--- title: He felt as if his heart would break with its weight of sorrow, till… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: He felt as if his heart would break with its weight of sorrow, till those who stood round the grave sang a psalm, and the sweet, holy tones brought tears into his eyes, which relieved him. Who acts: son, heart, grave, sweet holy tones. A sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. 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C. Andersen, The Travelling Companion, part 1. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (son, heart, grave, sweet holy tones), 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:pg27200:196:17 # text = He felt as if his heart would break with its weight of sorrow, till those who stood round the grave sang a psalm, and the sweet, holy tones brought tears into his eyes, which relieved him. 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 felt feel VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 as as SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 4 if if SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 5 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 heart heart NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 7 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 8 break break VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 ccomp _ _ 9 with with ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 11 nmod:poss _ _ 11 weight weight NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ 12 of of ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 sorrow sorrow NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 15 till till ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 16 those that PRON DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 8 obl _ _ 17 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 18 nsubj _ _ 18 stood stand VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 acl:relcl _ _ 19 round round ADP IN _ 22 mark _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 grave grave NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 nsubj _ _ 22 sang sing VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 advcl _ _ 23 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 psalm psalm NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 28 sweet sweet ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 30 holy holy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 amod _ _ 31 tones tone NOUN NNS Number=Plur 32 nsubj _ _ 32 brought bring VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 33 tears tear NOUN NNS Number=Plur 32 obj _ _ 34 into into ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 36 nmod:poss _ _ 36 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 32 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 38 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 39 nsubj _ _ 39 relieved relieve VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 acl:relcl _ _ 40 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 41 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **feel** | past | son | | | | | | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 2 | **break** *a condition, not said to happen* | would | son's heart | | | | till those | with heart's weight of sorrow | vn break-45.1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent with weight=Instrument | | 3 | **stand** | past | | | | | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **sing** *speech: express* | past | the grave | a psalm | | | | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location psalm=Theme | | 5 | **bring** | past | the sweet holy tones | tears | | son's eyes | | | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent tear=Theme into eye=Destination | | 6 | **relieve** | past | son's eyes | son | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus he=Experiencer | 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 16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/196/16/) - next →: [sentence 18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/196/18/) - ↑ back to [The Travelling Companion, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/196/)