--- title: They told him that art was a sorcerer, betraying us to vanity and to… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: They told him that art was a sorcerer, betraying us to vanity and to earthly lusts; that we are false to ourselves, unfaithful to our friends, unfaithful towards Heaven; and that the serpent was always repeating within us, "Eat, and thou shalt become as God." Who acts: vanity, art, we, serpent. 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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 (vanity, art, we, serpent), 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:pg27200:151:173 # text = They told him that art was a sorcerer, betraying us to vanity and to earthly lusts; that we are false to ourselves, unfaithful to our friends, unfaithful towards Heaven; and that the serpent was always repeating within us, "Eat, and thou shalt become as God." 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 iobj _ _ 4 that that SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 5 art art NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 6 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 cop _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 sorcerer sorcerer NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 10 betraying betray VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 2 advcl _ _ 11 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 10 obj _ _ 12 to to ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 vanity vanity NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 15 to to ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 earthly earthly ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 amod _ _ 17 lusts lust NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 18 ; ; PUNCT : _ 22 punct _ _ 19 that that SCONJ IN _ 22 mark _ _ 20 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 21 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 22 cop _ _ 22 false false ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 parataxis _ _ 23 to to ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 24 ourselves ourselves PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 22 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 26 unfaithful unfaithful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 conj _ _ 27 to to ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 our our PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 29 nmod:poss _ _ 29 friends friend NOUN NNS Number=Plur 26 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 31 unfaithful unfaithful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 amod _ _ 32 towards towards ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 33 Heaven Heaven PROPN NNP Number=Sing 31 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 34 ; ; PUNCT : _ 41 punct _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 36 that that SCONJ IN _ 41 mark _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 serpent serpent NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 nsubj _ _ 39 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 41 aux _ _ 40 always always ADV RB PronType=Tot 41 advmod _ _ 41 repeating repeat VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 2 ccomp _ _ 42 within within ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 43 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 41 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 44 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 45 " " PUNCT `` _ 46 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 46 Eat eat VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 41 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 47 , , PUNCT , _ 51 punct _ _ 48 and and CCONJ CC _ 51 cc _ _ 49 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 51 nsubj _ _ 50 shalt shall AUX MD Style=Arch|VerbForm=Fin 51 aux _ _ 51 become become VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 ccomp _ _ 52 as as ADP IN _ 53 case _ _ 53 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 51 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 54 . . PUNCT . _ 51 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 55 " " PUNCT '' _ 51 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | vanity | | soil | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic | | 2 | **is a** | past | art | a sorcerer | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **betray** | gerund | vanity *not said here* | us | | | | to vanity and earthly lusts | tree rules | | 4 | **is** | present | we | | ourselves | | | false *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **be** | | we *not said here* | | | | | to our friends | tree rules | | 6 | **repeat** | past · progressive | the serpent | | | | | within us; always *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 7 | **eat** *in a quote* | infinitive | | | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **become** *in a quote* | shall | thou | | | | | as God | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient | 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 172](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/151/172/) - next →: [sentence 174](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/151/174/) - ↑ back to [The Psyche](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/151/)