--- title: Life returned to her, but she was delirious, and knew nothing of wha… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: Life returned to her, but she was delirious, and knew nothing of what had happened or where she was; and it was better so, for everything she loved and valued lay buried in the sea. Who acts: Life, stranger. A sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. 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C. Andersen, A Story From the Sand-hills, part 1. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Life, stranger), 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:pg27200:158:106 # text = Life returned to her, but she was delirious, and knew nothing of what had happened or where she was; and it was better so, for everything she loved and valued lay buried in the sea. 1 Life Life PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 returned return VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 to to ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 6 but but CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 7 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 8 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 cop _ _ 9 delirious delirious ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 12 knew know VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 conj _ _ 13 nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 12 obj _ _ 14 of of SCONJ IN _ 17 mark _ _ 15 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 17 nsubj _ _ 16 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 aux _ _ 17 happened happen VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 13 acl _ _ 18 or or CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 19 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 17 conj _ _ 20 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 21 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 advcl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 22 ; ; PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 24 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 expl _ _ 25 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 cop _ _ 26 better good ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 2 conj _ _ 27 so so ADV RB _ 32 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 29 for for ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 30 everything everything PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Tot 32 obl _ _ 31 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 32 loved love VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 advcl _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 34 valued value VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 conj _ _ 35 lay lie VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 34 advcl _ _ 36 buried bury VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 35 xcomp _ _ 37 in in ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 sea sea NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 40 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **return** | past | Life | | stranger | | | | vn convert-26.6.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient to she=Result | | 2 | **is** | past | stranger | | | | | delirious *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **know** | past | stranger *not said here* | nothing | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer nothing=Stimulus | | 4 | **happen** | past · perfect | | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **is** | past | Life *not said here* | | | | | good *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **love** | past | stranger | | | | | for everything | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer for everything=Attribute | | 7 | **value** | past | stranger *not said here* | | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer | | 8 | **lie** | past | stranger *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 9 | **bury** | participle | stranger *not said here* | | | the sea | | | vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent in sea=Destination | 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. 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