--- title: Every Sunday Jurgen went to church; and when his eyes rested on the… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: Every Sunday Jurgen went to church; and when his eyes rested on the picture of the Virgin Mary over the altar as he sat there, they often glided away to the spot where they had knelt side by side. Who acts: Sunday Jurgen, eyes, Jurgen. A sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. 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C. Andersen, A Story From the Sand-hills, part 5. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Sunday Jurgen, eyes, Jurgen), 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:pg27200:162:12 # text = Every Sunday Jurgen went to church; and when his eyes rested on the picture of the Virgin Mary over the altar as he sat there, they often glided away to the spot where they had knelt side by side. 1 Every every DET DT PronType=Tot 3 det _ _ 2 Sunday Sunday PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 compound _ _ 3 Jurgen Jurgen PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 to to ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 church church NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 ; ; PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 9 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 12 advmod _ _ 10 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 11 nmod:poss _ _ 11 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 nsubj _ _ 12 rested rest VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 13 on on ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 picture picture NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ _ 16 of of ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 18 Virgin Virgin PROPN NNP Number=Sing 19 compound _ _ 19 Mary Mary PROPN NNP Number=Sing 15 nmod _ _ 20 over over ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 altar altar NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ _ 23 as as SCONJ IN _ 25 mark _ _ 24 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 25 sat sit VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 advcl _ _ 26 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 25 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 28 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 29 often often ADV RB _ 30 advmod _ _ 30 glided glide VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 31 away away ADV RB _ 30 advmod _ _ 32 to to ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 spot spot NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl _ _ 35 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 38 advmod _ _ 36 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 37 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 38 aux _ _ 38 knelt kneel VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 34 acl:relcl _ _ 39 side side NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obj _ _ 40 by by ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 41 side side NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** | past | every Sunday Jurgen | | | church | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to church=Initial\_Location | | 2 | **rest** | past | Jurgen's eyes | | | the picture of the Virgin Mary | | over the altar | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on picture=Location | | 3 | **sit** | past | Jurgen | | | there | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **glide away** | past | eyes *= eye* | | | the spot | | away, often *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme to spot=Destination | | 5 | **kneel** | past · perfect | eyes *= eye* | side | | | | by side | vn curtsey-40.3.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent side=Topic | 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 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/162/11/) - next →: [sentence 13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/162/13/) - ↑ back to [A Story From the Sand-hills, part 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/162/)