--- title: It was only of these that she thought when the clergyman laid his ha… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: It was only of these that she thought when the clergyman laid his hand upon her head and spoke of the holy baptism, of the covenant with God, and told her that she was now to be a grown-up Christian. Who acts: Karen, clergyman. A sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. 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C. Andersen, The Red Shoes. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Karen, clergyman), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. **Checked tree.** This sentence is in the tales treebank of Mova corpus 0.3 (`gutenberg:pg27200:10407`): parsed by Mova, then checked and patched by a teacher model under UD validation gates — Mova annot: Rust (en) → Claude Opus (medium) patches; gates UD 2.18. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = book:pg27200:154:26 # text = It was only of these that she thought when the clergyman laid his hand upon her head and spoke of the holy baptism, of the covenant with God, and told her that she was now to be a grown-up Christian. 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 expl _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 3 only only ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 these this PRON DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 0 root _ _ 6 that that SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 7 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 8 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 acl:relcl _ _ 9 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 12 advmod _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 clergyman clergyman NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nsubj _ _ 12 laid lay VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 advcl _ _ 13 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 14 nmod:poss _ _ 14 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obj _ _ 15 upon upon ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 17 nmod:poss _ _ 17 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 19 spoke speak VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 conj _ _ 20 of of ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 22 holy holy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 amod _ _ 23 baptism baptism NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ _ 24 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 25 of of ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 covenant covenant NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 conj _ _ 28 with with ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 29 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 27 nmod _ _ 30 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 32 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 conj _ _ 33 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 iobj _ _ 34 that that SCONJ IN _ 36 mark _ _ 35 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 36 was be VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 ccomp _ _ 37 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 36 advmod _ _ 38 to to PART TO _ 44 mark _ _ 39 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 44 cop _ _ 40 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 41 grown grow VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 44 amod _ _ 42 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 43 punct _ _ 43 up up ADP RP _ 41 compound:prt _ _ 44 Christian Christian PROPN NNP Number=Sing 36 xcomp _ _ 45 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | | | | | | of these | tree rules | | 2 | **think** *speech: other* | past | Karen | | | | | | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **lay** | past | the clergyman | clergyman's hand | | Karen's head | | | vn put\_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent hand=Theme upon head=Destination | | 4 | **speak** *speech: other* | past | the clergyman *not said here* | | | | | of the holy baptism and the covenant with God | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | the clergyman *not said here* | | Karen | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent she=Recipient clause=Topic | | 6 | **be** | past | Karen | | | | now | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **grow up** | participle | | | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **is a** | to-infinitive | Karen *not said here* | a grown Christian | | | | | 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:** the tales treebank of Mova corpus 0.3, Apache-2.0 OR MIT. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), the chapter read in order. - ← previous: [sentence 25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/154/25/) - next →: [sentence 27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/154/27/) - ↑ back to [The Red Shoes](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/154/)