--- title: Yes, there was one thing more, an alchymist's glass, a new one, whic… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: Yes, there was one thing more, an alchymist's glass, a new one, which had been lately bought, and filled with what could be gathered from the ground of the treasure which had promised so much but failed in keeping its promise. Who acts: one thing, treasure. 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C. Andersen, The Story of the Wind. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (one thing, treasure), 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:pg27200:212:150 # text = Yes, there was one thing more, an alchymist's glass, a new one, which had been lately bought, and filled with what could be gathered from the ground of the treasure which had promised so much but failed in keeping its promise. 1 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 4 expl _ _ 4 was be VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 6 nummod _ _ 6 thing thing NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 7 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 6 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 9 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 alchymist alchymist NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 11 's 's PART POS _ 10 case _ _ 12 glass glass NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 14 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 15 new new ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 amod _ _ 16 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 18 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 22 nsubj:pass _ _ 19 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 aux _ _ 20 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 22 aux:pass _ _ 21 lately lately ADV RB _ 22 advmod _ _ 22 bought buy VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 16 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 25 filled fill VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 22 conj _ _ 26 with with SCONJ IN _ 30 mark _ _ 27 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 30 nsubj:pass _ _ 28 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 30 aux _ _ 29 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 30 aux:pass _ _ 30 gathered gather VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 25 advcl _ _ 31 from from ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 ground ground NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl _ _ 34 of of ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 treasure treasure NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 nmod _ _ 37 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 39 nsubj:pass _ _ 38 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 39 aux _ _ 39 promised promise VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 36 acl:relcl _ _ 40 so so ADV RB _ 41 advmod _ _ 41 much much ADV RB _ 39 advmod _ _ 42 but but CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 43 failed fail VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 39 conj _ _ 44 in in SCONJ IN _ 45 mark _ _ 45 keeping keep VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 43 advcl _ _ 46 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 47 nmod:poss _ _ 47 promise promise NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **be** | past | one thing and a alchymist's glass | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **buy** | past · perfect · passive | | a new one | | | | lately *property* | vn accept-77.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 3 | **fill** | participle | | | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 4 | **gather** | could · passive | | | | the ground of the treasure | | | vn deduce-97.2 «NP V NP PP.source»: subject=Theme from ground=Source | | 5 | **promise** *speech: promise* | past · perfect · passive | | the treasure | | | | | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: subject=Theme | | 6 | **fail** | past | | | | | | | vn succeed-74-3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **keep** | gerund | | treasure's promise | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent promise=Theme | | 8 | **promise** | | treasure | | | | | | nom promise «communication 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. 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 149](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/212/149/) - next →: [sentence 151](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/212/151/) - ↑ back to [The Story of the Wind](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/212/)