--- title: I remained there three weeks, and it was more like three thousand ye… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: I remained there three weeks, and it was more like three thousand years, for I read all that has ever been written in poetry or prose; and I may say, in truth, that I saw and learnt everything." Who acts: I, creature. A sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. 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Andersen, The Shadow. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (I, creature), 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:pg27200:165:92 # text = I remained there three weeks, and it was more like three thousand years, for I read all that has ever been written in poetry or prose; and I may say, in truth, that I saw and learnt everything." 1 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 remained remain VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 2 advmod _ _ 4 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 5 nummod _ _ 5 weeks week NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 8 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 9 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 cop _ _ 10 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 14 advmod _ _ 11 like like ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 12 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 13 compound _ _ 13 thousand thousand NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 14 nummod _ _ 14 years year NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 16 for for SCONJ IN _ 18 mark _ _ 17 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 18 read read VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 19 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 24 det:predet _ _ 20 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 24 nsubj:pass _ _ 21 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 24 aux _ _ 22 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 24 advmod _ _ 23 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 24 aux:pass _ _ 24 written write VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 18 ccomp _ _ 25 in in ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 26 poetry poetry NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl _ _ 27 or or CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 28 prose prose NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 29 ; ; PUNCT : _ 33 punct _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 31 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 32 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 33 aux _ _ 33 say say VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 35 in in ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 36 truth truth NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 38 that that SCONJ IN _ 40 mark _ _ 39 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 40 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 33 parataxis _ _ 41 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 42 learnt learn VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 40 conj _ _ 43 everything everything PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Tot 42 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 33 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 45 " " PUNCT '' _ 33 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **remain** | past | I | | | there | week | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **is** | past | creature | | | | like thousand years | | tree rules | | 3 | **read** | past | I | | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **write** | present · perfect · passive | | that | | poetry or prose | ever | | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme in poetry=Destination | | 5 | **say** *speech: assert* | may | I | truth | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent truth=Topic | | 6 | **see** | past | I | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 7 | **learn** | past | I *not said here* | everything | | | | | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent everything=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 91](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/165/91/) - next →: [sentence 93](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/165/93/) - ↑ back to [The Shadow](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/165/)