--- title: The man's life had passed away, his dust had been scattered abroad a… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: The man's life had passed away, his dust had been scattered abroad as dust is destined to be; but the result of his noblest striving, the glorious work that gave token of the divine element within him--the Psyche that never dies, that lives beyond posterity--the brightness even of this earthly Psych --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/151/255/) [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/) / [The Psyche](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/151/) / 255 # Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen, The Psyche, sentence 255 The man's life had passed away, his dust had been scattered abroad as dust is destined to be; but the result of his noblest striving, the glorious work that gave token of the divine element within him--the Psyche that never dies, that lives beyond posterity--the brightness even of this earthly Psyche remained here after him, and was seen and acknowledged and appreciated. **Who acts:** life, glorious work, Psyche, that, earthly Psyche · **What happens:** pass away, scatter, destine, be, strive, give · **To what, where:** dust, glorious work, token, posterity This is a sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. 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 (life, glorious work, Psyche, that), 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:pg27200:151:255 # text = The man's life had passed away, his dust had been scattered abroad as dust is destined to be; but the result of his noblest striving, the glorious work that gave token of the divine element within him--the Psyche that never dies, that lives beyond posterity--the brightness even of this earthly Psyche remained here after him, and was seen and acknowledged and appreciated. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 3 's 's PART POS _ 2 case _ _ 4 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 5 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 6 passed pass VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 7 away away ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 9 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ _ 10 dust dust NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nsubj:pass _ _ 11 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 aux _ _ 12 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 13 aux:pass _ _ 13 scattered scatter VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 6 conj _ _ 14 abroad abroad ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ _ 15 as as SCONJ IN _ 18 mark _ _ 16 dust dust NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nsubj:pass _ _ 17 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 18 aux:pass _ _ 18 destined destine VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 13 advcl _ _ 19 to to PART TO _ 20 mark _ _ 20 be be VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 18 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 21 ; ; PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 22 but but CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 result result NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 nsubj _ _ 25 of of ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 27 nmod:poss _ _ 27 noblest noble ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 6 parataxis _ _ 28 striving strive VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 27 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 31 glorious glorious ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 32 amod _ _ 32 work work NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obj _ _ 33 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 34 nsubj _ _ 34 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 acl:relcl _ _ 35 token token NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obj _ _ 36 of of ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 38 divine divine ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 amod _ _ 39 element element NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 nmod _ _ 40 within within ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 41 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 42 -- -- PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 Psyche psyche NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 conj _ _ 45 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 47 nsubj _ _ 46 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 47 advmod _ _ 47 dies die VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 44 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 48 , , PUNCT , _ 50 punct _ _ 49 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 50 nsubj _ _ 50 lives live VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 44 parataxis _ _ 51 beyond beyond ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 52 posterity posterity NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 53 -- -- PUNCT , _ 55 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 54 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 55 det _ _ 55 brightness brightness NOUN NN Number=Sing 52 conj _ _ 56 even even ADV RB _ 60 advmod _ _ 57 of of ADP IN _ 60 case _ _ 58 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 60 nsubj _ _ 59 earthly earthly ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 60 amod _ _ 60 Psyche Psyche PROPN NNP Number=Sing 61 nsubj _ _ 61 remained remain VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 50 parataxis _ _ 62 here here ADV RB PronType=Dem 61 advmod _ _ 63 after after ADP IN _ 64 case _ _ 64 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 61 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 65 , , PUNCT , _ 68 punct _ _ 66 and and CCONJ CC _ 68 cc _ _ 67 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 68 aux:pass _ _ 68 seen see VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 61 parataxis _ _ 69 and and CCONJ CC _ 70 cc _ _ 70 acknowledged acknowledge VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 68 conj _ _ 71 and and CCONJ CC _ 72 cc _ _ 72 appreciated appreciate VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 70 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 73 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **pass away** | past · perfect | the man's life | | | | | away *property* | vn die-42.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient | | 2 | **scatter** | past · perfect · passive | | earth's dust | | | | abroad *property* | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.theme»: subject=Theme | | 3 | **destine** | present · passive | | dust | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **be** | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **strive** | gerund | the man's life *not said here* | the glorious work and the Psyche | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **give** | past | the glorious work and the Psyche | token of the divine element | | | | within earth | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent token=Theme | | 7 | **not** **die** | present | the Psyche | | | | | | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | | 8 | **live** | present | that | | | posterity and the brightness | | | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme beyond posterity=Location | | 9 | **remain** | past | earthly Psyche | | | here | after earth | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 10 | **see** | past · passive | | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V» | | 11 | **acknowledge** | participle | | | | | | | vn confess-37.10 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent | | 12 | **appreciate** | participle | | | | | | | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | 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 254](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/151/254/) - next →: [sentence 256](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/151/256/) - ↑ back to [The Psyche](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/151/)