--- title: "Whenever a good child dies, an angel of God comes down from heaven,… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: "Whenever a good child dies, an angel of God comes down from heaven, takes the dead child in his arms, spreads out his great white wings, and flies with him over all the places which the child had loved during his life. Who acts: good child, angel. 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C. Andersen, The Angel. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (good child, angel), 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:pg27200:4:1 # text = "Whenever a good child dies, an angel of God comes down from heaven, takes the dead child in his arms, spreads out his great white wings, and flies with him over all the places which the child had loved during his life. 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Whenever whenever SCONJ WRB _ 6 mark _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 child child NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 6 dies die VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 12 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 8 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 angel angel NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nsubj _ _ 10 of of ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 nmod _ _ 12 comes come VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 13 down down ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ _ 14 from from ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 15 heaven heaven NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 17 takes take VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 12 conj _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 19 dead dead ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 amod _ _ 20 child child NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obj _ _ 21 in in ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 23 nmod:poss _ _ 23 arms arm NOUN NNS Number=Plur 17 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 25 spreads spread VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 17 conj _ _ 26 out out ADP RP _ 25 compound:prt _ _ 27 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 30 nmod:poss _ _ 28 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 amod _ _ 29 white white ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 amod _ _ 30 wings wing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 25 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 33 flies fly NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 obl _ _ 34 with with ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 35 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 nmod _ _ 36 over over ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 37 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 39 det:predet _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 places place NOUN NNS Number=Plur 33 nmod _ _ 40 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 44 obj _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 child child NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 nsubj:pass _ _ 43 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 44 aux _ _ 44 loved love VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 39 acl:relcl _ _ 45 during during ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 46 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 47 nmod:poss _ _ 47 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 12 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **die** *in a quote* | present | a good child | | | | | | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | | 2 | **come down** *in a quote* | present | a angel of God | flies with child over all places | | heaven | | down *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from heaven=Initial\_Location | | 3 | **take** *in a quote* | present | a angel of God *not said here* | the dead child | | child's arms | | | vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent child=Value in arm=Location | | 4 | **spread out** *in a quote* | present | a angel of God *not said here* | child's great white wings | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location wing=Theme | | 5 | **love** *in a quote* | past · perfect · passive | | the child | | | during child's life | | 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. 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