--- title: In his breast there rises a thought which he himself cannot rightly… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: In his breast there rises a thought which he himself cannot rightly analyze, but the thought has some connection with the sunbeam, with the bird, and with the scent of violets, which grow luxuriantly in spring at the foot of the wall. Who acts: bird, thought, violets. 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C. Andersen, The Sunbeam and the Captive. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (bird, thought, violets), 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:pg27200:186:12 # text = In his breast there rises a thought which he himself cannot rightly analyze, but the thought has some connection with the sunbeam, with the bird, and with the scent of violets, which grow luxuriantly in spring at the foot of the wall. 1 In in ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 3 nmod:poss _ _ 3 breast breast NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 4 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 5 advmod _ _ 5 rises rise VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 thought thought NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 8 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 14 obj _ _ 9 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 10 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Emp|Reflex=Yes 9 nmod:unmarked _ _ 11 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 14 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 12 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 14 advmod _ _ 13 rightly rightly ADV RB _ 14 advmod _ _ 14 analyze analyze VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 16 but but CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 thought thought NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 nsubj _ _ 19 has have VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 20 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 21 det _ _ 21 connection connection NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obj _ _ 22 with with ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 sunbeam sunbeam NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 26 with with ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 bird bird NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 31 with with ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 scent scent NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 conj _ _ 34 of of ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 35 violets violet NOUN NNS Number=Plur 33 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 37 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 38 nsubj _ _ 38 grow grow VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 35 acl:relcl _ _ 39 luxuriantly luxuriantly ADV RB _ 38 advmod _ _ 40 in in ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 41 spring spring NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obl _ _ 42 at at ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 foot foot NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obl _ _ 45 of of ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 46 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 47 wall wall NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **rise** | present | | a thought | | bird's breast; there | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location thought=Theme | | 2 | **not** **analyze** | can | bird | a thought | | | | rightly *property* | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent which=Theme | | 3 | **have** | present | the thought | some connection | | | | with the sunbeam and the bird | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent connection=Patient | | 4 | **grow** | present | violets | | | the foot of the wall | spring | luxuriantly *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at foot=Location | | 5 | **scent** | | | violets | | | | | nom scent «cognition transitive»: of=patient | 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/pg27200/186/11/) - next →: [sentence 13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/186/13/) - ↑ back to [The Sunbeam and the Captive](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/186/)