--- title: Then the years that would have belonged to thee will be contracted t… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: Then the years that would have belonged to thee will be contracted to half the span of the ephemeral fly, that lives but a day: one night, and thy life-taper shall be blown out--the leaves of the tree will wither and be blown away, to become green never again!" 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C. Andersen, The Dryad, part 1. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (years, ephemeral fly, leaves), 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:pg27200:24:132 # text = Then the years that would have belonged to thee will be contracted to half the span of the ephemeral fly, that lives but a day: one night, and thy life-taper shall be blown out--the leaves of the tree will wither and be blown away, to become green never again!" 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 3 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 years year NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 obl _ _ 4 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 7 nsubj _ _ 5 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 6 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 7 aux _ _ 7 belonged belong VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 3 acl:relcl _ _ 8 to to ADP TO _ 9 case _ _ 9 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 7 obl _ _ 10 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 12 aux _ _ 11 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 12 aux:pass _ _ 12 contracted contract VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 13 to to ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 14 half half DET PDT NumForm=Word|NumType=Frac|PronType=Ind 16 det:predet _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 span span NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ _ 17 of of ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 19 ephemeral ephemeral ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 amod _ _ 20 fly fly NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 22 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 23 nsubj _ _ 23 lives live VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 20 acl:relcl _ _ 24 but but CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 25 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 27 : : PUNCT : _ 29 punct _ _ 28 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 29 nummod _ _ 29 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 32 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 35 nmod:poss _ _ 33 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 34 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 33 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 35 taper taper NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 nsubj:pass _ _ 36 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 38 aux _ _ 37 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 38 aux:pass _ _ 38 blown blow VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 12 conj _ _ 39 out out ADP RP _ 38 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 40 -- -- PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 leaves leaf NOUN NNS Number=Plur 47 nsubj _ _ 43 of of ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 nmod _ _ 46 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 47 aux _ _ 47 wither wither VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 parataxis _ _ 48 and and CCONJ CC _ 50 cc _ _ 49 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 50 aux:pass _ _ 50 blown blow VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 47 conj _ _ 51 away away ADV RB _ 50 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 52 , , PUNCT , _ 54 punct _ _ 53 to to PART TO _ 54 mark _ _ 54 become become VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 47 conj _ _ 55 green green ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 54 xcomp _ _ 56 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 57 advmod _ _ 57 again again ADV RB _ 54 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 58 ! ! PUNCT . _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 59 " " PUNCT '' _ 12 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **belong** | would · perfect | the years | | | | | to thee | vn attend-107.4-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **contract** | future · passive | | | | | year | to half span of the ephemeral fly *result* | vn bend-45.2 «NP V NP PP.result»: to span=Result | | 3 | **live** | present | the ephemeral fly | | | | day | | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **blow out** | shall · passive | | thy life taper | | | | | vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: subject=Patient | | 5 | **wither** | future | the leaves of the tree | | | | | | vn entity\_specific\_cos-45.5 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 6 | **blow away** | infinitive · passive | the leaves of the tree *not said here* | | | | | away *property* | vn split-23.2 «NP V apart» | | 7 | **become** | to-infinitive | the leaves of the tree *not said here* | | | | again | green *property* | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient | 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 131](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/24/131/) - next →: [sentence 133](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/24/133/) - ↑ back to [The Dryad, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/24/)