--- title: John continued his journey, and thought of all the wonderful things… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: John continued his journey, and thought of all the wonderful things he should see in the large, beautiful world, till he found himself farther away from home than ever he had been before. Who acts: John. A sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. 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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 (John), 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:pg27200:196:35 # text = John continued his journey, and thought of all the wonderful things he should see in the large, beautiful world, till he found himself farther away from home than ever he had been before. 1 John John PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 continued continue VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ _ 4 journey journey NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 8 of of ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 9 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 12 det:predet _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 11 wonderful wonderful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 12 things thing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 obl _ _ 13 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 14 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 15 aux _ _ 15 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 acl:relcl _ _ 16 in in ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 18 large large ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 20 beautiful beautiful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 amod _ _ 21 world world NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 23 till till SCONJ IN _ 25 mark _ _ 24 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 25 found find VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 26 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 25 obj _ _ 27 farther far ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 28 advmod _ _ 28 away away ADV RB _ 25 advmod _ _ 29 from from ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 30 home home NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ _ 31 than than ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 32 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 28 obl _ _ 33 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 34 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 aux _ _ 35 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 36 cop _ _ 36 before before ADV RB _ 25 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 37 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **continue** | past | John | John's journey | | | | | vn sustain-55.6 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent journey=Theme | | 2 | **think** *speech: other* | past | | | | | | of all wonderful things | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **see** | should | John | all wonderful things *not said here* | | the large beautiful world | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer thing=Stimulus | | 4 | **find** | past | John | John | | | | away *property* | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent himself=Topic | | 5 | **is** | past · perfect | John | | | | | before *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **journey** | | John | | | | | | nom journey «act transitive»: 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 34](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/196/34/) - next →: [sentence 36](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/196/36/) - ↑ back to [The Travelling Companion, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/196/)