--- title: Then he dreamed a strange dream; he thought he saw the sun shining u… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: Then he dreamed a strange dream; he thought he saw the sun shining upon him, and his father alive and well, and even heard him laughing as he used to do when he was very happy. Who acts: John, sun. 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, sun), 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:pg27200:196:9 # text = Then he dreamed a strange dream; he thought he saw the sun shining upon him, and his father alive and well, and even heard him laughing as he used to do when he was very happy. 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 3 advmod _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 dreamed dream VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 strange strange ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 dream dream NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 ; ; PUNCT : _ 9 punct _ _ 8 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 9 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 10 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 11 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 ccomp _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 sun sun NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ _ 14 shining shine VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 13 acl _ _ 15 upon upon ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 16 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 19 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 20 nmod:poss _ _ 20 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 nsubj _ _ 21 alive alive ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 conj _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 23 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 21 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 26 even even ADV RB _ 27 advmod _ _ 27 heard hear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 conj _ _ 28 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 obj _ _ 29 laughing laugh VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 27 xcomp _ _ 30 as as SCONJ IN _ 32 mark _ _ 31 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 32 used use VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 advcl _ _ 33 to to PART TO _ 34 mark _ _ 34 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 32 xcomp _ _ 35 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 39 advmod _ _ 36 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|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 very very ADV RB _ 39 advmod _ _ 39 happy happy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 40 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **dream** | past | John | a strange dream | | | then | | vn cognize-85 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dream=Topic | | 2 | **think** *speech: other* | past | John | | | | | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 3 | **see** | past | John | the sun | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer sun=Stimulus | | 4 | **shine** | gerund | the sun *not said here* | | | | | upon John | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme upon he=Location | | 5 | **hear** | past | John *not said here* | John | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **laugh** | gerund | John *not said here* | | | | | | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **use** | past | John | | | | | | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 8 | **do** | to-infinitive | John *not said here* | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 9 | **is** | past | John | | | | | happy *property* | tree rules | 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. 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