--- title: What a strange feeling it is--surely we all know it--to look through… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: What a strange feeling it is--surely we all know it--to look through old letters of our young days; a different life rises up out of the past, as it were, with all its hopes and sorrows. Who acts: strange feeling, we, different life, life. 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C. Andersen, The Dumb Book. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (strange feeling, we, different life, life), 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:pg27200:29:16 # text = What a strange feeling it is--surely we all know it--to look through old letters of our young days; a different life rises up out of the past, as it were, with all its hopes and sorrows. 1 What what DET WDT PronType=Int 4 det:predet _ _ 2 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 strange strange ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 feeling feeling NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 5 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 6 is be VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 7 -- -- PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 surely surely ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ _ 9 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 10 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 11 advmod _ _ 11 know know VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 parataxis _ _ 12 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 -- -- PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 to to PART TO _ 15 mark _ _ 15 look look VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 11 parataxis _ _ 16 through through ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 amod _ _ 18 letters letter NOUN NNS Number=Plur 15 obl _ _ 19 of of ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 20 our our PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 22 nmod:poss _ _ 21 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 amod _ _ 22 days day NOUN NNS Number=Plur 18 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 23 ; ; PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 24 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 25 different different ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 amod _ _ 26 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 nsubj _ _ 27 rises rise VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 28 up up ADP RP _ 27 compound:prt _ _ 29 out out ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 30 of of ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 past past NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 34 as as SCONJ IN _ 36 mark _ _ 35 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 36 were be VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 38 with with ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 39 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 41 det:predet _ _ 40 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 41 nmod:poss _ _ 41 hopes hope NOUN NNS Number=Plur 36 nsubj _ _ 42 and and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 43 sorrows sorrow NOUN NNS Number=Plur 41 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **be** | present | what strange feeling | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **know** | present | we | feeling | | | | surely *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus | | 3 | **look** | to-infinitive | | | | | | through old letters of our young days | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent through letter=Theme | | 4 | **rise up** | present | a different life | | | the past | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent out past=Location | | 5 | **be** | past | life | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **letter** | | | our young days | | | | | nom letter «communication transitive»: of=patient | | 7 | **hope** | | life | | | | | | nom hope «feeling intransitive»: 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 15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/29/15/) - next →: [sentence 17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/29/17/) - ↑ back to [The Dumb Book](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/29/)