--- title: I feel a stirring and striving within me; I must stretch myself, I m… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: I feel a stirring and striving within me; I must stretch myself, I must unlock the door, I must get out, and must nod a good morning to the summer, and what a happy time that will be!" Who acts: I. A sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. 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The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (I), 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:pg27200:177:13 # text = I feel a stirring and striving within me; I must stretch myself, I must unlock the door, I must get out, and must nod a good morning to the summer, and what a happy time that will be!" 1 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 feel feel VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 stirring stirring NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 6 striving strive VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 2 conj _ _ 7 within within ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 ; ; PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 10 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 11 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 12 aux _ _ 12 stretch stretch VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 conj _ _ 13 myself myself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 12 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 15 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 16 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 17 aux _ _ 17 unlock unlock VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 parataxis _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 door door NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 21 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 22 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 23 aux _ _ 23 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 17 conj _ _ 24 out out ADV RB _ 23 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 27 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 28 aux _ _ 28 nod nod VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 conj _ _ 29 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 30 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 amod _ _ 31 morning morning NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl:unmarked _ _ 32 to to ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 summer summer NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 37 what what PRON WP PronType=Rel 2 conj _ _ 38 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 39 happy happy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 40 amod _ _ 40 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obl:unmarked _ _ 41 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 43 nsubj _ _ 42 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 43 aux _ _ 43 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 40 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 44 ! ! PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 45 " " PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **feel** | present | I | a stirring | | | | | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent stirring=Theme | | 2 | **strive** | gerund | I *not said here* | | | | | within me | tree rules | | 3 | **stretch** | must | I | myself | | | | | vn bend-45.2 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent myself=Patient | | 4 | **unlock** | must | I | the door | | | | | vn disassemble-23.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent door=Patient | | 5 | **get out** | must | I | | | | | out *property* | vn withdraw-82-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **nod** | must | I *not said here* | | | | morning; summer | | vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | 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 12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/177/12/) - next →: [sentence 14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/177/14/) - ↑ back to [The Snowdrop](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/177/)