--- title: Two large tears rolled down the king's cheeks, and he went home with… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: Two large tears rolled down the king's cheeks, and he went home with doubt in his heart, and at night he pretended to sleep, but there came no real sleep to his eyes, for he saw Eliza get up every night and disappear in her own chamber. Who acts: Two large tears, king, Eliza. 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C. Andersen, The Wild Swans, 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 large tears, king, Eliza), 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:pg27200:210:2 # text = Two large tears rolled down the king's cheeks, and he went home with doubt in his heart, and at night he pretended to sleep, but there came no real sleep to his eyes, for he saw Eliza get up every night and disappear in her own chamber. 1 Two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 3 nummod _ _ 2 large large ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 tears tear NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 4 rolled roll VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 acl _ _ 5 down down ADP RP _ 4 compound:prt _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 8 's 's PART POS _ 7 case _ _ 9 cheeks cheek NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 12 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 13 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 14 home home ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ _ 15 with with ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 16 doubt doubt NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ _ 17 in in ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 19 nmod:poss _ _ 19 heart heart NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 22 at at ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 23 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ _ 24 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 25 pretended pretend VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 conj _ _ 26 to to PART TO _ 27 mark _ _ 27 sleep sleep VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 25 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 29 but but CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 30 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 31 expl _ _ 31 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 parataxis _ _ 32 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 34 det _ _ 33 real real ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 amod _ _ 34 sleep sleep NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obj _ _ 35 to to ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 37 nmod:poss _ _ 37 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 34 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 39 for for SCONJ IN _ 41 mark _ _ 40 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj _ _ 41 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 conj _ _ 42 Eliza Eliza PROPN NNP Number=Sing 43 nsubj _ _ 43 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 41 ccomp _ _ 44 up up ADP RP _ 43 compound:prt _ _ 45 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 46 det _ _ 46 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obl:unmarked _ _ 47 and and CCONJ CC _ 48 cc _ _ 48 disappear disappear VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 43 conj _ _ 49 in in ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 50 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 52 nmod:poss _ _ 51 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 52 amod _ _ 52 chamber chamber NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 53 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **roll down** | participle | Two large tears *not said here* | the king's cheeks | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cheek=Agent | | 2 | **go** | past | king | | | | | with doubt in king's heart; home *property* | vn help-72.1-2 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent with doubt=Beneficiary | | 3 | **pretend** | past | king | | | | night | | tree rules | | 4 | **sleep** | to-infinitive | king *not said here* | | | | | | vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **come** | past | | no real sleep | | there | | to king's eyes | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location sleep=Theme | | 6 | **see** | past | king | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 7 | **get up** | infinitive | Eliza | | | | night | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | | 8 | **disappear** | present | Eliza *not said here* | | | Eliza's own chamber | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=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 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/210/1/) - next →: [sentence 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/210/3/) - ↑ back to [The Wild Swans, part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/210/)