--- title: Could any one have followed her with his eyes, he would have seen ho… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: Could any one have followed her with his eyes, he would have seen how marvellously her dress and her form changed, according to the nature of the house or the place whose light happened to shine upon her. Who acts: gazelle, form, light, trembling. 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C. Andersen, The Dryad, part 2. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (gazelle, form, light, trembling), 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:pg27200:25:92 # text = Could any one have followed her with his eyes, he would have seen how marvellously her dress and her form changed, according to the nature of the house or the place whose light happened to shine upon her. 1 Could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 2 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 3 det _ _ 3 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 5 nsubj:pass _ _ 4 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 followed follow VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 6 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 obj _ _ 7 with with ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 9 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 11 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 12 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 14 aux _ _ 13 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 14 aux _ _ 14 seen see VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 5 conj _ _ 15 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 16 advmod _ _ 16 marvellously marvellously ADV RB _ 18 advmod _ _ 17 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 18 nmod:poss _ _ 18 dress dress NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obj _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 20 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 21 nmod:poss _ _ 21 form form NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 nsubj _ _ 22 changed change VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 24 according accord VERB VBG ExtPos=ADP|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 27 case _ _ 25 to to ADP IN _ 24 fixed _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 nature nature NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obl _ _ 28 of of ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 nmod _ _ 31 or or CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 conj _ _ 34 whose whose PRON WP$ Poss=Yes|PronType=Rel 35 nmod:poss _ _ 35 light light NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 nsubj _ _ 36 happened happen VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 33 acl:relcl _ _ 37 to to PART TO _ 38 mark _ _ 38 shine shine VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 36 xcomp _ _ 39 upon upon ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 40 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 41 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **follow** | could · perfect · passive | | any one | | | | with gazelle's eyes | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP.attribute»: subject=Theme she=Attribute | | 2 | **see** | would · perfect | gazelle | trembling's dress | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer dress=Stimulus | | 3 | **change** | past | trembling's form | | | | | accord the nature of the house or the place | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **accord** | gerund | | | | | | | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **happen** | past | light | | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **shine** | to-infinitive | light *not said here* | | | | | upon trembling | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme upon she=Location | | 7 | **form** | | trembling | | | | | | nom form «communication 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 91](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/25/91/) - next →: [sentence 93](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/25/93/) - ↑ back to [The Dryad, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/25/)