--- title: He now felt glad at having suffered sorrow and trouble, because it e… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: He now felt glad at having suffered sorrow and trouble, because it enabled him to enjoy so much better all the pleasure and happiness around him; for the great swans swam round the new-comer, and stroked his neck with their beaks, as a welcome. Who acts: better, trouble, great swans. 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C. Andersen, The Ugly Duckling. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (better, trouble, great swans), 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:pg27200:201:167 # text = He now felt glad at having suffered sorrow and trouble, because it enabled him to enjoy so much better all the pleasure and happiness around him; for the great swans swam round the new-comer, and stroked his neck with their beaks, as a welcome. 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 3 advmod _ _ 3 felt feel VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 glad glad ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 xcomp _ _ 5 at at SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 6 having have VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 3 advcl _ _ 7 suffered suffer VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 8 amod _ _ 8 sorrow sorrow NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 10 trouble trouble NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 12 because because SCONJ IN _ 14 mark _ _ 13 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 14 enabled enable VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 15 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 obj _ _ 16 to to PART TO _ 17 mark _ _ 17 enjoy enjoy VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 14 xcomp _ _ 18 so so ADV RB _ 19 advmod _ _ 19 much much ADV RB _ 20 advmod _ _ 20 better good ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 23 amod _ _ 21 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 23 det:predet _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 pleasure pleasure NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obj _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 25 happiness happiness NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 conj _ _ 26 around around ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 27 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 28 ; ; PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 29 for for SCONJ IN _ 33 mark _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 31 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 32 amod _ _ 32 swans swan NOUN NNS Number=Plur 33 nsubj _ _ 33 swam swim VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 conj _ _ 34 round round ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 36 new new ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 38 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 37 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 36 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 38 comer comer NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 40 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 41 stroked stroke VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 42 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 43 nmod:poss _ _ 43 neck neck NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obj _ _ 44 with with ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 45 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 46 nmod:poss _ _ 46 beaks beak NOUN NNS Number=Plur 41 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 47 , , PUNCT , _ 50 punct _ _ 48 as as ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 49 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 50 det _ _ 50 welcome welcome NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 51 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **feel** | past | better *= good* | | | | now | glad *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus | | 2 | **have** | gerund | better *= good* *not said here* | suffered sorrow and trouble | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sorrow=Patient | | 3 | **suffer** | participle | | | | | | | vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 4 | **enable** | past | trouble | better *= good* | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **enjoy** | to-infinitive | better *= good* *not said here* | all better pleasure and happiness around better | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer pleasure=Stimulus | | 6 | **swim** | past | the great swans | | | the new comer | | | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme round comer=Trajectory | | 7 | **stroke** | past | better *= good* *not said here* | better's neck | | | | with swans's beaks; as a welcome | vn touch-20-1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent neck=Experiencer with beak=Instrument | 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 166](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/201/166/) - next →: [sentence 168](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/201/168/) - ↑ back to [The Ugly Duckling](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/201/)