--- title: And he knelt down and breathed a prayer of thankfulnesss to Heaven,… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: And he knelt down and breathed a prayer of thankfulnesss to Heaven, and then he forgot Heaven for her sake--for the sake of her picture in stone--for her Psyche which stood there as if formed of snow, blushing in the morning dawn. Who acts: Providence, Psyche, thankfulnesss. 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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 (Providence, Psyche, thankfulnesss), 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:pg27200:151:71 # text = And he knelt down and breathed a prayer of thankfulnesss to Heaven, and then he forgot Heaven for her sake--for the sake of her picture in stone--for her Psyche which stood there as if formed of snow, blushing in the morning dawn. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 knelt kneel VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 down down ADP RP _ 3 compound:prt _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 6 breathed breathe VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 prayer prayer NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 9 of of ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 thankfulnesss thankfulnesss NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nmod _ _ 11 to to ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 Heaven Heaven PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 15 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 17 advmod _ _ 16 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 17 forgot forget VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 18 Heaven Heaven PROPN NNP Number=Sing 17 obj _ _ 19 for for ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 21 nmod:poss _ _ 21 sake sake NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 22 -- -- PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 23 for for ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 sake sake NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ _ 26 of of ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 28 nmod:poss _ _ 28 picture picture NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 nmod _ _ 29 in in ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 30 stone stone NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 31 -- -- PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 32 for for ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 34 nmod:poss _ _ 34 Psyche psyche NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 parataxis _ _ 35 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 36 nsubj _ _ 36 stood stand VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 34 acl:relcl _ _ 37 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 36 advmod _ _ 38 as as SCONJ IN _ 40 mark _ _ 39 if if SCONJ IN _ 40 mark _ _ 40 formed form VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 36 advcl _ _ 41 of of ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 42 snow snow NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 44 blushing blush VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 40 advcl _ _ 45 in in ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 46 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 47 morning morning NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 compound _ _ 48 dawn dawn NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 49 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **kneel down** | past | Providence | | | | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **breathe** | past | Providence *not said here* | a prayer of thankfulnesss | Heaven | | | | vn breathe-40.1.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent prayer=Theme | | 3 | **forget** | past | Providence | Heaven | | | then | for Heaven's sake; for the sake of Heaven's picture in stone | tree rules | | 4 | **stand** | past | Heaven's Psyche | | | there | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **form** | participle | Heaven's Psyche *not said here* | | | | | of snow | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **blush** | gerund | Heaven's Psyche *not said here* | | | | dawn | | vn hiccup-40.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **pray** | | thankfulnesss | | | | | | nom prayer «act intransitive»: of=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 70](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/151/70/) - next →: [sentence 72](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/151/72/) - ↑ back to [The Psyche](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/151/)