--- title: One day, when the Psalms were being sung, he sighed deeply, and his… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: One day, when the Psalms were being sung, he sighed deeply, and his eyes became bright; they were fixed upon a place near the altar where he had knelt with his friend who was dead. Who acts: Jurgen, eyes, friend. A sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. 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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 (Jurgen, eyes, friend), 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:pg27200:162:86 # text = One day, when the Psalms were being sung, he sighed deeply, and his eyes became bright; they were fixed upon a place near the altar where he had knelt with his friend who was dead. 1 One one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 2 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 4 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 9 advmod _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 Psalms Psalm PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 9 nsubj:pass _ _ 7 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 aux:pass _ _ 8 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 9 aux:pass _ _ 9 sung sing VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 11 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 12 sighed sigh VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 conj _ _ 13 deeply deeply ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 16 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 17 nmod:poss _ _ 17 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 18 nsubj _ _ 18 became become VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 conj _ _ 19 bright bright ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 20 ; ; PUNCT : _ 23 punct _ _ 21 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj:pass _ _ 22 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 aux:pass _ _ 23 fixed fix VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 9 conj _ _ 24 upon upon ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ _ 27 near near ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 altar altar NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 nmod _ _ 30 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 33 advmod _ _ 31 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 32 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 33 aux _ _ 33 knelt kneel VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 29 acl:relcl _ _ 34 with with ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 36 nmod:poss _ _ 36 friend friend NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obl:agent _ _ 37 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 39 nsubj _ _ 38 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 39 cop _ _ 39 dead dead ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 40 . . PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sing** *speech: express* | past · passive | | the Psalms | | | day | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Theme | | 2 | **sigh** | past | Jurgen | | | | | deeply *property* | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **become** | past | Jurgen's eyes | | | | | bright *property* | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient | | 4 | **fix** | past · passive | | eyes *= eye* | | | | upon a place near the altar | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: subject=Patient | | 5 | **kneel** | past · perfect | Jurgen | | | | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **is** | past | Jurgen's friend | | | | | dead *property* | tree rules | 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. 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