--- title: Presently I seized his hand: "Aphtanides," I exclaimed, "there is on… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: Presently I seized his hand: "Aphtanides," I exclaimed, "there is one thing still that you must know,--one thing that till now has been a secret between myself and Heaven. Who acts: I, one thing, you. A sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. 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C. Andersen, The Shepherd's Story of the Bond of Friendship. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (I, one thing, you), 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:pg27200:36:133 # text = Presently I seized his hand: "Aphtanides," I exclaimed, "there is one thing still that you must know,--one thing that till now has been a secret between myself and Heaven. 1 Presently presently ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 2 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 seized seize VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 5 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 : : PUNCT : _ 8 punct _ _ 7 " " PUNCT `` _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 Aphtanides Aphtanides PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 " " PUNCT `` _ 12 punct _ _ 11 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 12 exclaimed exclaim VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 14 " " PUNCT `` _ 16 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 16 expl _ _ 16 is be VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 12 parataxis _ _ 17 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 18 nummod _ _ 18 thing thing NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nsubj _ _ 19 still still ADV RB _ 23 advmod _ _ 20 that that SCONJ IN _ 23 mark _ _ 21 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 22 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 23 aux _ _ 23 know know VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 18 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 25 -- -- PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 26 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 27 nummod _ _ 27 thing thing NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 conj _ _ 28 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 34 nsubj _ _ 29 till till ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 30 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 34 obl _ _ 31 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 34 aux _ _ 32 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 34 cop _ _ 33 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 secret secret NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 acl:relcl _ _ 35 between between ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 36 myself myself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 34 nmod _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 38 Heaven Heaven PROPN NNP Number=Sing 34 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 39 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **seize** | past | I | country's hand | | | | Aphtanides *obl*; presently *property* | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hand=Theme | | 2 | **exclaim** *speech: express* | past | I | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **be** *in a quote* | present | one thing | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **know** *in a quote* | must | you | one thing *not said here* | | | still | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer thing=Stimulus | | 5 | **is a** *in a quote* | present · perfect | one thing | a secret and Heaven | | | | between myself | tree rules | 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 132](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/36/132/) - next →: [sentence 134](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/36/134/) - ↑ back to [The Shepherd's Story of the Bond of Friendship](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/36/)