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title: The first heart he entered was that of a lady, but he thought he mus… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics
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# Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen, The Eventful Moment--a Most Unusual Journey, sentence 44

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The first heart he entered was that of a lady, but he thought he must have got into one of the rooms of an orthopedic institution where plaster casts of deformed limbs were hanging on the walls, with this difference, that the casts in the institution are formed when the patient enters, but here they were formed and preserved after the good people had left.

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**Who acts:** rain, first heart, plaster casts, patient, good people · **What happens:** enter, be, think, get, deform, hang · **To what, where:** first heart, walls, casts, hearts · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is a sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. Andersen, The Eventful Moment--a Most Unusual Journey. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (rain, first heart, plaster casts, patient), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**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:pg27200:43:44
# text = The first heart he entered was that of a lady, but he thought he must have got into one of the rooms of an orthopedic institution where plaster casts of deformed limbs were hanging on the walls, with this difference, that the casts in the institution are formed when the patient enters, but here they were formed and preserved after the good people had left.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	first	first	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	3	amod	_	_
3	heart	heart	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
4	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
5	entered	enter	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	acl:relcl	_	_
6	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
7	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	lady	lady	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
12	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
13	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	nsubj	_	_
14	thought	think	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	parataxis	_	_
15	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	18	nsubj	_	_
16	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	18	aux	_	_
17	have	have	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	18	aux	_	_
18	got	get	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	14	ccomp	_	_
19	into	into	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
20	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	18	obl	_	_
21	of	of	ADP	IN	_	23	case	_	_
22	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	23	det	_	_
23	rooms	room	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	20	nmod	_	_
24	of	of	ADP	IN	_	27	case	_	_
25	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	27	det	_	_
26	orthopedic	orthopedic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	27	amod	_	_
27	institution	institution	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	23	nmod	_	_
28	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	35	advmod	_	_
29	plaster	plaster	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	30	compound	_	_
30	casts	cast	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	35	nsubj	_	_
31	of	of	ADP	IN	_	33	case	_	_
32	deformed	deform	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	33	amod	_	_
33	limbs	limb	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	30	nmod	_	_
34	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	35	aux	_	_
35	hanging	hang	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	27	acl	_	_
36	on	on	ADP	IN	_	38	case	_	_
37	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	38	det	_	_
38	walls	wall	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	35	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
39	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	42	punct	_	_
40	with	with	ADP	IN	_	42	case	_	_
41	this	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	42	det	_	_
42	difference	difference	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	35	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
43	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	51	punct	_	_
44	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	51	mark	_	_
45	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	46	det	_	_
46	casts	cast	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	51	nsubj:pass	_	_
47	in	in	ADP	IN	_	49	case	_	_
48	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	49	det	_	_
49	institution	institution	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	46	nmod	_	_
50	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	51	aux:pass	_	_
51	formed	form	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	18	advcl	_	_
52	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	55	advmod	_	_
53	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	54	det	_	_
54	patient	patient	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	55	nsubj	_	_
55	enters	enter	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	51	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
56	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	61	punct	_	_
57	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	61	cc	_	_
58	here	here	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	61	advmod	_	_
59	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	61	nsubj	_	_
60	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	61	aux:pass	_	_
61	formed	form	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	14	conj	_	_
62	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	63	cc	_	_
63	preserved	preserve	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	61	conj	_	_
64	after	after	SCONJ	IN	_	69	mark	_	_
65	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	67	det	_	_
66	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	67	amod	_	_
67	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	69	nsubj	_	_
68	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	69	aux	_	_
69	left	leave	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	63	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
70	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	10	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **enter** | past | rain | the first heart *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme heart=Destination |
| 2 | **is** | past | the first heart |  |  |  |  | of a lady | tree rules |
| 3 | **think** *speech: other* | past | rain |  |  |  |  |  | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme |
| 4 | **get** | must · perfect | rain |  |  |  |  | into one of the rooms of a orthopedic institution | vn escape-51.1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme into one=Destination |
| 5 | **deform** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn turn-26.6.1 «NP V»: agent=Patient |
| 6 | **hang** | past · progressive | plaster casts of deformed limbs |  |  | the walls |  | with this difference | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on wall=Location |
| 7 | **form** | present · passive |  | the casts in the institution |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 8 | **enter** | present | the patient |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 9 | **form** | past · passive |  | hearts *= heart* |  | here |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 10 | **preserve** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn defend-72.3 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent |
| 11 | **leave** | past · perfect | the good people |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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.

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**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.

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