--- title: Well, I have been very happy," he thought in the midst of his pain,… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: Well, I have been very happy," he thought in the midst of his pain, "and must be contented with the past;" and contented he remained till he was put on the loom, and became a beautiful piece of white linen. Who acts: I, rain, flax. A sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. 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Andersen, The Flax. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (I, rain, flax), 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:pg27200:34:20 # text = Well, I have been very happy," he thought in the midst of his pain, "and must be contented with the past;" and contented he remained till he was put on the loom, and became a beautiful piece of white linen. 1 Well well INTJ UH _ 7 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 4 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 5 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 7 cop _ _ 6 very very ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 7 happy happy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 " " PUNCT `` _ 11 punct _ _ 10 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 11 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 parataxis _ _ 12 in in ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 midst midst NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ _ 15 of of ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 17 nmod:poss _ _ 17 pain pain NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 19 " " PUNCT '' _ 17 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 21 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 23 aux _ _ 22 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 23 aux:pass _ _ 23 contented content VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 11 conj _ _ 24 with with ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 past past NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 27 ; ; PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 28 " " PUNCT '' _ 7 punct _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 30 contented content VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 31 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 32 remained remain VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 ccomp _ _ 33 till till SCONJ IN _ 36 mark _ _ 34 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 35 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 aux:pass _ _ 36 put put VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 32 advcl _ _ 37 on on ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 loom loom NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 41 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 42 became become VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 43 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 44 beautiful beautiful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 45 amod _ _ 45 piece piece NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 xcomp _ _ 46 of of ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 47 white white ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 48 amod _ _ 48 linen linen NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 49 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present · perfect | I | | | | | happy *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **think** *speech: other* *in a quote* | past | rain | | | the midst of rain's pain | | | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **content** | must · passive | rain *not said here* | | | | | with the past | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle» | | 4 | **content** *in a quote* | past | the flax *= flax* *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **remain** *in a quote* | past | rain | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **put** *in a quote* | past · passive | | rain | | the loom | | | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: subject=Theme on loom=Destination | | 7 | **become** *in a quote* | past | the flax *= flax* *not said here* | a beautiful piece of white linen | | | | | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient | | 8 | **pain** *in a quote* | | rain | | | | | | nom pain «state 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 19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/34/19/) - next →: [sentence 21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/34/21/) - ↑ back to [The Flax](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/34/)