--- title: Death is an electric shock which we receive in our hearts, and on th… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: Death is an electric shock which we receive in our hearts, and on the wings of electricity the liberated soul flies away swiftly, the light from the sun travels to our earth ninety-five millions of miles in eight minutes and a few seconds; but on the wings of electricity, the mind requires only a se --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/42/57/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/) / [The Watchman's Adventures](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/42/) / 57 # Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen, The Watchman's Adventures, sentence 57 Death is an electric shock which we receive in our hearts, and on the wings of electricity the liberated soul flies away swiftly, the light from the sun travels to our earth ninety-five millions of miles in eight minutes and a few seconds; but on the wings of electricity, the mind requires only a second to accomplish the same distance. **Who acts:** Death, we, liberated soul, light, mind · **What happens:** be, receive, liberate, fly away, travel, require · **To what, where:** electric shock, wings, hearts, earth, same distance This is a sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. Andersen, The Watchman's Adventures. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Death, we, liberated soul, light), 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:pg27200:42:57 # text = Death is an electric shock which we receive in our hearts, and on the wings of electricity the liberated soul flies away swiftly, the light from the sun travels to our earth ninety-five millions of miles in eight minutes and a few seconds; but on the wings of electricity, the mind requires only a second to accomplish the same distance. 1 Death death NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 3 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 electric electric ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 shock shock NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 6 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 8 obj _ _ 7 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 8 receive receive VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 acl:relcl _ _ 9 in in ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 our our PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 11 nmod:poss _ _ 11 hearts heart NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 14 on on ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 wings wing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 22 obl _ _ 17 of of ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 18 electricity electricity NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nmod _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 20 liberated liberate VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 21 amod _ _ 21 soul soul NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 nsubj _ _ 22 flies fly VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 23 away away ADV RB _ 22 advmod _ _ 24 swiftly swiftly ADV RB _ 22 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 light light NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 nsubj _ _ 28 from from ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 sun sun NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 nmod _ _ 31 travels travel VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 32 to to ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 our our PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 34 nmod:poss _ _ 34 earth earth NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl _ _ 35 ninety ninety NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 37 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 36 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 35 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 37 five five NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 38 nummod _ _ 38 millions million NOUN NNS Number=Plur 34 nmod _ _ 39 of of ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 40 miles mile NOUN NNS Number=Plur 38 nmod _ _ 41 in in ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 42 eight eight NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 43 nummod _ _ 43 minutes minute NOUN NNS Number=Plur 40 nmod _ _ 44 and and CCONJ CC _ 47 cc _ _ 45 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 46 few few ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 47 amod _ _ 47 seconds second NOUN NNS Number=Plur 43 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 48 ; ; PUNCT : _ 52 punct _ _ 49 but but CCONJ CC _ 52 cc _ _ 50 on on ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 51 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 52 det _ _ 52 wings wing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nmod _ _ 53 of of ADP IN _ 54 case _ _ 54 electricity electricity NOUN NN Number=Sing 52 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 55 , , PUNCT , _ 58 punct _ _ 56 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 57 det _ _ 57 mind mind NOUN NN Number=Sing 58 nsubj _ _ 58 requires require VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 59 only only ADV RB _ 61 advmod _ _ 60 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 61 det _ _ 61 second second NOUN NN Number=Sing 58 obj _ _ 62 to to PART TO _ 63 mark _ _ 63 accomplish accomplish VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 58 advcl _ _ 64 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 66 det _ _ 65 same same ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 66 amod _ _ 66 distance distance NOUN NN Number=Sing 63 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 67 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | Death | a electric shock | | the wings of electricity | | | tree rules | | 2 | **receive** | present | we | a electric shock | | our hearts | | | vn admit-64.3-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent which=Theme in heart=Location | | 3 | **liberate** | participle | | | | | | | vn steal-10.5 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **fly away** | present | the liberated soul | | | the wings of electricity | | away, swiftly *property* | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on wing=Location | | 5 | **travel** | present | the light from the sun | | | our earth five millions of miles in eight minutes and a few seconds | | | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme to earth=Destination | | 6 | **require** | present | the mind | | | | second | | vn require-103-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **accomplish** | to-infinitive | the mind *not said here* | the same distance | | | | | vn complete-55.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent distance=Eventuality | 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 56](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/42/56/) - next →: [sentence 58](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/42/58/) - ↑ back to [The Watchman's Adventures](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/42/)