church bells tolled solemnly when her corpse was carried to the church, and the eyes of the poor people were wet with tears --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/149/42/) [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/) / 42 # Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen, Poultry Meg's Family, sentence 42 The quiet gentle lady did not remain long at home here on earth, for the good God called her away; and, indeed, her home was rather with Him than in the knightly house; and the church bells tolled solemnly when her corpse was carried to the church, and the eyes of the poor people were wet with tears, for she had been good to them. **Who acts:** quiet gentle lady, good God, home, eyes, lady · **What happens:** not remain, call away, be, toll, carry · **To what, where:** earth, lady, church bells, corpse, church, eyes 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 (quiet gentle lady, good God, home, eyes), 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:pg27200:149:42 # text = The quiet gentle lady did not remain long at home here on earth, for the good God called her away; and, indeed, her home was rather with Him than in the knightly house; and the church bells tolled solemnly when her corpse was carried to the church, and the eyes of the poor people were wet with tears, for she had been good to them. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 2 quiet quiet ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 3 gentle gentle ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 lady lady NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 5 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 6 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 7 advmod _ _ 7 remain remain VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 8 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 xcomp _ _ 9 at at ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 home home NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ 11 here here ADV RB PronType=Dem 7 advmod _ _ 12 on on ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 earth earth NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 15 for for SCONJ IN _ 19 mark _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 17 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 amod _ _ 18 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 19 nsubj _ _ 19 called call VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 parataxis _ _ 20 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 obj _ _ 21 away away ADV RB _ 19 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 22 ; ; PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 25 indeed indeed ADV RB _ 32 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 27 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 28 nmod:poss _ _ 28 home home NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 nsubj _ _ 29 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 cop _ _ 30 rather rather ADV RB _ 32 advmod _ _ 31 with with ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 32 Him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 parataxis _ _ 33 than than ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 34 in in ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 36 knightly knightly ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 amod _ _ 37 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 38 ; ; PUNCT : _ 42 punct _ _ 39 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 41 church church NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 compound _ _ 42 bells bell NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 conj _ _ 43 tolled toll VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 42 acl _ _ 44 solemnly solemnly ADV RB _ 43 advmod _ _ 45 when when SCONJ WRB _ 49 mark _ _ 46 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 47 nmod:poss _ _ 47 corpse corpse NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 nsubj:pass _ _ 48 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 49 aux:pass _ _ 49 carried carry VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 43 advcl _ _ 50 to to ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 51 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 52 det _ _ 52 church church NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 53 , , PUNCT , _ 62 punct _ _ 54 and and CCONJ CC _ 62 cc _ _ 55 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 56 det _ _ 56 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 62 nsubj _ _ 57 of of ADP IN _ 60 case _ _ 58 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 60 det _ _ 59 poor poor ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 60 amod _ _ 60 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 56 nmod _ _ 61 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 62 cop _ _ 62 wet wet ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 49 conj _ _ 63 with with ADP IN _ 64 case _ _ 64 tears tear NOUN NNS Number=Plur 62 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 65 , , PUNCT , _ 70 punct _ _ 66 for for SCONJ IN _ 70 mark _ _ 67 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 70 nsubj _ _ 68 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 70 aux _ _ 69 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 70 cop _ _ 70 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 62 conj _ _ 71 to to ADP IN _ 72 case _ _ 72 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 70 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 73 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **remain** | past · do-support | the quiet gentle lady | | | earth; here | | long *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on earth=Location | | 2 | **call away** *speech: assert* | past | the good God | | lady | | | away *property* | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent she=Recipient | | 3 | **is** | past | lady's home | | | | | with God; than the knightly house; indeed *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **toll** | participle | | the church bells *not said here* | | | | solemnly *property* | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **carry** | past · passive | | lady's corpse | | the church | | | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme to church=Destination | | 6 | **is** | past | the eyes of the poor people | | | | | with tears; wet *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **is** | past · perfect | lady | | eyes *= eye* | | | good *property* | 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 41](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/149/41/) - next →: [sentence 43](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/149/43/) - ↑ back to [Poultry Meg's Family](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/149/)