--- title: Supposing everything here were, like the world I have quitted, only… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: Supposing everything here were, like the world I have quitted, only a beautiful fancy, a delusion like the beauty of the evening clouds, like the misty blue of the distant hills!--when you approach them, they are very different! Who acts: Supposing, I, you, hills. 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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 (Supposing, I, you, hills), 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:pg27200:151:205 # text = Supposing everything here were, like the world I have quitted, only a beautiful fancy, a delusion like the beauty of the evening clouds, like the misty blue of the distant hills!--when you approach them, they are very different! 1 Supposing suppose VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 8 csubj _ _ 2 everything everything PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Tot 1 obj _ _ 3 here here ADV RB PronType=Dem 1 advmod _ _ 4 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 cop _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 6 like like ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 world world NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 9 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 10 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ _ 11 quitted quitt VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 8 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 13 only only ADV RB _ 16 advmod _ _ 14 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 15 beautiful beautiful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 amod _ _ 16 fancy fancy NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 18 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 delusion delusion NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 appos _ _ 20 like like ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 beauty beauty NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 nmod _ _ 23 of of ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 25 evening evening NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 compound _ _ 26 clouds cloud NOUN NNS Number=Plur 22 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 28 like like ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 30 misty misty ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 amod _ _ 31 blue blue NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 nmod _ _ 32 of of ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 34 distant distant ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 amod _ _ 35 hills hill NOUN NNS Number=Plur 31 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 36 ! ! PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 37 -- -- PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 38 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 40 advmod _ _ 39 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 40 approach approach VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 parataxis _ _ 41 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 43 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 46 nsubj _ _ 44 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 46 cop _ _ 45 very very ADV RB _ 46 advmod _ _ 46 different different ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 40 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 47 ! ! PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **suppose** | gerund | | everything | | here | | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent everything=Attribute | | 2 | **is** | past | Supposing | | | | | like the world | tree rules | | 3 | **quitt** | present · perfect | I | a beautiful fancy | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **approach** | present | you | hills *= hill* | | | | | vn confront-98 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme | | 5 | **is** | present | hills *= hill* | | | | | different *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 204](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/151/204/) - next →: [sentence 206](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/151/206/) - ↑ back to [The Psyche](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/151/)