--- title: All this a single servant has done, and yet she has time to spare as… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: All this a single servant has done, and yet she has time to spare as if she wished to go to church; she wears a bow on her cap, a black bow, that signifies mourning. Who acts: this, Delayed, black bow. A sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. Andersen, Delaying Is Not Forgetti --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/22/33/) [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/) / [Delaying Is Not Forgetting](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/22/) / 33 # Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen, Delaying Is Not Forgetting, sentence 33 All this a single servant has done, and yet she has time to spare as if she wished to go to church; she wears a bow on her cap, a black bow, that signifies mourning. **Who acts:** this, Delayed, black bow · **What happens:** servant, do, have, spare, wish, go · **To what, where:** single servant, church, bow, cap, mourning 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 (this, Delayed, black bow), 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:pg27200:22:33 # text = All this a single servant has done, and yet she has time to spare as if she wished to go to church; she wears a bow on her cap, a black bow, that signifies mourning. 1 All all DET PDT PronType=Tot 5 det:predet _ _ 2 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 5 nsubj _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 single single ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 servant servant NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj:pass _ _ 6 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 7 done do VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 10 yet yet ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ _ 11 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 12 has have VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 parataxis _ _ 13 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obj _ _ 14 to to PART TO _ 15 mark _ _ 15 spare spare VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 13 acl _ _ 16 as as SCONJ IN _ 19 mark _ _ 17 if if SCONJ IN _ 19 mark _ _ 18 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 19 wished wish VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 ccomp _ _ 20 to to PART TO _ 21 mark _ _ 21 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 19 xcomp _ _ 22 to to ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 23 church church NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 24 ; ; PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 25 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 26 wears wear VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 12 conj _ _ 27 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 bow bow NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obj _ _ 29 on on ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 31 nmod:poss _ _ 31 cap cap NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 33 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 34 black black ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 amod _ _ 35 bow bow NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 37 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 38 nsubj _ _ 38 signifies signify VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 35 acl:relcl _ _ 39 mourning mourning NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 40 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **servant** | | this | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **do** | present · perfect · passive | | all single servant | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality | | 3 | **have** | present | Delayed | | | | yet; time | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **spare** | to-infinitive | Delayed *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **wish** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | Delayed | | | | | | vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 6 | **go** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | Delayed *not said here* | | | church | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to church=Initial\_Location | | 7 | **wear** | present | Delayed | a bow | | Delayed's cap | | | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent bow=Source | | 8 | **signify** | present | a black bow | mourning | | | | | vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot mourning=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 32](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/22/32/) - next →: [sentence 34](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/22/34/) - ↑ back to [Delaying Is Not Forgetting](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/22/)