--- title: And in quiet thought old Winter looked at the leafless forest, where… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: And in quiet thought old Winter looked at the leafless forest, where the graceful form and bends of each tree and branch could be seen; and while Winter slept, icy mists came from the clouds, and the ruler dreamt of his youthful days and of his manhood, and in the morning dawn the whole forest glitt --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/214/153/) [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 Story of the Year](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/214/) / 153 # Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen, The Story of the Year, sentence 153 And in quiet thought old Winter looked at the leafless forest, where the graceful form and bends of each tree and branch could be seen; and while Winter slept, icy mists came from the clouds, and the ruler dreamt of his youthful days and of his manhood, and in the morning dawn the whole forest glittered with hoar frost, which the sun shook from the branches,--and this was the summer dream of Winter. **Who acts:** old Winter, Winter, icy mists, sun, this · **What happens:** think, look, bend, see, sleep, come · **To what, where:** quiet, ruler dreamt, clouds, whole forest, hoar frost, branches · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. Andersen, The Story of the Year. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (old Winter, Winter, icy mists, sun), 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:pg27200:214:153 # text = And in quiet thought old Winter looked at the leafless forest, where the graceful form and bends of each tree and branch could be seen; and while Winter slept, icy mists came from the clouds, and the ruler dreamt of his youthful days and of his manhood, and in the morning dawn the whole forest glittered with hoar frost, which the sun shook from the branches,--and this was the summer dream of Winter. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 2 in in ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 3 quiet quiet ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 obl _ _ 4 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 Winter Winter PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 7 looked look VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 ccomp _ _ 8 at at ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 10 leafless leafless ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 forest forest NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 13 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 26 advmod _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 15 graceful graceful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 amod _ _ 16 form form NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nsubj _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 18 bends bend VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 13 conj _ _ 19 of of ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 each each DET DT PronType=Tot 21 det _ _ 21 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obl _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 23 branch branch NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 conj _ _ 24 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 26 aux _ _ 25 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 26 aux:pass _ _ 26 seen see VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 11 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 27 ; ; PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 29 while while SCONJ IN _ 31 mark _ _ 30 Winter Winter PROPN NNP Number=Sing 31 nsubj _ _ 31 slept sleep VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 35 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 33 icy icy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 amod _ _ 34 mists mist NOUN NNS Number=Plur 35 nsubj _ _ 35 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 36 from from ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 clouds cloud NOUN NNS Number=Plur 35 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 40 and and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 42 ruler ruler NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 compound _ _ 43 dreamt dreamt NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl _ _ 44 of of ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 45 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 47 nmod:poss _ _ 46 youthful youthful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 47 amod _ _ 47 days day NOUN NNS Number=Plur 43 nmod _ _ 48 and and CCONJ CC _ 51 cc _ _ 49 of of ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 50 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 51 nmod:poss _ _ 51 manhood manhood NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 52 , , PUNCT , _ 57 punct _ _ 53 and and CCONJ CC _ 57 cc _ _ 54 in in ADP IN _ 57 case _ _ 55 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 57 det _ _ 56 morning morning NOUN NN Number=Sing 57 compound _ _ 57 dawn dawn NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl _ _ 58 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 60 det _ _ 59 whole whole ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 60 amod _ _ 60 forest forest NOUN NN Number=Sing 57 appos _ _ 61 glittered glitter VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 60 acl _ _ 62 with with ADP IN _ 64 case _ _ 63 hoar hoar ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 64 amod _ _ 64 frost frost NOUN NN Number=Sing 61 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 65 , , PUNCT , _ 69 punct _ _ 66 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 69 obj _ _ 67 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 68 det _ _ 68 sun sun NOUN NN Number=Sing 69 nsubj _ _ 69 shook shake VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 64 conj _ _ 70 from from ADP IN _ 72 case _ _ 71 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 72 det _ _ 72 branches branch NOUN NNS Number=Plur 69 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 73 , , PUNCT , _ 80 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 74 -- -- PUNCT , _ 80 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 75 and and CCONJ CC _ 80 cc _ _ 76 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 80 nsubj _ _ 77 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 80 cop _ _ 78 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 80 det _ _ 79 summer summer NOUN NN Number=Sing 80 compound _ _ 80 dream dream NOUN NN Number=Sing 60 conj _ _ 81 of of ADP IN _ 82 case _ _ 82 Winter Winter PROPN NNP Number=Sing 80 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 83 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **think** *speech: other* | past | | | | quiet | | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 2 | **look** | past | old Winter | | | | | at the leafless forest | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at forest=Theme | | 3 | **bend** | present | | | | | | of each tree and branch | vn meander-47.7-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme of tree=Location | | 4 | **see** | could · passive | | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V» | | 5 | **sleep** | past | Winter | | | | | | vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **come** | past | icy mists | the ruler dreamt of form's youthful days and form's manhood | | the clouds | dawn | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from cloud=Initial\_Location | | 7 | **glitter** | participle | | the whole forest and the summer dream *not said here* | | | | with hoar frost | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP.location V PP.theme»: agent=Location with frost=Theme | | 8 | **shake** | past | the sun | hoar frost | | the branches | | | vn funnel-9.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent which=Theme from branch=Trajectory | | 9 | **is a** | past | this | the summer dream | | | | of Winter | tree rules | 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 152](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/214/152/) - next →: [sentence 154](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/214/154/) - ↑ back to [The Story of the Year](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/214/)