--- title: And then there appeared before him two remarkable shapes, which look… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: And then there appeared before him two remarkable shapes, which looked much more like human beings than when he had seen them in his childhood; they were changed, but he remembered that they were the two gingerbread cakes, the man and the woman, who had shown their best sides to the world and looked --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/204/28/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/) / [Under the Willow-tree, part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/204/) / 28 # Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen, Under the Willow-tree, part 3, sentence 28 And then there appeared before him two remarkable shapes, which looked much more like human beings than when he had seen them in his childhood; they were changed, but he remembered that they were the two gingerbread cakes, the man and the woman, who had shown their best sides to the world and looked so good. **Who acts:** two remarkable shapes, Knud, tree, man · **What happens:** appear, look, see, change, remember, be · **To what, where:** two remarkable shapes, tree, childhood, two gingerbread cakes, best sides, world This is a sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. Andersen, Under the Willow-tree, part 3. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (two remarkable shapes, Knud, tree, man), 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:pg27200:204:28 # text = And then there appeared before him two remarkable shapes, which looked much more like human beings than when he had seen them in his childhood; they were changed, but he remembered that they were the two gingerbread cakes, the man and the woman, who had shown their best sides to the world and looked so good. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 2 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 4 advmod _ _ 3 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 4 advmod _ _ 4 appeared appear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 before before ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obl _ _ 7 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 9 nummod _ _ 8 remarkable remarkable ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 shapes shape NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 11 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 12 nsubj _ _ 12 looked look VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 acl:relcl _ _ 13 much much ADV RB _ 14 advmod _ _ 14 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 12 advmod _ _ 15 like like ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 human human ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 amod _ _ 17 beings being NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 obl _ _ 18 than than SCONJ IN _ 22 mark _ _ 19 when when SCONJ WRB _ 22 mark _ _ 20 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 21 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 aux _ _ 22 seen see VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 12 advcl _ _ 23 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 obj _ _ 24 in in ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 26 nmod:poss _ _ 26 childhood childhood NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 27 ; ; PUNCT : _ 30 punct _ _ 28 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 29 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 aux:pass _ _ 30 changed change VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 32 but but CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 33 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 34 remembered remember VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 35 that that SCONJ IN _ 41 mark _ _ 36 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj _ _ 37 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 41 cop _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 39 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 41 nummod _ _ 40 gingerbread gingerbread NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 compound _ _ 41 cakes cake NOUN NNS Number=Plur 34 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 appos _ _ 45 and and CCONJ CC _ 47 cc _ _ 46 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 47 woman woman NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 48 , , PUNCT , _ 51 punct _ _ 49 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 51 nsubj _ _ 50 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 51 aux _ _ 51 shown show VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 44 acl _ _ 52 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 54 nmod:poss _ _ 53 best good ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 54 amod _ _ 54 sides side NOUN NNS Number=Plur 51 obj _ _ 55 to to ADP IN _ 57 case _ _ 56 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 57 det _ _ 57 world world NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 obl _ _ 58 and and CCONJ CC _ 59 cc _ _ 59 looked look VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 34 conj _ _ 60 so so ADV RB _ 61 advmod _ _ 61 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 59 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 62 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **appear** | past | | two remarkable shapes | | there | before Knud; then | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme before he=Location | | 2 | **look** | past | two remarkable shapes | | | | | like human beings | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | | 3 | **see** | past · perfect | Knud | tree | | Knud's childhood | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer they=Stimulus | | 4 | **change** | past · passive | | tree | | | | | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | | 5 | **remember** | past | Knud | | | | | | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **is a** | past | tree | the two gingerbread cakes | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **show** | past · perfect | the man and the woman | tree's best sides | the world | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent side=Topic to world=Recipient | | 8 | **look** | past | Knud *not said here* | | | | | good *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus | 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 27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/204/27/) - next →: [sentence 29](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/204/29/) - ↑ back to [Under the Willow-tree, part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/204/)