--- title: He kissed the letter, and it was laid, with its enclosure of verses,… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: He kissed the letter, and it was laid, with its enclosure of verses, in a box, in which there were many beautiful verses, but all of them without flowers; she was the first, the only one, as the Sunbeams had called her; and it was a pleasant thing to think of that. 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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 (journey, many beautiful verses, flower, letter), 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:pg27200:177:61 # text = He kissed the letter, and it was laid, with its enclosure of verses, in a box, in which there were many beautiful verses, but all of them without flowers; she was the first, the only one, as the Sunbeams had called her; and it was a pleasant thing to think of that. 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 kissed kiss VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 letter letter NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 7 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj:pass _ _ 8 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 aux:pass _ _ 9 laid lay VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 11 with with ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 13 nmod:poss _ _ 13 enclosure enclosure NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ 14 of of ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 15 verses verse NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 17 in in ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 box box NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 21 in in ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 22 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 24 obl _ _ 23 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 24 expl _ _ 24 were be VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 parataxis _ _ 25 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 amod _ _ 26 beautiful beautiful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 amod _ _ 27 verses verse NOUN NNS Number=Plur 24 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 29 but but CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 30 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 2 conj _ _ 31 of of ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 32 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nmod _ _ 33 without without ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 34 flowers flower NOUN NNS Number=Plur 30 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 35 ; ; PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 36 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 37 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 39 cop _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 first first ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 2 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 42 only only ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 43 amod _ _ 43 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 44 , , PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 45 as as SCONJ IN _ 49 mark _ _ 46 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 47 Sunbeams sunbeam NOUN NNS Number=Plur 49 nsubj:pass _ _ 48 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 49 aux _ _ 49 called call VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 39 advcl _ _ 50 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 49 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 51 ; ; PUNCT , _ 57 punct _ _ 52 and and CCONJ CC _ 57 cc _ _ 53 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 57 nsubj _ _ 54 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 57 cop _ _ 55 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 57 det _ _ 56 pleasant pleasant ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 57 amod _ _ 57 thing thing NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 parataxis _ _ 58 to to PART TO _ 59 mark _ _ 59 think think VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 57 acl _ _ 60 of of ADP IN _ 61 case _ _ 61 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 59 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 62 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **kiss** | past | journey | the letter | | | | | vn marry-36.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent letter=Co-Agent | | 2 | **lay** | past · passive | | letter | | a box | | with letter's enclosure of verses | vn put\_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme in box=Destination | | 3 | **be** | past | many beautiful verses | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in which=Location | | 4 | **is** | past | flower | | | | | the only one *obl*; first *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **call** | past · perfect · passive | | the Sunbeams | | | | | vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP NP»: subject=Theme she=Result | | 6 | **is a** | past | letter | a pleasant thing | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **think** *speech: other* | to-infinitive | journey *not said here* | | | | | of a pleasant thing | vn focus-87.1-1 «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 60](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/177/60/) - next →: [sentence 62](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/177/62/) - ↑ back to [The Snowdrop](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/177/)