--- title: An evil spirit soon took possession of Inge, and carried her to a st… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: An evil spirit soon took possession of Inge, and carried her to a still worse place, in which she saw crowds of unhappy people, waiting in a state of agony for the gates of mercy to be opened to them, and in every heart was a miserable and eternal feeling of unrest. Who acts: evil spirit, spirit. 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C. Andersen, The Girl Who Trod on the Loaf. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (evil spirit, spirit), 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:pg27200:37:29 # text = An evil spirit soon took possession of Inge, and carried her to a still worse place, in which she saw crowds of unhappy people, waiting in a state of agony for the gates of mercy to be opened to them, and in every heart was a miserable and eternal feeling of unrest. 1 An a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 evil evil ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 spirit spirit NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 4 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 5 advmod _ _ 5 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 possession possession NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 Inge Inge PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 11 carried carry VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 12 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 obj _ _ 13 to to ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 14 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 15 still still ADV RB _ 16 advmod _ _ 16 worse bad ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 17 amod _ _ 17 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 19 in in ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 20 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 22 obl _ _ 21 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 22 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 conj _ _ 23 crowds crowd NOUN NNS Number=Plur 22 obj _ _ 24 of of ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 unhappy unhappy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 amod _ _ 26 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 23 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 28 waiting wait VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 22 parataxis _ _ 29 in in ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 state state NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ _ 32 of of ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 33 agony agony NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 nmod _ _ 34 for for ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 gates gate NOUN NNS Number=Plur 28 obl _ _ 37 of of ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 38 mercy mercy NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 nmod _ _ 39 to to PART TO _ 41 mark _ _ 40 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 41 aux:pass _ _ 41 opened open VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 38 acl _ _ 42 to to ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 43 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 44 , , PUNCT , _ 54 punct _ _ 45 and and CCONJ CC _ 54 cc _ _ 46 in in ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 47 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 48 det _ _ 48 heart heart NOUN NN Number=Sing 54 obl _ _ 49 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 54 cop _ _ 50 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 54 det _ _ 51 miserable miserable ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 54 amod _ _ 52 and and CCONJ CC _ 53 cc _ _ 53 eternal eternal ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 51 conj _ _ 54 feeling feeling NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 55 of of ADP IN _ 56 case _ _ 56 unrest unrest NOUN NN Number=Sing 54 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 57 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **take** | past | a evil spirit | possession of Inge | | | | soon *property* | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent possession=Theme | | 2 | **carry** | past | a evil spirit *not said here* | spirit | | a worse place | | | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent she=Theme to place=Destination | | 3 | **see** | past | spirit | crowds of unhappy people | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer crowd=Stimulus | | 4 | **wait** | gerund | | | | a state of agony | | for the gates of mercy | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in state=Location | | 5 | **open** | to-infinitive · passive | | | gates *= gate* | | | | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: to they=Recipient | | 6 | **is a** | past | | a miserable feeling | | every heart | | of unrest | tree rules | | 7 | **possess** | | | Inge | | | | | nom possession «act transitive»: of=patient | 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 28](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/37/28/) - next →: [sentence 30](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/37/30/) - ↑ back to [The Girl Who Trod on the Loaf](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/37/)