--- title: She sang, he thought, as only an angel could sing; and then she step… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: She sang, he thought, as only an angel could sing; and then she stepped forward to the front and smiled, as only Joanna could smile, and looked directly at Knud. Who acts: place, Joanna, angel. A sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. 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C. Andersen, Under the Willow-tree, 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 (place, Joanna, angel), 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:pg27200:203:110 # text = She sang, he thought, as only an angel could sing; and then she stepped forward to the front and smiled, as only Joanna could smile, and looked directly at Knud. 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 sang sing VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 4 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 7 as as SCONJ IN _ 12 mark _ _ 8 only only ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 9 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 angel angel NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nsubj _ _ 11 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 12 aux _ _ 12 sing sing VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ; ; PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 15 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 17 advmod _ _ 16 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 17 stepped step VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 18 forward forward ADV RB _ 17 advmod _ _ 19 to to ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 front front NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 23 smiled smile VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 25 as as SCONJ IN _ 29 mark _ _ 26 only only ADV RB _ 29 advmod _ _ 27 Joanna Joanna PROPN NNP Number=Sing 29 nsubj _ _ 28 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 29 aux _ _ 29 smile smile VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 23 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 32 looked look VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 33 directly directly ADV RB _ 32 advmod _ _ 34 at at ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 35 Knud Knud PROPN NNP Number=Sing 32 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 36 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sing** *speech: express* | past | place | | | | | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP.location V PP.theme»: agent=Location | | 2 | **think** *speech: other* | past | Joanna | | | | | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 3 | **sing** *speech: express* | could | a angel | | | | | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP.location V PP.theme»: agent=Location | | 4 | **step forward** | past | place | | | the front | then | forward *property* | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme to front=Destination | | 5 | **smile** | past | place *not said here* | | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **smile** | could | Joanna | | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **look** | past | place *not said here* | | | | | at Knud; directly *property* | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at knud=Theme | 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 109](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/203/109/) - next →: [sentence 111](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/203/111/) - ↑ back to [Under the Willow-tree, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/203/)