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title: They were the same stars, and in the same position over me as when I… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics
description: They were the same stars, and in the same position over me as when I used to sit in front of our hut at Delphi, and I had almost begun to fancy I was still there, when suddenly there was a splash in the water--Anastasia had fallen in; but in a moment Aphtanides has sprung in after her, and was now h
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# Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen, The Shepherd's Story of the Bond of Friendship, sentence 79

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They were the same stars, and in the same position over me as when I used to sit in front of our hut at Delphi, and I had almost begun to fancy I was still there, when suddenly there was a splash in the water--Anastasia had fallen in; but in a moment Aphtanides has sprung in after her, and was now holding her up to me.

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**Who acts:** stars, I, splash, Anastasia · **What happens:** be, use, sit, begin, fancy, fall in · **To what, where:** same stars, front, splash, moment, Anastasia, me

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This is a sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. 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 (stars, I, splash, Anastasia), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**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:pg27200:36:79
# text = They were the same stars, and in the same position over me as when I used to sit in front of our hut at Delphi, and I had almost begun to fancy I was still there, when suddenly there was a splash in the water--Anastasia had fallen in; but in a moment Aphtanides has sprung in after her, and was now holding her up to me.
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
2	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	same	same	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	stars	star	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	same	same	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	position	position	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	appos	_	_
12	over	over	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	me	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	11	nmod	_	_
14	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	17	mark	_	_
15	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	17	advmod	_	_
16	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	17	nsubj	_	_
17	used	use	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	11	advcl	_	_
18	to	to	PART	TO	_	19	mark	_	_
19	sit	sit	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	17	xcomp	_	_
20	in	in	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
21	front	front	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	obl	_	_
22	of	of	ADP	IN	_	24	case	_	_
23	our	our	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	24	nmod:poss	_	_
24	hut	hut	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	21	nmod	_	_
25	at	at	ADP	IN	_	26	case	_	_
26	Delphi	Delphi	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	24	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
27	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	32	punct	_	_
28	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	32	cc	_	_
29	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	32	nsubj	_	_
30	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	32	aux	_	_
31	almost	almost	ADV	RB	_	32	advmod	_	_
32	begun	begin	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	17	conj	_	_
33	to	to	PART	TO	_	34	mark	_	_
34	fancy	fancy	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	32	xcomp	_	_
35	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	38	nsubj	_	_
36	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	38	cop	_	_
37	still	still	ADV	RB	_	38	advmod	_	_
38	there	there	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	34	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
39	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	43	punct	_	_
40	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	43	advmod	_	_
41	suddenly	suddenly	ADV	RB	_	43	advmod	_	_
42	there	there	PRON	EX	PronType=Dem	43	expl	_	_
43	was	be	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	11	parataxis	_	_
44	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	45	det	_	_
45	splash	splash	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	43	nsubj	_	_
46	in	in	ADP	IN	_	48	case	_	_
47	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	48	det	_	_
48	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	45	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
49	--	--	PUNCT	,	_	52	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
50	Anastasia	Anastasia	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	52	nsubj	_	_
51	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	52	aux	_	_
52	fallen	fall	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	45	acl	_	_
53	in	in	ADP	IN	_	52	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
54	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	61	punct	_	_
55	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	61	cc	_	_
56	in	in	ADP	IN	_	58	case	_	_
57	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	58	det	_	_
58	moment	moment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	61	nsubj:pass	_	_
59	Aphtanides	Aphtanides	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	58	appos	_	_
60	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	61	aux	_	_
61	sprung	spring	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	43	conj	_	_
62	in	in	ADP	IN	_	64	case	_	_
63	after	after	ADP	IN	_	64	case	_	_
64	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	61	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
65	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	69	punct	_	_
66	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	69	cc	_	_
67	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	69	aux	_	_
68	now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	69	advmod	_	_
69	holding	hold	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	61	advcl	_	_
70	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	69	obj	_	_
71	up	up	ADP	RP	_	69	compound:prt	_	_
72	to	to	ADP	IN	_	73	case	_	_
73	me	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	69	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
74	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | stars *= star* | the same stars |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **use** | past | I |  |  |  |  |  | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality |
| 3 | **sit** | to-infinitive | I *not said here* |  |  | front of our hut at Delphi |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in front=Location |
| 4 | **begin** | past · perfect | I |  |  |  |  | almost *property* | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality |
| 5 | **fancy** | to-infinitive | I *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer |
| 6 | **is** | past | I |  |  |  | still | there *property* | tree rules |
| 7 | **be** | past | a splash in the water |  |  | there |  | suddenly *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 8 | **fall in** | past · perfect | Anastasia | a splash in the water *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn become-109.1-1 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Patient splash=Result |
| 9 | **spring** | present · perfect · passive |  | a moment |  |  |  | in Anastasia | vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 10 | **hold up** | past · progressive |  | Anastasia | me |  | now |  | vn support-15.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot she=Theme |

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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.

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**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.

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