--- title: Now, it's an old-established regulation and favor, that when the moo… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: Now, it's an old-established regulation and favor, that when the moon stands just as it did yesterday, and the wind blows just as it blew then, it is allowed and accorded to all Will-o'-the-Wisps--that is, to all those who are born at that minute of time--to become mortals, and individually to exert --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/211/175/) [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/) / [The Will-o-the Wisp Is in the Town, Sa…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/211/) / 175 # Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen, The Will-o-the Wisp Is in the Town, Says the Moor Woman, sentence 175 Now, it's an old-established regulation and favor, that when the moon stands just as it did yesterday, and the wind blows just as it blew then, it is allowed and accorded to all Will-o'-the-Wisps--that is, to all those who are born at that minute of time--to become mortals, and individually to exert their power for the space of one year. **Who acts:** quarter, moon, wind, that · **What happens:** establish, be, stand, do, blow, allow · **To what, where:** established regulation, that, quarter, all, mortals, power This is a sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. Andersen, The Will-o-the Wisp Is in the Town, Says the Moor Woman. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (quarter, moon, wind, that), 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:pg27200:211:175 # text = Now, it's an old-established regulation and favor, that when the moon stands just as it did yesterday, and the wind blows just as it blew then, it is allowed and accorded to all Will-o'-the-Wisps--that is, to all those who are born at that minute of time--to become mortals, and individually to exert their power for the space of one year. 1 Now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 9 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 cop _ _ 5 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 6 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 7 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 established establish VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 9 amod _ _ 9 regulation regulation NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 11 favor favor NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 13 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 17 obj _ _ 14 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 17 advmod _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 moon moon NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 nsubj _ _ 17 stands stand VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 parataxis _ _ 18 just just ADV RB _ 21 advmod _ _ 19 as as SCONJ IN _ 21 mark _ _ 20 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 21 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 parataxis _ _ 22 yesterday yesterday NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 wind wind NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 nsubj _ _ 27 blows blow VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 17 conj _ _ 28 just just ADV RB _ 31 advmod _ _ 29 as as SCONJ IN _ 31 mark _ _ 30 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 31 blew blow VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 advcl _ _ 32 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 31 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 34 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj:pass _ _ 35 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 36 aux:pass _ _ 36 allowed allow VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 27 advcl _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 38 accorded accord VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 36 conj _ _ 39 to to ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 40 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 38 obl _ _ 41 Will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 44 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 42 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 44 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 43 o of ADP IN Abbr=Yes 44 case _ SpaceAfter=No 44 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 36 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 45 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 48 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 46 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 48 det _ SpaceAfter=No 47 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 46 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 48 Wisps wisp NOUN NNS Number=Plur 44 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 49 -- -- PUNCT , _ 55 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 50 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 55 nsubj _ _ 51 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 55 cop _ SpaceAfter=No 52 , , PUNCT , _ 55 punct _ _ 53 to to ADP IN _ 55 case _ _ 54 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 55 det:predet _ _ 55 those that PRON DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 48 appos _ _ 56 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 58 nsubj:pass _ _ 57 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 58 aux:pass _ _ 58 born bear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 55 acl:relcl _ _ 59 at at ADP IN _ 61 case _ _ 60 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 61 det _ _ 61 minute minute NOUN NN Number=Sing 58 obl _ _ 62 of of ADP IN _ 63 case _ _ 63 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 61 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 64 -- -- PUNCT , _ 66 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 65 to to PART TO _ 66 mark _ _ 66 become become VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 58 advcl _ _ 67 mortals mortal NOUN NNS Number=Plur 66 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 68 , , PUNCT , _ 72 punct _ _ 69 and and CCONJ CC _ 72 cc _ _ 70 individually individually ADV RB _ 72 advmod _ _ 71 to to PART TO _ 72 mark _ _ 72 exert exert VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 55 appos _ _ 73 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 74 nmod:poss _ _ 74 power power NOUN NN Number=Sing 72 obj _ _ 75 for for ADP IN _ 77 case _ _ 76 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 77 det _ _ 77 space space NOUN NN Number=Sing 55 nmod _ _ 78 of of ADP IN _ 80 case _ _ 79 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 80 nummod _ _ 80 year year NOUN NN Number=Sing 77 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 81 . . PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **establish** | participle | | | | | | | vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot | | 2 | **is a** | present | quarter | a established regulation and favor | | | now | | tree rules | | 3 | **stand** | present | the moon | that | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer that=Stimulus | | 4 | **do** | past | quarter | | | | yesterday | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **blow** | present | the wind | | | | | | vn split-23.2 «NP V apart»: agent=Patient | | 6 | **blow** | past | quarter | | | | then | | vn split-23.2 «NP V apart»: agent=Patient | | 7 | **allow** | present · passive | | quarter | | | | | vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Beneficiary | | 8 | **accord** | participle | | | | | | to all *goal* | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent to all=Goal | | 9 | **is** | present | that | | | | | to those; for the space of one year | tree rules | | 10 | **bear** | present · passive | | | | | minute | | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | | 11 | **become** | to-infinitive | | mortals | | | | | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient | | 12 | **exert** | to-infinitive | | Wisps's power | | | | individually *property* | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent power=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 174](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/211/174/) - next →: [sentence 176](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/211/176/) - ↑ back to [The Will-o-the Wisp Is in the Town, Says the Moor Woman](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/211/)