--- title: Every day he read in the book, and while stretched on his cold couch… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: Every day he read in the book, and while stretched on his cold couch, the holy words he had learnt would come into his mind: "If I take the wings of the morning, and fly to the uttermost parts of the sea, even there Thou art with me, and Thy right hand shall uphold me;" and under the influence of th --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/205/14/) [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/) / [In the Uttermost Parts of the Sea](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/205/) / 14 # Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen, In the Uttermost Parts of the Sea, sentence 14 Every day he read in the book, and while stretched on his cold couch, the holy words he had learnt would come into his mind: "If I take the wings of the morning, and fly to the uttermost parts of the sea, even there Thou art with me, and Thy right hand shall uphold me;" and under the influence of that faith which these holy words inspired, sleep came upon him, and dreams, which are the manifestations of God to the spirit. **Who acts:** eye, holy words, natives, right hand, faith, dreams · **What happens:** read, stretch, learn, come, take, fly · **To what, where:** dreams, book, cold couch, holy words, mind, wings · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. Andersen, In the Uttermost Parts of the Sea. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (eye, holy words, natives, right hand), 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:pg27200:205:14 # text = Every day he read in the book, and while stretched on his cold couch, the holy words he had learnt would come into his mind: "If I take the wings of the morning, and fly to the uttermost parts of the sea, even there Thou art with me, and Thy right hand shall uphold me;" and under the influence of that faith which these holy words inspired, sleep came upon him, and dreams, which are the manifestations of God to the spirit. 1 Every every DET DT PronType=Tot 2 det _ _ 2 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl:unmarked _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 read read VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 in in ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 book book NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 10 while while SCONJ IN _ 11 mark _ _ 11 stretched stretch VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 conj _ _ 12 on on ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 13 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 15 nmod:poss _ _ 14 cold cold ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 amod _ _ 15 couch couch NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 18 holy holy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 amod _ _ 19 words word NOUN NNS Number=Plur 24 nsubj _ _ 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 learnt learn VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 19 acl:relcl _ _ 23 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 24 aux _ _ 24 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 conj _ _ 25 into into ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 27 nmod:poss _ _ 27 mind mind NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 28 : : PUNCT : _ 32 punct _ _ 29 " " PUNCT `` _ 32 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 30 If if SCONJ IN _ 32 mark _ _ 31 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 32 take take VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 wings wing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 32 obj _ _ 35 of of ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 morning morning NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 39 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 40 fly fly VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 32 conj _ _ 41 to to ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 43 uttermost uttermost ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 44 amod _ _ 44 parts part NOUN NNS Number=Plur 40 obl _ _ 45 of of ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 46 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 47 sea sea NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 48 , , PUNCT , _ 52 punct _ _ 49 even even ADV RB _ 50 advmod _ _ 50 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 52 advmod _ _ 51 Thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 52 nsubj _ _ 52 art be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 53 with with ADP IN _ 54 case _ _ 54 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 52 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 55 , , PUNCT , _ 61 punct _ _ 56 and and CCONJ CC _ 61 cc _ _ 57 Thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 59 nmod:poss _ _ 58 right right ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 59 amod _ _ 59 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 61 nsubj _ _ 60 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 61 aux _ _ 61 uphold uphold VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 parataxis _ _ 62 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 61 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 63 ; ; PUNCT , _ 61 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 64 " " PUNCT '' _ 61 punct _ _ 65 and and CCONJ CC _ 68 cc _ _ 66 under under ADP IN _ 68 case _ _ 67 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 68 det _ _ 68 influence influence NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 conj _ _ 69 of of ADP IN _ 71 case _ _ 70 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 71 det _ _ 71 faith faith NOUN NN Number=Sing 68 nmod _ _ 72 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 79 nsubj _ _ 73 these this DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 75 det _ _ 74 holy holy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 75 amod _ _ 75 words word NOUN NNS Number=Plur 79 nsubj _ _ 76 inspired inspire VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 78 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 77 , , PUNCT , _ 76 punct _ _ 78 sleep sleep NOUN NN Number=Sing 75 nmod _ _ 79 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 71 acl:relcl _ _ 80 upon upon ADP IN _ 81 case _ _ 81 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 79 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 82 , , PUNCT , _ 84 punct _ _ 83 and and CCONJ CC _ 84 cc _ _ 84 dreams dream NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 85 , , PUNCT , _ 89 punct _ _ 86 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 89 nsubj _ _ 87 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 89 cop _ _ 88 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 89 det _ _ 89 manifestations manifestation NOUN NNS Number=Plur 84 conj _ _ 90 of of ADP IN _ 91 case _ _ 91 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 89 nmod _ _ 92 to to ADP IN _ 94 case _ _ 93 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 94 det _ _ 94 spirit spirit NOUN NN Number=Sing 89 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 95 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **read** | past | eye | dreams and the manifestations | | the book | day | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 2 | **stretch** | participle | eye *not said here* | | | eye's cold couch | | | vn bend-45.2 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 3 | **learn** | past · perfect | eye | the holy words *not said here* | | | | | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent word=Topic | | 4 | **come** | would | the holy words | | | eye's mind | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme into mind=Initial\_Location | | 5 | **take** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | present | natives *= native* | the wings of the morning | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wing=Theme | | 6 | **fly** *in a quote* | infinitive | natives *= native* *not said here* | | | | | to the uttermost parts of the sea *result* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to part=Result | | 7 | **uphold** *in a quote* | shall | Thy right hand | natives *= native* | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **inspire** | participle | | | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | | 9 | **come** | past | that faith | | | | | upon eye | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme upon he=Location | | 10 | **is a** | present | dreams and the manifestations | the manifestations | | | | of God; to the spirit | tree rules | | 11 | **mind** | | eye | | | | | | nom mind «cognition 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. 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