--- title: Here rests,--ah, it makes one feel mournful to think of him!--but he… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: Here rests,--ah, it makes one feel mournful to think of him!--but here rests a man who, during sixty-seven years, was never remembered to have said a good thing; he lived only in the hope of having a good idea. Who acts: cord, one, man, hope. 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C. Andersen, A Cheerful Temper. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (cord, one, man, hope), 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:pg27200:16:39 # text = Here rests,--ah, it makes one feel mournful to think of him!--but here rests a man who, during sixty-seven years, was never remembered to have said a good thing; he lived only in the hope of having a good idea. 1 Here here ADV RB PronType=Dem 2 advmod _ _ 2 rests rest VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 -- -- PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ah ah INTJ UH _ 8 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 7 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 8 makes make VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 9 one one PRON PRP Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 obj _ _ 10 feel feel VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 xcomp _ _ 11 mournful mournful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 xcomp _ _ 12 to to PART TO _ 13 mark _ _ 13 think think VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 xcomp _ _ 14 of of ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 15 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 ! ! PUNCT . _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 17 -- -- PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 18 but but CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 19 here here ADV RB PronType=Dem 20 advmod _ _ 20 rests rest VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 21 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obj _ _ 23 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 33 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 25 during during ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 26 sixty sixty NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 28 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 27 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 26 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 28 seven seven NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 29 nummod _ _ 29 years year NOUN NNS Number=Plur 33 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 31 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 33 aux:pass _ _ 32 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 33 advmod _ _ 33 remembered remember VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 22 acl:relcl _ _ 34 to to PART TO _ 36 mark _ _ 35 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 36 aux _ _ 36 said say VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 33 advcl _ _ 37 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 38 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 amod _ _ 39 thing thing NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 40 ; ; PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 41 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 42 lived live VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 43 only only ADV RB _ 46 advmod _ _ 44 in in ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 45 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 hope hope NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obl _ _ 47 of of SCONJ IN _ 48 mark _ _ 48 having have VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 46 acl _ _ 49 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 51 det _ _ 50 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 51 amod _ _ 51 idea idea NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 52 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **rest** | present | | | | here | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **make** | present | cord | one | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **feel** | infinitive | one *not said here* | | | | | mournful *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus | | 4 | **think** *speech: other* | to-infinitive | one *not said here* | | | | | of man | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **rest** | present | | a man | | here | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location man=Theme | | 6 | **not** **remember** | past · passive | | a man | | | year | | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: subject=Theme | | 7 | **say** *speech: assert* | to-infinitive · perfect | | a good thing | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent thing=Topic | | 8 | **live** | past | man | | | the hope | | | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in hope=Location | | 9 | **have** | gerund | the hope *not said here* | a good idea | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent idea=Patient | 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 38](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/16/38/) - next →: [sentence 40](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/16/40/) - ↑ back to [A Cheerful Temper](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/16/)