--- title: She possessed beauty enough--nobody could be more elegant or prettie… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: She possessed beauty enough--nobody could be more elegant or prettier than she was; but what of that? for she was a wicked witch; and in consequence of her conduct many noble young princes had lost their lives. Who acts: Heaven, nobody. A sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. 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C. Andersen, The Travelling Companion, part 2. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Heaven, nobody), 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:pg27200:197:27 # text = She possessed beauty enough--nobody could be more elegant or prettier than she was; but what of that? for she was a wicked witch; and in consequence of her conduct many noble young princes had lost their lives. 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 possessed possess VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 beauty beauty NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 4 enough enough ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 5 -- -- PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 nobody nobody PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 10 nsubj _ _ 7 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 10 aux _ _ 8 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 10 cop _ _ 9 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 10 advmod _ _ 10 elegant elegant ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 parataxis _ _ 11 or or CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 12 prettier pretty ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 10 conj _ _ 13 than than SCONJ IN _ 15 mark _ _ 14 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 15 was be VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 ; ; PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 17 but but CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 18 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 2 advcl _ _ 19 of of ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 20 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 18 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 21 ? ? PUNCT . _ 18 punct _ _ 22 for for ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 23 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 24 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 cop _ _ 25 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 26 wicked wicked ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 amod _ _ 27 witch witch NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 28 ; ; PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 30 in in ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 31 consequence consequence NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obl _ _ 32 of of ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 34 nmod:poss _ _ 34 conduct conduct NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 nmod _ _ 35 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 38 amod _ _ 36 noble noble ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 38 amod _ _ 37 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 38 amod _ _ 38 princes prince NOUN NNS Number=Plur 40 nsubj:pass _ _ 39 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 40 aux _ _ 40 lost lose VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 conj _ _ 41 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 42 nmod:poss _ _ 42 lives life NOUN NNS Number=Plur 40 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **possess** | past | Heaven | beauty | | | | enough *property* | vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot beauty=Theme | | 2 | **is** | could | nobody | | | | | elegant *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **be** | | nobody *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **be** | past | Heaven | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **is** | past | Heaven | | | | | for a wicked witch | tree rules | | 6 | **lose** | past · perfect · passive | | many noble young princes | | consequence of Heaven's conduct | | | tree rules | | 7 | **conduct** | | Heaven | | | | | | nom conduct «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 26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/197/26/) - next →: [sentence 28](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/197/28/) - ↑ back to [The Travelling Companion, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/197/)