--- title: She was strong in joy and in faith in the summer, which would be sur… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: She was strong in joy and in faith in the summer, which would be sure to come, which had been announced by her deep longing and confirmed by the warm sunlight; and so she remained standing in confidence in the snow in her white garment, bending her head even while the snow-flakes fell thick and heav --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/177/37/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/) / [The Snowdrop](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/177/) / 37 # Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen, The Snowdrop, sentence 37 She was strong in joy and in faith in the summer, which would be sure to come, which had been announced by her deep longing and confirmed by the warm sunlight; and so she remained standing in confidence in the snow in her white garment, bending her head even while the snow-flakes fell thick and heavy, and the icy winds swept over her. **Who acts:** flower, deep longing, snow flakes, icy winds · **What happens:** be, come, announce, confirm, remain, stand · **To what, where:** joy, confidence, head This is a sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. 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 (flower, deep longing, snow flakes, icy winds), 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:pg27200:177:37 # text = She was strong in joy and in faith in the summer, which would be sure to come, which had been announced by her deep longing and confirmed by the warm sunlight; and so she remained standing in confidence in the snow in her white garment, bending her head even while the snow-flakes fell thick and heavy, and the icy winds swept over her. 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 strong strong ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 4 in in ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 joy joy NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 7 in in ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 faith faith NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 conj _ _ 9 in in ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 summer summer NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 13 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 16 ccomp _ _ 14 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 16 aux _ _ 15 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 16 cop _ _ 16 sure sure ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 conj _ _ 17 to to PART TO _ 18 mark _ _ 18 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 16 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 20 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 23 nsubj:pass _ _ 21 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 aux _ _ 22 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 23 aux:pass _ _ 23 announced announce VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 18 advcl _ _ 24 by by ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 25 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 27 nmod:poss _ _ 26 deep deep ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 amod _ _ 27 longing longing NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 29 confirmed confirm VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 23 conj _ _ 30 by by ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 32 warm warm ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 33 amod _ _ 33 sunlight sunlight NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 34 ; ; PUNCT : _ 38 punct _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 36 so so ADV RB _ 38 advmod _ _ 37 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 38 remained remain VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 39 standing stand VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 38 advcl _ _ 40 in in ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 41 confidence confidence NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obl _ _ 42 in in ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 snow snow NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obl _ _ 45 in in ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 46 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 48 nmod:poss _ _ 47 white white ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 48 amod _ _ 48 garment garment NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 49 , , PUNCT , _ 50 punct _ _ 50 bending bend VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 39 conj _ _ 51 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 52 nmod:poss _ _ 52 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 obj _ _ 53 even even ADV RB _ 59 advmod _ _ 54 while while SCONJ IN _ 59 mark _ _ 55 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 58 det _ _ 56 snow snow NOUN NN Number=Sing 58 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 57 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 56 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 58 flakes flake NOUN NNS Number=Plur 59 nsubj _ _ 59 fell fall VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 50 advcl _ _ 60 thick thick ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 59 xcomp _ _ 61 and and CCONJ CC _ 62 cc _ _ 62 heavy heavy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 60 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 63 , , PUNCT , _ 68 punct _ _ 64 and and CCONJ CC _ 68 cc _ _ 65 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 67 det _ _ 66 icy icy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 67 amod _ _ 67 winds wind NOUN NNS Number=Plur 68 nsubj _ _ 68 swept sweep VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 69 over over ADP IN _ 70 case _ _ 70 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 68 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 71 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | flower | | | joy and faith in the summer | | strong *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **is** | would | flower *not said here* | | | | | sure *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **come** | to-infinitive | flower *not said here* | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **announce** *speech: other* | past · perfect · passive | flower's deep longing | | | | | | vn reflexive\_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme | | 5 | **confirm** | participle | flower's deep longing *not said here* | | | | | by the warm sunlight | vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot | | 6 | **remain** | past | flower | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **stand** | gerund | flower *not said here* | | | confidence | | in the snow; in flower's white garment | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in confidence=Location | | 8 | **bend** | gerund | flower *not said here* | flower's head | | | | | vn knead-26.5 «NP V NP.material»: agent=Agent head=Material | | 9 | **fall** | past | the snow flakes | | | | | thick *property* | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 10 | **sweep** | past | the icy winds | | | | | over flower | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme over she=Trajectory | | 11 | **long** | | flower | | | | | | nom longing «feeling intransitive»: poss=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 36](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/177/36/) - next →: [sentence 38](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/177/38/) - ↑ back to [The Snowdrop](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/177/)