--- title: Two daughters, the elder of whom was going to be confirmed, still re… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: Two daughters, the elder of whom was going to be confirmed, still remained: they were both good, charming girls; but the lost child always seems the dearest; and when it is youngest, and a son, it makes the trial still more heavy. Who acts: elder, Two daughters, lost child, child. 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C. Andersen, The Child in the Grave. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (elder, Two daughters, lost child, child), 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:pg27200:17:2 # text = Two daughters, the elder of whom was going to be confirmed, still remained: they were both good, charming girls; but the lost child always seems the dearest; and when it is youngest, and a son, it makes the trial still more heavy. 1 Two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 2 daughters daughter NOUN NNS Number=Plur 20 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 elder elder NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 appos _ _ 6 of of SCONJ IN _ 9 mark _ _ 7 whom whom PRON WP PronType=Rel 9 nsubj _ _ 8 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ _ 9 going go VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 5 acl _ _ 10 to to PART TO _ 12 mark _ _ 11 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 12 aux:pass _ _ 12 confirmed confirm VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 9 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 14 still still ADV RB _ 15 advmod _ _ 15 remained remain VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 12 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 : : PUNCT : _ 20 punct _ _ 17 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 18 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 cop _ _ 19 both both ADV RB _ 20 advmod _ _ 20 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 22 charming charm VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 20 advcl _ _ 23 girls girl NOUN NNS Number=Plur 22 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 24 ; ; PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 25 but but CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 27 lost lose VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 28 amod _ _ 28 child child NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 nsubj _ _ 29 always always ADV RB PronType=Tot 30 advmod _ _ 30 seems seem VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 20 conj _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 dearest dear ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 30 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 33 ; ; PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 35 when when SCONJ WRB _ 38 mark _ _ 36 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 37 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 38 cop _ _ 38 youngest young ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 20 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 40 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 41 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 44 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 45 nsubj _ _ 45 makes make VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 20 conj _ _ 46 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 47 trial trial NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 obj _ _ 48 still still ADV RB _ 49 advmod _ _ 49 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 50 advmod _ _ 50 heavy heavy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 45 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 51 . . PUNCT . _ 20 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** | past · progressive | the elder | | | | | | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **confirm** | to-infinitive · passive | the elder *not said here* | | | | | | vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP» | | 3 | **remain** | participle | the elder *not said here* | | | | still | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **is** | past | Two daughters | | | | | both, good *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **charm** | gerund | Two daughters *not said here* | girls | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus girl=Experiencer | | 6 | **lose** | participle | | | | | | | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **seem** | present | the lost child | | | | | always, dear *property* | vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **is** | present | child | | | | | young *property* | tree rules | | 9 | **make** | present | child | the trial | | | | heavy *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.material V NP»: agent=Material trial=Product | 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 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/17/1/) - next →: [sentence 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/17/3/) - ↑ back to [The Child in the Grave](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/17/)