--- title: He thought of all the terror and anxiety which he had undergone, and… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: He thought of all the terror and anxiety which he had undergone, and felt thankful from his heart for the reality and comfort of modern times, which, with all their errors, were far better than those in which he so lately found himself. Who acts: Street, reality. 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C. Andersen, What Happened to the Counsellor. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Street, reality), 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:pg27200:41:125 # text = He thought of all the terror and anxiety which he had undergone, and felt thankful from his heart for the reality and comfort of modern times, which, with all their errors, were far better than those in which he so lately found himself. 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 4 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 6 det:predet _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 terror terror NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 8 anxiety anxiety NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 conj _ _ 9 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 12 nsubj:pass _ _ 10 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 11 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 aux _ _ 12 undergone undergo VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 6 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 15 felt feel VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 16 thankful thankful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 xcomp _ _ 17 from from ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 19 nmod:poss _ _ 19 heart heart NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ _ 20 for for ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 reality reality NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 24 comfort comfort NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 conj _ _ 25 of of ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 modern modern ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 amod _ _ 27 times time NOUN NNS Number=Plur 24 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 29 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 34 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 31 with with ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 32 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 34 det:predet _ _ 33 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 34 nmod:poss _ _ 34 errors error NOUN NNS Number=Plur 27 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 36 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 38 cop _ _ 37 far far ADV RB Degree=Pos 38 advmod _ _ 38 better good ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 15 ccomp _ _ 39 than than ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 40 those that PRON DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 38 obl _ _ 41 in in ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 42 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 40 nmod _ _ 43 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 46 nsubj _ _ 44 so so ADV RB _ 46 advmod _ _ 45 lately lately ADV RB _ 46 advmod _ _ 46 found find VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 38 parataxis _ _ 47 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 46 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **think** *speech: other* | past | Street | | | | | of all terror and anxiety | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **undergo** | past · perfect · passive | | all terror and anxiety | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **feel** | past | Street *not said here* | | | Street's heart | | for the reality and comfort of modern times and reality's errors; thankful *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus | | 4 | **is** | past | Street *not said here* | | | | | than those; far, good *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **find** | past | Street | Street | | | | lately *property* | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent himself=Topic | | 6 | **comfort** | | | modern times and reality's errors | | | | | nom comfort «state transitive»: of=patient | | 7 | **err** | | reality | | | | | | nom error «act intransitive»: 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 124](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/41/124/) - next →: [The Watchman's Adventures, 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/42/1/) - ↑ back to [What Happened to the Counsellor](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/41/)