--- title: As the clerk thought of all these things, and became conscious of th… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: As the clerk thought of all these things, and became conscious of the great change in his own feelings, he smiled, and said to himself, "I must be asleep and dreaming; and yet, if so, how wonderful for a dream to be so natural and real, and to know at the same time too that it is but a dream. 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C. Andersen, The Clerk's Transformation. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (strength, I, dream), 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:pg27200:44:71 # text = As the clerk thought of all these things, and became conscious of the great change in his own feelings, he smiled, and said to himself, "I must be asleep and dreaming; and yet, if so, how wonderful for a dream to be so natural and real, and to know at the same time too that it is but a dream. 1 As as ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 clerk clerk NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 4 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 6 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 8 det:predet _ _ 7 these this DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 8 det _ _ 8 things thing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 11 became become VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 12 conscious conscious ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 xcomp _ _ 13 of of ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 15 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 amod _ _ 16 change change NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ _ 17 in in ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 18 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 20 nmod:poss _ _ 19 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 amod _ _ 20 feelings feeling NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 22 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 23 smiled smile VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 26 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 conj _ _ 27 to to ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 28 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 26 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 30 " " PUNCT `` _ 34 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 31 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 32 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 34 aux _ _ 33 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 34 cop _ _ 34 asleep asleep ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 ccomp _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 36 dreaming dream VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 34 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 37 ; ; PUNCT : _ 45 punct _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 45 cc _ _ 39 yet yet ADV RB _ 45 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 41 if if SCONJ IN _ 42 mark _ _ 42 so so ADV RB _ 45 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 44 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 45 advmod _ _ 45 wonderful wonderful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 parataxis _ _ 46 for for ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 47 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 48 dream dream NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 obl _ _ 49 to to PART TO _ 52 mark _ _ 50 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 52 cop _ _ 51 so so ADV RB _ 52 advmod _ _ 52 natural natural ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 45 advcl _ _ 53 and and CCONJ CC _ 54 cc _ _ 54 real real ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 52 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 55 , , PUNCT , _ 58 punct _ _ 56 and and CCONJ CC _ 58 cc _ _ 57 to to PART TO _ 58 mark _ _ 58 know know VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 45 parataxis _ _ 59 at at ADP IN _ 62 case _ _ 60 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 62 det _ _ 61 same same ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 62 amod _ _ 62 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 58 obl _ _ 63 too too ADV RB _ 58 advmod _ _ 64 that that SCONJ IN _ 69 mark _ _ 65 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 69 nsubj _ _ 66 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 69 cop _ _ 67 but but CCONJ CC _ 69 cc _ _ 68 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 69 det _ _ 69 dream dream NOUN NN Number=Sing 58 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 70 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **think** *speech: other* | past | | | | | | as the clerk; of all things | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 2 | **become** | past | | | | | | conscious *property* | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient | | 3 | **smile** | past | strength | | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | strength *not said here* | | strength | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to himself=Recipient | | 5 | **is** *in a quote* | must | I | | | | | asleep *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **dream** *in a quote* | gerund | I *not said here* | | | | | | vn cognize-85 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **is** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | | | | | | natural *property* | tree rules | | 8 | **be** *in a quote* | | | | | | | | tree rules | | 9 | **know** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | | | | | time | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 10 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | dream | a dream | | | | | tree rules | 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 70](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/44/70/) - next →: [sentence 72](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/44/72/) - ↑ back to [The Clerk's Transformation](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/44/)