--- title: As the eyes of the old woman closed to earth, the eyes of the soul o… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: As the eyes of the old woman closed to earth, the eyes of the soul opened upon the hidden things of eternity, and then she, in whose last thoughts Inge had been so vividly present, saw how deeply the poor girl had sunk. Who acts: eyes, woman, vividly present. 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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 (eyes, woman, vividly present), 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:pg27200:37:75 # text = As the eyes of the old woman closed to earth, the eyes of the soul opened upon the hidden things of eternity, and then she, in whose last thoughts Inge had been so vividly present, saw how deeply the poor girl had sunk. 1 As as ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 17 obl _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 woman woman NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ 8 closed close VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 7 acl _ _ 9 to to ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 earth earth NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 17 nsubj _ _ 14 of of ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 soul soul NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nmod _ _ 17 opened open VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 18 upon upon ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 20 hidden hidden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 amod _ _ 21 things thing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 17 obl _ _ 22 of of ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 23 eternity eternity NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 26 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 38 advmod _ _ 27 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 29 in in ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 30 whose whose PRON WP$ Poss=Yes|PronType=Rel 32 nmod:poss _ _ 31 last last ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 32 amod _ _ 32 thoughts thought NOUN NNS Number=Plur 38 nsubj _ _ 33 Inge Inge PROPN NNP Number=Sing 38 nsubj _ _ 34 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 38 aux _ _ 35 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 38 cop _ _ 36 so so ADV RB _ 37 advmod _ _ 37 vividly vividly ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 38 amod _ _ 38 present present NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 40 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 conj _ _ 41 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 42 advmod _ _ 42 deeply deeply ADV RB _ 47 advmod _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 44 poor poor ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 45 amod _ _ 45 girl girl NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 nsubj:pass _ _ 46 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 47 aux _ _ 47 sunk sink VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 40 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 17 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **close** | participle | | the old woman *not said here* | earth | | | | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to earth=Recipient | | 2 | **open** | past | the eyes of the soul | | | the hidden things of eternity | | as the eyes of the old woman | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme upon thing=Location | | 3 | **is a** | past · perfect | woman | vividly present | | | then | | tree rules | | 4 | **see** | past | the eyes of the soul *not said here* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 5 | **sink** | past · perfect · passive | | the poor girl | | | | deeply *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: subject=Patient | | 6 | **think** | | vividly present | | | | | | nom thought «cognition 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 74](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/37/74/) - next →: [sentence 76](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/37/76/) - ↑ back to [The Girl Who Trod on the Loaf](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/37/)