--- title: Gladly would he have fallen on his knees in such a sacred place; but… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: Gladly would he have fallen on his knees in such a sacred place; but he was carried on to another heart, still, however, listening to the tones of the organ, and feeling himself that he had become another and a better man. Who acts: rain. 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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), 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:pg27200:43:47 # text = Gladly would he have fallen on his knees in such a sacred place; but he was carried on to another heart, still, however, listening to the tones of the organ, and feeling himself that he had become another and a better man. 1 Gladly gladly ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 4 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 5 aux _ _ 5 fallen fall VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 6 on on 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 knees knee NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obl _ _ 9 in in ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 10 such such DET PDT PronType=Ind 13 det:predet _ _ 11 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 12 sacred sacred ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 13 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ; ; PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 15 but but CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 16 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 17 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 aux:pass _ _ 18 carried carry VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 conj _ _ 19 on on ADP RP _ 18 compound:prt _ _ 20 to to ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 another another DET DT PronType=Ind 22 det _ _ 22 heart heart NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 24 still still ADV RB _ 18 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 26 however however ADV RB _ 28 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 28 listening listen VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 18 advcl _ _ 29 to to ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 tones tone NOUN NNS Number=Plur 28 obl _ _ 32 of of ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 organ organ NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 37 feeling feel VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 28 conj _ _ 38 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 37 obj _ _ 39 that that SCONJ IN _ 42 mark _ _ 40 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 41 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 42 aux _ _ 42 become become VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 37 advcl _ _ 43 another another DET DT PronType=Ind 42 xcomp _ _ 44 and and CCONJ CC _ 47 cc _ _ 45 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 46 better good ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 47 amod _ _ 47 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fall** | would · perfect | rain | | | rain's knees | | in such sacred place; gladly *property* | vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme on knee=Location | | 2 | **carry on** | past · passive | | rain | | | still | to another heart | vn sustain-55.6 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: subject=Theme | | 3 | **listen** | gerund | | | | | | to the tones of the organ; however *property* | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to tone=Theme | | 4 | **feel** | gerund | | rain | | | | | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent himself=Theme | | 5 | **become** | past · perfect | rain | | | | | | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient | | 6 | **intonate** | | | the organ | | | | | nom tone «communication transitive»: of=patient | 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 46](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/43/46/) - next →: [sentence 48](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/43/48/) - ↑ back to [The Eventful Moment--a Most Unusual Journey](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/43/)