--- title: Something was working within him, he hardly knew what it was, but it… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: Something was working within him, he hardly knew what it was, but it was even stronger than his love for Else; and so he went to Martin's, and what he said and did there was well considered. Who acts: Something, Jurgen, mind. 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 3. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Something, Jurgen, mind), 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:pg27200:160:102 # text = Something was working within him, he hardly knew what it was, but it was even stronger than his love for Else; and so he went to Martin's, and what he said and did there was well considered. 1 Something something PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 3 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 working work VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 4 within within ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 7 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 8 hardly hardly ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 9 knew know VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 10 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 9 obj _ _ 11 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 12 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 14 but but CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 15 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 16 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 cop _ _ 17 even even ADV RB _ 18 advmod _ _ 18 stronger strong ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 9 parataxis _ _ 19 than than ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 21 nmod:poss _ _ 21 love love NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obl _ _ 22 for for ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 23 Else else ADV RB _ 18 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 24 ; ; PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 26 so so ADV RB _ 28 advmod _ _ 27 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 28 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 29 to to ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 30 Martin Martin PROPN NNP Number=Sing 28 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 31 's 's PART POS _ 30 case _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 34 what what PRON WP PronType=Rel 28 obl _ _ 35 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 36 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 34 acl:relcl _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 38 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 conj _ _ 39 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 42 expl _ _ 40 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 42 aux:pass _ _ 41 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 42 advmod _ _ 42 considered consider VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 38 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **work** | past · progressive | Something | | | | | within Jurgen | vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **know** | past | Jurgen | | | | | hardly *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer what=Stimulus | | 3 | **is** | past | mind | | | | | than Jurgen's love; strong *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **go** | past | Jurgen | | | Martin | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to martin=Initial\_Location | | 5 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Jurgen | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **do** | past | Jurgen *not said here* | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **consider** | past · passive | Jurgen *not said here* | | | there | | well *property* | vn consider-29.9-1-1 «NP V whether/if S» | | 8 | **love** | | Jurgen | | | | | | nom love «feeling transitive»: poss=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 101](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/160/101/) - next →: [sentence 103](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/160/103/) - ↑ back to [A Story From the Sand-hills, part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/160/)