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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, this, fact, young officer), 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:pg27200:43:53 # text = At his next visit he fancied he must have got into a narrow needlecase, full of sharp needles: "Oh," thought he, "this must be the heart of an old maid;" but such was not the fact; it belonged to a young officer, who wore several orders, and was said to be a man of intellect and heart. 1 At at ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 2 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ _ 3 next next ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 visit visit NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 5 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 6 fancied fancy VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 8 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 10 aux _ _ 9 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 10 aux _ _ 10 got get VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 6 ccomp _ _ 11 into into ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 12 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 13 narrow narrow ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 amod _ _ 14 needlecase needlecase NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 16 full full ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 amod _ _ 17 of of ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 sharp sharp ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 amod _ _ 19 needles needle NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 20 : : PUNCT : _ 25 punct _ _ 21 " " PUNCT `` _ 25 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 22 Oh oh INTJ UH _ 25 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 24 " " PUNCT `` _ 25 punct _ _ 25 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 26 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 28 " " PUNCT `` _ 33 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 29 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 33 nsubj _ _ 30 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 33 aux _ _ 31 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 33 cop _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 heart heart NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ _ 34 of of ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 35 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 36 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 amod _ _ 37 maid maid NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 38 ; ; PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 39 " " PUNCT `` _ 45 punct _ _ 40 but but CCONJ CC _ 45 cc _ _ 41 such such ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 45 amod _ _ 42 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 45 cop _ _ 43 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 45 advmod _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 fact fact NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 46 ; ; PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 47 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 48 nsubj _ _ 48 belonged belong VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 49 to to ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 50 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 52 det _ _ 51 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 52 amod _ _ 52 officer officer NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 53 , , PUNCT , _ 55 punct _ _ 54 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 55 nsubj _ _ 55 wore wear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 52 acl:relcl _ _ 56 several several ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 57 amod _ _ 57 orders order NOUN NNS Number=Plur 55 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 58 , , PUNCT , _ 61 punct _ _ 59 and and CCONJ CC _ 61 cc _ _ 60 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 61 aux:pass _ _ 61 said say VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 6 parataxis _ _ 62 to to PART TO _ 65 mark _ _ 63 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 65 cop _ _ 64 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 65 det _ _ 65 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 61 ccomp _ _ 66 of of ADP IN _ 67 case _ _ 67 intellect intellect NOUN NN Number=Sing 65 nmod _ _ 68 and and CCONJ CC _ 69 cc _ _ 69 heart heart NOUN NN Number=Sing 65 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 70 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fancy** | past | rain | | | rain's next visit | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 2 | **get** | must · perfect | rain | | | a narrow needlecase | | | vn escape-51.1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme into needlecase=Destination | | 3 | **think** *speech: other* | past | rain *not said here* | rain | | | | | vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot he=Theme | | 4 | **is a** *in a quote* | must | this | the heart | | | | of a old maid | tree rules | | 5 | **not** **is a** | past | | the such fact | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **belong** | past | fact | | | | | to a young officer | vn attend-107.4-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **wear** | past | a young officer | several orders | | | | | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent order=Source | | 8 | **say** *speech: assert* | past · passive | | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S» | | 9 | **is a** | to-infinitive | | a man and heart | | | | of intellect | tree rules | | 10 | **visit** | | rain | | | | | | nom visit «act transitive»: 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 52](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/43/52/) - next →: [sentence 54](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/43/54/) - ↑ back to [The Eventful Moment--a Most Unusual Journey](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/43/)