--- title: One of the girls, whose name was Else, had known Jurgen from childho… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: One of the girls, whose name was Else, had known Jurgen from childhood; they were glad to see each other, and were of the same opinion on many points, but in appearance they were entirely opposite; for he was dark, and she was pale, and fair, and had flaxen hair, and eyes as blue as the sea in sunsh --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/160/63/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/) / [A Story From the Sand-hills, part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/160/) / 63 # Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen, A Story From the Sand-hills, part 3, sentence 63 One of the girls, whose name was Else, had known Jurgen from childhood; they were glad to see each other, and were of the same opinion on many points, but in appearance they were entirely opposite; for he was dark, and she was pale, and fair, and had flaxen hair, and eyes as blue as the sea in sunshine. **Who acts:** fishermen, One, Jurgen, Martin, eyes, girls · **What happens:** know, be, see, have, name · **To what, where:** childhood, each, many points, appearance, flaxen hair, sunshine This is a sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. 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 (fishermen, One, Jurgen, Martin), 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:pg27200:160:63 # text = One of the girls, whose name was Else, had known Jurgen from childhood; they were glad to see each other, and were of the same opinion on many points, but in appearance they were entirely opposite; for he was dark, and she was pale, and fair, and had flaxen hair, and eyes as blue as the sea in sunshine. 1 One one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 30 nsubj _ _ 2 of of ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 girls girl NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 6 whose whose PRON WP$ Poss=Yes|PronType=Rel 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 name name NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 conj _ _ 8 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 acl:relcl _ _ 9 Else else ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 11 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 aux _ _ 12 known know VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 1 parataxis _ _ 13 Jurgen Jurgen PROPN NNP Number=Sing 12 xcomp _ _ 14 from from ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 15 childhood childhood NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 ; ; PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 17 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 18 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 cop _ _ 19 glad glad ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 conj _ _ 20 to to PART TO _ 21 mark _ _ 21 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 19 xcomp _ _ 22 each each DET DT ExtPos=PRON|PronType=Rcp 21 obj _ _ 23 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 fixed _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 26 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 cop _ _ 27 of of ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 29 same same ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 amod _ _ 30 opinion opinion NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 31 on on ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 33 amod _ _ 33 points point NOUN NNS Number=Plur 30 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 35 but but CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 36 in in ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 37 appearance appearance NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obl _ _ 38 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj _ _ 39 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 41 cop _ _ 40 entirely entirely ADV RB _ 41 advmod _ _ 41 opposite opposite ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 42 ; ; PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 43 for for ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 44 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 46 nsubj _ _ 45 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 46 cop _ _ 46 dark dark ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 41 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 47 , , PUNCT , _ 51 punct _ _ 48 and and CCONJ CC _ 51 cc _ _ 49 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 51 nsubj _ _ 50 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 51 cop _ _ 51 pale pale ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 41 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 52 , , PUNCT , _ 54 punct _ _ 53 and and CCONJ CC _ 54 cc _ _ 54 fair fair ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 41 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 55 , , PUNCT , _ 57 punct _ _ 56 and and CCONJ CC _ 57 cc _ _ 57 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 conj _ _ 58 flaxen flaxen ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 59 amod _ _ 59 hair hair NOUN NN Number=Sing 57 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 60 , , PUNCT , _ 64 punct _ _ 61 and and CCONJ CC _ 64 cc _ _ 62 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 64 nsubj _ _ 63 as as ADV RB _ 64 advmod _ _ 64 blue blue ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 conj _ _ 65 as as ADP IN _ 67 case _ _ 66 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 67 det _ _ 67 sea sea NOUN NN Number=Sing 64 obl _ _ 68 in in ADP IN _ 69 case _ _ 69 sunshine sunshine NOUN NN Number=Sing 64 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 70 . . PUNCT . _ 30 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **know** | past · perfect | | | | childhood | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 2 | **is** | past | fishermen *= fisherman* | | | | | glad *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **see** | to-infinitive | fishermen *= fisherman* *not said here* | each | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer each=Stimulus | | 4 | **is** | past | One of the girls and the girls and name's name | | | many points | | of the same opinion | tree rules | | 5 | **is** | past | fishermen *= fisherman* | | | appearance | | entirely, opposite *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **is** | past | Jurgen | | | | | dark *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **is** | past | Martin | | | | | pale *property* | tree rules | | 8 | **be** | | fishermen *= fisherman* *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 9 | **have** | past | One of the girls and the girls and name's name *not said here* | flaxen hair | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hair=Patient | | 10 | **be** | | eyes | | | sunshine | | as the sea | tree rules | | 11 | **name** | | the girls and the girls and name's name | | | | | | nom name «communication 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 62](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/160/62/) - next →: [sentence 64](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/160/64/) - ↑ back to [A Story From the Sand-hills, part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/160/)