--- title: There was a golden treasure in his bosom, the power of sound; it bur… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: There was a golden treasure in his bosom, the power of sound; it burst forth on his violin as if the instrument had been a complete organ, and as if all the elves of a midsummer night were dancing across the strings. Who acts: golden treasure, sound, instrument, elves. 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C. Andersen, The Golden Treasure. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (golden treasure, sound, instrument, elves), 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:pg27200:39:175 # text = There was a golden treasure in his bosom, the power of sound; it burst forth on his violin as if the instrument had been a complete organ, and as if all the elves of a midsummer night were dancing across the strings. 1 There there PRON EX PronType=Dem 2 expl _ _ 2 was be VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 golden golden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 treasure treasure NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 6 in in ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 8 bosom bosom NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 power power NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 appos _ _ 12 of of ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 sound sound NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ; ; PUNCT : _ 16 punct _ _ 15 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 16 burst burst VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 17 forth forth ADV RB _ 16 advmod _ _ 18 on on ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 20 nmod:poss _ _ 20 violin violin NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl _ _ 21 as as SCONJ IN _ 29 mark _ _ 22 if if SCONJ IN _ 29 mark _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 instrument instrument NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 nsubj _ _ 25 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 aux _ _ 26 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 29 cop _ _ 27 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 28 complete complete ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 amod _ _ 29 organ organ NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 32 as as SCONJ IN _ 42 mark _ _ 33 if if SCONJ IN _ 42 mark _ _ 34 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 36 det:predet _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 elves elf NOUN NNS Number=Plur 42 nsubj _ _ 37 of of ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 38 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 39 midsummer midsummer NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 compound _ _ 40 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 nmod _ _ 41 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 42 aux _ _ 42 dancing dance VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 16 advcl _ _ 43 across across ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 strings string NOUN NNS Number=Plur 42 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **be** | past | a golden treasure in drummer's bosom | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **burst** | past | sound | | | drummer's violin | | forth *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on violin=Location | | 3 | **is a** | past · perfect | the instrument | a complete organ | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **dance** | past · progressive | all elves of a midsummer night | | | the strings | | | vn waltz-51.5 «NP V PP.trajectory PP.goal»: agent=Theme across string=Trajectory | | 5 | **bosom** | | drummer | | | | | | nom bosom «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 174](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/39/174/) - next →: [sentence 176](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/39/176/) - ↑ back to [The Golden Treasure](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/39/)