--- title: The flashing Star beheld him one morning as he rose, pale and trembl… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: The flashing Star beheld him one morning as he rose, pale and trembling with fever, from his sad couch; then he stepped towards the statue, threw back the covering, took one long, sorrowful gaze at his work, and then, almost sinking beneath the burden, he dragged the statue out into the garden. 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C. Andersen, The Psyche. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (flashing, glance), 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:pg27200:151:163 # text = The flashing Star beheld him one morning as he rose, pale and trembling with fever, from his sad couch; then he stepped towards the statue, threw back the covering, took one long, sorrowful gaze at his work, and then, almost sinking beneath the burden, he dragged the statue out into the garden. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 flashing flashing NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 Star Star PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 appos _ _ 4 beheld behold VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obj _ _ 6 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 7 nummod _ _ 7 morning morning NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl:unmarked _ _ 8 as as SCONJ IN _ 10 mark _ _ 9 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 10 rose rise VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 12 pale pale ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 xcomp _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 14 trembling tremble VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 12 conj _ _ 15 with with ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 16 fever fever NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 18 from from ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 19 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 21 nmod:poss _ _ 20 sad sad ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 amod _ _ 21 couch couch NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 22 ; ; PUNCT : _ 25 punct _ _ 23 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 25 advmod _ _ 24 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 25 stepped step VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 26 towards towards ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 statue statue NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 30 threw throw VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 conj _ _ 31 back back ADV RB _ 30 advmod _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 covering covering NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 35 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 conj _ _ 36 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 40 nummod _ _ 37 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 40 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 39 sorrowful sorrowful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 40 amod _ _ 40 gaze gaze NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obj _ _ 41 at at ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 42 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 43 nmod:poss _ _ 43 work work NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 44 , , PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 45 and and CCONJ CC _ 49 cc _ _ 46 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 49 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 47 , , PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 48 almost almost ADV RB _ 49 advmod _ _ 49 sinking sink VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 35 advcl _ _ 50 beneath beneath ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 51 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 52 det _ _ 52 burden burden NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 53 , , PUNCT , _ 55 punct _ _ 54 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 55 nsubj _ _ 55 dragged drag VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 conj _ _ 56 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 57 det _ _ 57 statue statue NOUN NN Number=Sing 55 obj _ _ 58 out out ADV RB _ 55 advmod _ _ 59 into into ADP IN _ 61 case _ _ 60 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 61 det _ _ 61 garden garden NOUN NN Number=Sing 55 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 62 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **behold** | past | the flashing | glance | | | morning | | vn sight-30.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus | | 2 | **rise** | past | glance | | | glance's sad couch | | pale *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from couch=Initial\_Location | | 3 | **tremble** | gerund | glance *not said here* | | | | | with fever | vn modes\_of\_being\_with\_motion-47.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **step** | past | glance | | | the statue | then | | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme towards statue=Destination | | 5 | **throw back** | past | glance *not said here* | the covering | | | | | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent covering=Theme | | 6 | **take** | past | glance *not said here* | one long sorrowful gaze | | glance's work | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.source NP.asset»: agent=Agent gaze=Theme at work=Asset | | 7 | **sink** | gerund | glance *not said here* | | | | then | beneath the burden; almost *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 8 | **drag out** | past | glance | the statue | | the garden | | out *property* | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent statue=Theme | | 9 | **work** | | glance | | | | | | nom work «act intransitive»: poss=agent | 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 162](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/151/162/) - next →: [sentence 164](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/151/164/) - ↑ back to [The Psyche](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/151/)