--- title: "Then," said the angel, "thy brother, he who has been looked upon as… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: "Then," said the angel, "thy brother, he who has been looked upon as the meanest of you all, he whose honest deeds to thee appeared so humble,--it is he who has sent you this heavenly gift. Who acts: angel, mercy, thee. A sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. 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Andersen, The Snowdrop. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (angel, mercy, thee), 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:pg27200:177:210 # text = "Then," said the angel, "thy brother, he who has been looked upon as the meanest of you all, he whose honest deeds to thee appeared so humble,--it is he who has sent you this heavenly gift. 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 5 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 " " PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ 5 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 angel angel NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 9 " " PUNCT `` _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 11 nmod:poss _ _ 11 brother brother NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 13 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 14 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 17 nsubj:pass _ _ 15 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 17 aux _ _ 16 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 17 aux:pass _ _ 17 looked look VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 ccomp _ _ 18 upon upon ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 19 as as ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 meanest mean ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 17 obl:unmarked _ _ 22 of of ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 23 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 21 obl _ _ 24 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 23 nmod:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 26 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 27 whose whose PRON WP$ Poss=Yes|PronType=Rel 29 nmod:poss _ _ 28 honest honest ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 amod _ _ 29 deeds deed NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 ccomp _ _ 30 to to PART TO _ 32 mark _ _ 31 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 32 nsubj _ _ 32 appeared appear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 advcl _ _ 33 so so ADV RB _ 34 advmod _ _ 34 humble humble ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 32 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 36 -- -- PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 37 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj:pass _ _ 38 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 42 cop _ _ 39 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 40 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 42 nsubj _ _ 41 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 42 aux _ _ 42 sent send VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 ccomp _ _ 43 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 42 iobj _ _ 44 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 46 det _ _ 45 heavenly heavenly ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 46 amod _ _ 46 gift gift NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the angel and thy brother | | | | then | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **look** *in a quote* | present · perfect · passive | | mercy | | | | upon the meanest | vn seem-109-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Attribute | | 3 | **deed** *in a quote* | | mercy | | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **appear** *in a quote* | past | thee | | | | | humble *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **is** *in a quote* | present · perfect · passive | | fountain | you | | | send *property* | tree rules | 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 209](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/177/209/) - next →: [sentence 211](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/177/211/) - ↑ back to [The Snowdrop](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/177/)