--- title: Kay's fingers were very artistic; it was the icy game of reason at w… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: Kay's fingers were very artistic; it was the icy game of reason at which he played, and in his eyes the figures were very remarkable, and of the highest importance; this opinion was owing to the piece of glass still sticking in his eye. Who acts: fingers, piece, Kay, eyes. 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C. Andersen, Of the Palace of the Snow Queen and What Happened There At Last. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (fingers, piece, Kay, eyes), 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:pg27200:176:12 # text = Kay's fingers were very artistic; it was the icy game of reason at which he played, and in his eyes the figures were very remarkable, and of the highest importance; this opinion was owing to the piece of glass still sticking in his eye. 1 Kay Kay PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 2 's 's PART POS _ 1 case _ _ 3 fingers finger NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nsubj _ _ 4 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 5 very very ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 artistic artistic ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 7 ; ; PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 8 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 9 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 cop _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 11 icy icy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 12 game game NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 parataxis _ _ 13 of of ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 reason reason NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nmod _ _ 15 at at ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 16 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 18 obl _ _ 17 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 18 played play VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 21 in in ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 23 nmod:poss _ _ 23 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 28 nsubj _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 figures figure NOUN NNS Number=Plur 28 nsubj _ _ 26 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 cop _ _ 27 very very ADV RB _ 28 advmod _ _ 28 remarkable remarkable ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 31 of of ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 33 highest high ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 34 amod _ _ 34 importance importance NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 35 ; ; PUNCT : _ 39 punct _ _ 36 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 37 det _ _ 37 opinion opinion NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 nsubj _ _ 38 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 39 aux _ _ 39 owing owe VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 6 appos _ _ 40 to to ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 piece piece NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obl _ _ 43 of of ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 44 glass glass NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 nmod _ _ 45 still still ADV RB _ 46 advmod _ _ 46 sticking stick VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 39 conj _ _ 47 in in ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 48 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 49 nmod:poss _ _ 49 eye eye NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 50 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | Kay's fingers | | | | | artistic *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **is a** | past | piece | the icy game | | | | of reason | tree rules | | 3 | **play** | past | Kay | | | reason | | | vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **is** | past | Kay's eyes | | | | | of the highest importance; remarkable *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **owe** | past · progressive | this opinion | | | | | to the piece of glass *goal* | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent to piece=Goal | | 6 | **stick** | gerund | this opinion *not said here* | | | Kay's eye | still | | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme in eye=Destination | 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/pg27200/176/11/) - next →: [sentence 13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/176/13/) - ↑ back to [Of the Palace of the Snow Queen and What Happened There At Last](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/176/)