--- title: "A year passed, and in this way I had been changed from hand to hand… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: "A year passed, and in this way I had been changed from hand to hand; always abused, always looked at with displeasure, and trusted by no one; but I trusted in myself, and had no confidence in the world. Who acts: Everything. A sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. 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Andersen, The Silver Shilling. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Everything), 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:pg27200:167:69 # text = "A year passed, and in this way I had been changed from hand to hand; always abused, always looked at with displeasure, and trusted by no one; but I trusted in myself, and had no confidence in the world. 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 year year NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl:unmarked _ _ 4 passed pass VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 7 in in ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 9 det _ _ 9 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ _ 10 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 11 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 aux _ _ 12 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 13 aux:pass _ _ 13 changed change VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 conj _ _ 14 from from ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 15 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ _ 16 to to ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 17 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 18 ; ; PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 19 always always ADV RB PronType=Tot 20 advmod _ _ 20 abused abuse VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 22 always always ADV RB PronType=Tot 23 advmod _ _ 23 looked look VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 24 at at ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 with with ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 26 displeasure displeasure NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 29 trusted trust VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 23 conj _ _ 30 by by ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 32 det _ _ 32 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 33 ; ; PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 34 but but CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 35 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 36 trusted trust VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 37 in in ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 38 myself myself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 36 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 40 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 41 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 conj _ _ 42 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 43 det _ _ 43 confidence confidence NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obj _ _ 44 in in ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 45 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 world world NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **pass** *in a quote* | participle | | | | | year | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **change** *in a quote* | past · perfect · passive | | Everything | | this way | | from hand; to hand | tree rules | | 3 | **abuse** *in a quote* | participle | | | | | | always *property* | vn judgment-33.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **look** *in a quote* | past | | | | | | at displeasure; always *property* | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at displeasure=Theme | | 5 | **trust** *in a quote* | participle | | | | | | by no one | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **trust** *in a quote* | past | Everything | | | | | in Everything | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **have** *in a quote* | past | Everything *not said here* | no confidence | | the world | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent confidence=Patient | 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 68](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/167/68/) - next →: [sentence 70](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/167/70/) - ↑ back to [The Silver Shilling](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/167/)