--- title: She thought she heard the stories of the old clergyman, of great dee… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: She thought she heard the stories of the old clergyman, of great deeds, and of the celebrated names, and of the gifts that the creatures of God must bestow upon posterity, if they would live on in the world. Who acts: Dryad, creatures. A sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. 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C. Andersen, The Dryad, part 4. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Dryad, creatures), 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:pg27200:27:7 # text = She thought she heard the stories of the old clergyman, of great deeds, and of the celebrated names, and of the gifts that the creatures of God must bestow upon posterity, if they would live on in the world. 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 heard hear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 ccomp _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 stories story NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obj _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 9 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 clergyman clergyman NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 12 of of ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 amod _ _ 14 deeds deed NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 17 of of ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 19 celebrated celebrate VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 20 amod _ _ 20 names name NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 23 of of ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 gifts gift NOUN NNS Number=Plur 20 nmod _ _ 26 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 32 obj _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 creatures creature NOUN NNS Number=Plur 32 nsubj _ _ 29 of of ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 30 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 28 nmod _ _ 31 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 32 aux _ _ 32 bestow bestow VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 25 acl:relcl _ _ 33 upon upon ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 34 posterity posterity NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 36 if if SCONJ IN _ 39 mark _ _ 37 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 38 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 39 aux _ _ 39 live live VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 32 conj _ _ 40 on on ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 41 in in ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 world world NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **think** *speech: other* | past | Dryad | | | | | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 2 | **hear** | past | Dryad | the stories of the old clergyman | | | | of great deeds; of the celebrated names of the gifts | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer story=Stimulus | | 3 | **celebrate** | participle | | | | | | | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **bestow** | must | the creatures of God | the gifts | | | | upon posterity | tree rules | | 5 | **live** *a condition, not said to happen* | would | creatures *= creature* | | | the world | | | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on world=Location | | 6 | **name** | | | the gifts | | | | | nom name «communication transitive»: of=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 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/27/6/) - next →: [sentence 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/27/8/) - ↑ back to [The Dryad, part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/27/)