--- title: Here she saw stem by stem, but she looked up also; the sun shone thr… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: Here she saw stem by stem, but she looked up also; the sun shone through the leaves, which were quite transparent; and she felt as a person would feel who steps suddenly into a great forest, where the sun looks in between the branches and leaves. Who acts: heart, sun, leaves, person. 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C. Andersen, The Toad. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (heart, sun, leaves, person), 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:pg27200:194:32 # text = Here she saw stem by stem, but she looked up also; the sun shone through the leaves, which were quite transparent; and she felt as a person would feel who steps suddenly into a great forest, where the sun looks in between the branches and leaves. 1 Here here ADV RB PronType=Dem 3 advmod _ _ 2 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 stem stem NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 5 by by ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 stem stem NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 8 but but CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 9 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 10 looked look VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 11 up up ADP RP _ 10 compound:prt _ _ 12 also also ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ; ; PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 sun sun NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nsubj _ _ 16 shone shine VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 conj _ _ 17 through through ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 leaves leaf NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 21 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 24 nsubj _ _ 22 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 cop _ _ 23 quite quite ADV RB _ 24 advmod _ _ 24 transparent transparent ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 25 ; ; PUNCT : _ 28 punct _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 27 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 28 felt feel VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 29 as as SCONJ IN _ 33 mark _ _ 30 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 person person NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 nsubj _ _ 32 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 33 aux _ _ 33 feel feel VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 28 ccomp _ _ 34 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 35 nsubj _ _ 35 steps step VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 33 ccomp _ _ 36 suddenly suddenly ADV RB _ 35 advmod _ _ 37 into into ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 38 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 39 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 40 amod _ _ 40 forest forest NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 42 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 45 advmod _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 sun sun NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 nsubj _ _ 45 looks look VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 40 acl:relcl _ _ 46 in in ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 47 between between ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 48 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 49 branches branch NOUN NNS Number=Plur 45 obl _ _ 50 and and CCONJ CC _ 51 cc _ _ 51 leaves leaf NOUN NNS Number=Plur 49 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 52 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **see** | past | heart | stem | | here | | by stem | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer stem=Stimulus | | 2 | **look up** | past | heart | | | | | | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | | 3 | **shine** | participle | the sun | | | the leaves | | | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme through leaf=Location | | 4 | **is** | past | the leaves | | | | | transparent *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **feel** | past | sun | | | | | | vn conjecture-29.5-2 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 6 | **feel** | would | a person | | | | | | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 7 | **step** | present | | | | a great forest | | suddenly *property* | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme into forest=Destination | | 8 | **look** | present | the sun | | | | | in the branches and leaves | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in branch=Theme | 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 31](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/194/31/) - next →: [sentence 33](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/194/33/) - ↑ back to [The Toad](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/194/)