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title: You prayed for him, but it was no good, he was to ride until his lim… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics
description: You prayed for him, but it was no good, he was to ride until his limbs were paralysed; but you stole down to him, as I steal now to you, you yourself put little stones under each of his feet that he might have support, nobody saw it, or they pretended not to see it, for you were then the young graci
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# Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen, Delaying Is Not Forgetting, sentence 10

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You prayed for him, but it was no good, he was to ride until his limbs were paralysed; but you stole down to him, as I steal now to you, you yourself put little stones under each of his feet that he might have support, nobody saw it, or they pretended not to see it, for you were then the young gracious mistress.

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**Who acts:** You, servant, horse, I, nobody, limbs · **What happens:** pray, be, paralyse, steal down, steal, put · **To what, where:** limbs, horse, you, little stones, each, support

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This is a sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. Andersen, Delaying Is Not Forgetting. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (You, servant, horse, I), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**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:pg27200:22:10
# text = You prayed for him, but it was no good, he was to ride until his limbs were paralysed; but you stole down to him, as I steal now to you, you yourself put little stones under each of his feet that he might have support, nobody saw it, or they pretended not to see it, for you were then the young gracious mistress.
1	You	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	prayed	pray	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	for	for	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
6	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
7	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
8	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
9	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	10	det	_	_
10	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
12	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	15	nsubj	_	_
13	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	15	cop	_	_
14	to	to	PART	TO	_	15	mark	_	_
15	ride	ride	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	parataxis	_	_
16	until	until	SCONJ	IN	_	20	mark	_	_
17	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	18	nmod:poss	_	_
18	limbs	limb	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	20	nsubj:pass	_	_
19	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	20	aux:pass	_	_
20	paralysed	paralyse	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	15	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	24	punct	_	_
22	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	24	cc	_	_
23	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	24	nsubj	_	_
24	stole	steal	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	parataxis	_	_
25	down	down	ADV	RB	_	24	advmod	_	_
26	to	to	ADP	IN	_	27	case	_	_
27	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	24	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
28	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	31	punct	_	_
29	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	31	mark	_	_
30	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	31	nsubj	_	_
31	steal	steal	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	24	conj	_	_
32	now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	31	advmod	_	_
33	to	to	ADP	IN	_	34	case	_	_
34	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	31	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
35	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	38	punct	_	_
36	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	38	nsubj	_	_
37	yourself	yourself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	36	nmod	_	_
38	put	put	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
39	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	40	amod	_	_
40	stones	stone	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	38	obj	_	_
41	under	under	ADP	IN	_	42	case	_	_
42	each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	38	obl	_	_
43	of	of	ADP	IN	_	45	case	_	_
44	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	45	nmod:poss	_	_
45	feet	foot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	42	nmod	_	_
46	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	49	mark	_	_
47	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	49	nsubj	_	_
48	might	might	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	49	aux	_	_
49	have	have	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	38	advcl	_	_
50	support	support	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	49	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
51	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	53	punct	_	_
52	nobody	nobody	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	53	nsubj	_	_
53	saw	see	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	parataxis	_	_
54	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	53	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
55	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	58	punct	_	_
56	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	58	cc	_	_
57	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	58	nsubj	_	_
58	pretended	pretend	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	53	conj	_	_
59	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	61	advmod	_	_
60	to	to	PART	TO	_	61	mark	_	_
61	see	see	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	58	xcomp	_	_
62	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	61	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
63	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	71	punct	_	_
64	for	for	SCONJ	IN	_	71	mark	_	_
65	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	71	nsubj	_	_
66	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	71	cop	_	_
67	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	71	advmod	_	_
68	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	71	det	_	_
69	young	young	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	71	amod	_	_
70	gracious	gracious	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	71	amod	_	_
71	mistress	mistress	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	61	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
72	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pray** | past | You |  |  |  |  | for horse | vn long-32.2 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Pivot for he=Theme |
| 2 | **is** | past | servant |  |  |  |  | good *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **is** | past | horse |  |  |  |  | ride *property* | tree rules |
| 4 | **paralyse** | past · passive |  | horse's limbs |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 5 | **steal down** | past | you |  | horse |  |  | down *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 6 | **steal** | present | I |  | you |  | now |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 7 | **put** | past | you | little stones |  | each |  |  | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent stone=Theme under each=Destination |
| 8 | **have** | might | horse | support |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent support=Patient |
| 9 | **see** | past | nobody | servant |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus |
| 10 | **pretend** | past | limbs *= limb* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 11 | **not** **see** | to-infinitive | limbs *= limb* *not said here* | servant |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus |
| 12 | **is a** | past | you | the young gracious mistress |  |  | then |  | tree rules |

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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.

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**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.

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