--- title: Her last thoughts on the night before her execution had filled this… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: Her last thoughts on the night before her execution had filled this place, and the magic that tradition asserted to have been practised here, in Sir Svanwedel's time, came into Jurgen's mind, and made him shudder; but a sunbeam, a refreshing thought from without, penetrated his heart even here--it w --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/161/36/) [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 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/161/) / 36 # Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen, A Story From the Sand-hills, part 4, sentence 36 Her last thoughts on the night before her execution had filled this place, and the magic that tradition asserted to have been practised here, in Sir Svanwedel's time, came into Jurgen's mind, and made him shudder; but a sunbeam, a refreshing thought from without, penetrated his heart even here--it was the remembrance of the flowering elder and the sweet smelling lime-trees. **Who acts:** night, tradition, last thoughts, sunbeam, staircase, Jurgen · **What happens:** fill, assert, practise, come, make, refresh · **To what, where:** execution, magic, mind, shudder, Jurgen, heart This is a sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. Andersen, A Story From the Sand-hills, part 4. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (night, tradition, last thoughts, sunbeam), 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:pg27200:161:36 # text = Her last thoughts on the night before her execution had filled this place, and the magic that tradition asserted to have been practised here, in Sir Svanwedel's time, came into Jurgen's mind, and made him shudder; but a sunbeam, a refreshing thought from without, penetrated his heart even here--it was the remembrance of the flowering elder and the sweet smelling lime-trees. 1 Her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 3 nmod:poss _ _ 2 last last ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 thoughts thought NOUN NNS Number=Plur 33 nsubj _ _ 4 on on ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ 7 before before SCONJ IN _ 11 mark _ _ 8 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 9 execution execution NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj:pass _ _ 10 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ _ 11 filled fill VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 6 acl:relcl _ _ 12 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 13 det _ _ 13 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 magic magic NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 conj _ _ 18 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 20 obj _ _ 19 tradition tradition NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 nsubj _ _ 20 asserted assert VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 acl:relcl _ _ 21 to to PART TO _ 24 mark _ _ 22 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 24 aux _ _ 23 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 24 aux:pass _ _ 24 practised practise VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 20 ccomp _ _ 25 here here ADV RB PronType=Dem 24 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 27 in in ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 28 Sir Sir PROPN NNP Number=Sing 29 nmod:desc _ _ 29 Svanwedel Svanwedel PROPN NNP Number=Sing 31 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 30 's 's PART POS _ 29 case _ _ 31 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 33 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 34 into into ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 35 Jurgen Jurgen PROPN NNP Number=Sing 37 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 36 's 's PART POS _ 35 case _ _ 37 mind mind NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 39 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 40 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 33 conj _ _ 41 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 obj _ _ 42 shudder shudder NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 43 ; ; PUNCT , _ 54 punct _ _ 44 but but CCONJ CC _ 54 cc _ _ 45 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 sunbeam sunbeam NOUN NN Number=Sing 54 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 47 , , PUNCT , _ 50 punct _ _ 48 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 50 det _ _ 49 refreshing refresh VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 50 amod _ _ 50 thought thought NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 conj _ _ 51 from from ADP IN _ 50 nmod _ _ 52 without without ADP IN _ 51 fixed _ SpaceAfter=No 53 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 54 penetrated penetrate VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 33 conj _ _ 55 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 56 nmod:poss _ _ 56 heart heart NOUN NN Number=Sing 54 obj _ _ 57 even even ADV RB _ 58 advmod _ _ 58 here here ADV RB PronType=Dem 54 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 59 -- -- PUNCT , _ 63 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 60 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 63 nsubj _ _ 61 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 63 cop _ _ 62 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 63 det _ _ 63 remembrance remembrance NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obl _ _ 64 of of ADP IN _ 67 case _ _ 65 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 67 det _ _ 66 flowering flowering NOUN NN Number=Sing 67 compound _ _ 67 elder elder NOUN NN Number=Sing 63 nmod _ _ 68 and and CCONJ CC _ 74 cc _ _ 69 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 74 det _ _ 70 sweet sweet ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 74 amod _ _ 71 smelling smelling NOUN NN Number=Sing 74 compound _ _ 72 lime lime NOUN NN Number=Sing 74 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 73 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 72 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 74 trees tree NOUN NNS Number=Plur 67 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 75 . . PUNCT . _ 33 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fill** | past · perfect · passive | the night *not said here* | staircase's execution | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **assert** | past | tradition | the magic | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **practise** | to-infinitive · perfect · passive | tradition *not said here* | | | here | time | | tree rules | | 4 | **come** | past | staircase's last thoughts on the night and the magic | | | Jurgen's mind | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme into mind=Initial\_Location | | 5 | **make** | past | staircase's last thoughts on the night and the magic *not said here* | shudder | Jurgen | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP NP»: agent=Asset he=Beneficiary shudder=Product | | 6 | **refresh** | gerund | | | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | | 7 | **penetrate** | past | a sunbeam and a refreshing thought | Jurgen's heart | | here | | | vn poke-19 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent heart=Patient | | 8 | **is a** | past | tradition | the remembrance | | | | of the flowering elder and the sweet smelling lime trees | tree rules | | 9 | **think** | | staircase | | | | on the night | | nom thought «cognition transitive»: poss=agent on=obl | | 10 | **execute** | | staircase | | | | | | nom execution «act transitive»: poss=agent | | 11 | **mind** | | Jurgen | | | | | | nom mind «cognition 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 35](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/161/35/) - next →: [sentence 37](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/161/37/) - ↑ back to [A Story From the Sand-hills, part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/161/)