--- title: "That's a true picture of our poetryless time, that I see before me… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: "That's a true picture of our poetryless time, that I see before me now," thought the young man; and that was at least a thought, a grain of gold that he found by the door of the wise woman. Who acts: That, young man, man. A sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. 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Andersen, What One Can Invent. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (That, young man, 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:pg27200:206:18 # text = "That's a true picture of our poetryless time, that I see before me now," thought the young man; and that was at least a thought, a grain of gold that he found by the door of the wise woman. 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 That that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 6 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 true true ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 picture picture NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 8 our our PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ _ 9 poetryless poetryless ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 12 that that SCONJ IN _ 14 mark _ _ 13 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 14 see see VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 parataxis _ _ 15 before before ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 16 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 14 obl _ _ 17 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 14 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 19 " " PUNCT '' _ 20 punct _ _ 20 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 parataxis _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 22 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 amod _ _ 23 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 24 ; ; PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 26 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 29 nsubj _ _ 27 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 cop _ _ 28 at at ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 29 least least ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 31 amod _ _ 30 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 thought thought NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 33 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 grain grain NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 conj _ _ 35 of of ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 36 gold gold NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 nmod _ _ 37 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 39 obj _ _ 38 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 39 found find VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 acl:relcl _ _ 40 by by ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 door door NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obl _ _ 43 of of ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 45 wise wise ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 46 amod _ _ 46 woman woman NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | That | a true picture and a least thought and a grain of gold | | | time | | tree rules | | 2 | **see** *in a quote* | present | the young man *= man* | | | | before the young man *= man*; now | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 3 | **think** *speech: other* | past | the young man | | | | | | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **is** | past | that | | | | | least *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **find** | past | man | a least thought and a grain of gold | | | | by the door of the wise woman | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent that=Topic | 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 17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/206/17/) - next →: [sentence 19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/206/19/) - ↑ back to [What One Can Invent](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/206/)