--- title: The little thoughts may grow--I know that very well; and out in the… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: The little thoughts may grow--I know that very well; and out in the world thoughts come too, and not only of my kind, for as far as I can see, I cannot discern anything like myself; but the wingless houses, whose throats make no noise, have thoughts too, and these come to my thoughts, and make love --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/213/21/) [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 Windmill](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/213/) / 21 # Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen, The Windmill, sentence 21 The little thoughts may grow--I know that very well; and out in the world thoughts come too, and not only of my kind, for as far as I can see, I cannot discern anything like myself; but the wingless houses, whose throats make no noise, have thoughts too, and these come to my thoughts, and make love to them, as it is called. **Who acts:** little thoughts, I, world thoughts, throats, wingless houses, these · **What happens:** grow, know, come, see, not discern, make · **To what, where:** anything, noise, thoughts, love · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. Andersen, The Windmill. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (little thoughts, I, world thoughts, throats), 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:pg27200:213:21 # text = The little thoughts may grow--I know that very well; and out in the world thoughts come too, and not only of my kind, for as far as I can see, I cannot discern anything like myself; but the wingless houses, whose throats make no noise, have thoughts too, and these come to my thoughts, and make love to them, as it is called. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 thoughts thought NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj _ _ 4 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 grow grow VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 6 -- -- PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 8 know know VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 advcl _ _ 9 that that SCONJ IN _ 11 mark _ _ 10 very very ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ _ 11 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 8 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ; ; PUNCT : _ 19 punct _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 14 out out ADV RB _ 19 advmod _ _ 15 in in ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 17 world world NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 compound _ _ 18 thoughts thought NOUN NNS Number=Plur 19 nsubj _ _ 19 come come VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 20 too too ADV RB _ 19 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 23 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 27 advmod _ _ 24 only only ADV RB _ 27 advmod _ _ 25 of of ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 27 nmod:poss _ _ 27 kind kind NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 29 for for ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 as as ADV RB _ 31 advmod _ _ 31 far far ADV RB Degree=Pos 27 advmod _ _ 32 as as SCONJ IN _ 35 mark _ _ 33 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 34 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 35 aux _ _ 35 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 31 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 37 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 38 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 40 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 39 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 40 advmod _ _ 40 discern discern VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 35 ccomp _ _ 41 anything anything PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 40 obj _ _ 42 like like ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 43 myself myself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 41 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 44 ; ; PUNCT , _ 56 punct _ _ 45 but but CCONJ CC _ 56 cc _ _ 46 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 47 wingless wingless ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 48 amod _ _ 48 houses house NOUN NNS Number=Plur 56 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 49 , , PUNCT , _ 52 punct _ _ 50 whose whose PRON WP$ Poss=Yes|PronType=Rel 51 nmod:poss _ _ 51 throats throat NOUN NNS Number=Plur 52 nsubj _ _ 52 make make VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 48 acl:relcl _ _ 53 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 54 det _ _ 54 noise noise NOUN NN Number=Sing 52 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 55 , , PUNCT , _ 52 punct _ _ 56 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 57 thoughts thought NOUN NNS Number=Plur 56 obj _ _ 58 too too ADV RB _ 56 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 59 , , PUNCT , _ 62 punct _ _ 60 and and CCONJ CC _ 62 cc _ _ 61 these this PRON DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 62 nsubj _ _ 62 come come VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 63 to to ADP IN _ 65 case _ _ 64 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 65 nmod:poss _ _ 65 thoughts thought NOUN NNS Number=Plur 62 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 66 , , PUNCT , _ 68 punct _ _ 67 and and CCONJ CC _ 68 cc _ _ 68 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 62 conj _ _ 69 love love NOUN NN Number=Sing 68 obj _ _ 70 to to ADP IN _ 71 case _ _ 71 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 68 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 72 , , PUNCT , _ 76 punct _ _ 73 as as SCONJ IN _ 76 mark _ _ 74 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 76 nsubj:pass _ _ 75 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 76 aux:pass _ _ 76 called call VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 68 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 77 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **grow** | may | the little thoughts | | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **know** | present | I | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 3 | **come** | present | the world thoughts | | | | | out *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **see** | can | I | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 5 | **not** **discern** | can | I | anything | | | | like myself | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer anything=Stimulus | | 6 | **make** | present | throats | no noise | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset noise=Product | | 7 | **have** | present | the wingless houses | thoughts | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thought=Patient | | 8 | **come** | present | these | | | my thoughts | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to thought=Initial\_Location | | 9 | **make** | infinitive | these *not said here* | love | thoughts *= thought* | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset love=Product | | 10 | **call** | present · passive | | noise | | | | | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient | | 11 | **think** | | my | | | | | | nom thought «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. 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 20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/213/20/) - next →: [sentence 22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/213/22/) - ↑ back to [The Windmill](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/213/)