--- title: Nobody shed a tear over him; his face was covered over with a white… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: Nobody shed a tear over him; his face was covered over with a white cloth, under his head they had placed a large thick book, the leaves of which consisted of folded sheets of blotting-paper, and withered flowers lay between them; it was the herbarium which he had gathered in various places and was --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/29/4/) [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/) / [The Dumb Book](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/29/) / 4 # Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen, The Dumb Book, sentence 4 Nobody shed a tear over him; his face was covered over with a white cloth, under his head they had placed a large thick book, the leaves of which consisted of folded sheets of blotting-paper, and withered flowers lay between them; it was the herbarium which he had gathered in various places and was to be buried with him, according to his own wish. **Who acts:** Nobody, leaves, flowers, face, man · **What happens:** shed, cover over, place, consist, fold, wither · **To what, where:** tear, face, people, head, herbarium, various places This is a sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. 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 (Nobody, leaves, flowers, face), 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:pg27200:29:4 # text = Nobody shed a tear over him; his face was covered over with a white cloth, under his head they had placed a large thick book, the leaves of which consisted of folded sheets of blotting-paper, and withered flowers lay between them; it was the herbarium which he had gathered in various places and was to be buried with him, according to his own wish. 1 Nobody nobody PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 2 nsubj _ _ 2 shed shed VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 tear tear NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 over over ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 ; ; PUNCT : _ 11 punct _ _ 8 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 9 face face NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj:pass _ _ 10 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 aux:pass _ _ 11 covered cover VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 parataxis _ _ 12 over over ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ _ 13 with with ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 14 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 15 white white ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 amod _ _ 16 cloth cloth NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 18 under under ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 20 nmod:poss _ _ 20 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ _ 21 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj:pass _ _ 22 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 aux _ _ 23 placed place VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 11 conj _ _ 24 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 25 large large ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 amod _ _ 26 thick thick ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 amod _ _ 27 book book NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 leaves leaf NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obl _ _ 31 of of ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 32 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 33 nsubj _ _ 33 consisted consist VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 acl:relcl _ _ 34 of of ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 folded fold VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 36 amod _ _ 36 sheets sheet NOUN NNS Number=Plur 33 obl _ _ 37 of of ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 38 blotting blotting NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 39 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 38 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 40 paper paper NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 42 and and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 43 withered wither VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 33 conj _ _ 44 flowers flower NOUN NNS Number=Plur 45 nsubj _ _ 45 lay lie VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 43 ccomp _ _ 46 between between ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 47 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 45 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 48 ; ; PUNCT , _ 52 punct _ _ 49 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 52 nsubj _ _ 50 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 52 cop _ _ 51 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 52 det _ _ 52 herbarium herbarium NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 parataxis _ _ 53 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 56 nsubj:pass _ _ 54 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 56 nsubj _ _ 55 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 56 aux _ _ 56 gathered gather VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 52 acl:relcl _ _ 57 in in ADP IN _ 59 case _ _ 58 various various ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 59 amod _ _ 59 places place NOUN NNS Number=Plur 56 obl _ _ 60 and and CCONJ CC _ 64 cc _ _ 61 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 64 aux:pass _ _ 62 to to PART TO _ 64 mark _ _ 63 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 64 aux:pass _ _ 64 buried bury VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 56 conj _ _ 65 with with ADP IN _ 66 case _ _ 66 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 64 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 67 , , PUNCT , _ 72 punct _ _ 68 according accord VERB VBG ExtPos=ADP|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 72 case _ _ 69 to to ADP IN _ 68 fixed _ _ 70 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 72 nmod:poss _ _ 71 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 72 amod _ _ 72 wish wish NOUN NN Number=Sing 64 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 73 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **shed** | past | Nobody | a tear | | | | over man; the leaves *obl* | vn substance\_emission-43.4-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location tear=Source | | 2 | **cover over** | past · passive | | man's face | | | | with a white cloth; over *property* | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: subject=Destination with cloth=Theme | | 3 | **place** | past · perfect · passive | | people | | man's head | | | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP ADVP»: subject=Theme book=Destination | | 4 | **consist** | past | the leaves | | | | | of folded sheets of blotting paper | tree rules | | 5 | **fold** | participle | | | | | | | vn bend-45.2 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 6 | **wither** | past | the leaves *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **lie** | past | flowers | | | | | between people | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent between they=Location | | 8 | **is a** | past | face | the herbarium | | | | | tree rules | | 9 | **gather** | past · perfect · passive | | the herbarium | | various places | | | vn deduce-97.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 10 | **bury** | past · passive | | | | | | with man; accord man's own wish | vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP» | | 11 | **accord** | gerund | | | | | | | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent | | 12 | **wish** | | man | | | | | | nom wish «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 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/29/3/) - next →: [sentence 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/29/5/) - ↑ back to [The Dumb Book](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/29/)