--- title: Whenever he dozed, he dreamed that he had lost one or another of the… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: Whenever he dozed, he dreamed that he had lost one or another of these possessions; then he would awake with a start, and the first movements of his hand formed a triangle from his right-hand pocket to his breast, and from his breast to his left-hand pocket, to feel whether they were all safe. 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C. Andersen, The Best Thing the Goloshes Did. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (head, first movements, movements), 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:pg27200:45:13 # text = Whenever he dozed, he dreamed that he had lost one or another of these possessions; then he would awake with a start, and the first movements of his hand formed a triangle from his right-hand pocket to his breast, and from his breast to his left-hand pocket, to feel whether they were all safe. 1 Whenever whenever ADV WRB PronType=Rel 3 advmod _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 dozed doze VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 5 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 6 dreamed dream VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 that that SCONJ IN _ 10 mark _ _ 8 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 9 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 aux _ _ 10 lost lose VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 6 ccomp _ _ 11 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 10 obj _ _ 12 or or CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 13 another another DET DT PronType=Ind 11 nmod _ _ 14 of of ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 these this DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 16 det _ _ 16 possessions possession NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 17 ; ; PUNCT : _ 21 punct _ _ 18 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 21 advmod _ _ 19 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 20 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 21 aux _ _ 21 awake awake VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 conj _ _ 22 with with ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 start start NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 28 first first ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 29 amod _ _ 29 movements movement NOUN NNS Number=Plur 33 nsubj _ _ 30 of of ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 32 nmod:poss _ _ 32 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 nmod _ _ 33 formed form VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 34 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 triangle triangle NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obj _ _ 36 from from ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 37 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 41 nmod:poss _ _ 38 right right ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 40 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 39 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 38 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 40 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 compound _ _ 41 pocket pocket NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obl _ _ 42 to to ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 43 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 44 nmod:poss _ _ 44 breast breast NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 45 , , PUNCT , _ 58 punct _ _ 46 and and CCONJ CC _ 58 cc _ _ 47 from from ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 48 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 49 nmod:poss _ _ 49 breast breast NOUN NN Number=Sing 58 obl _ _ 50 to to ADP IN _ 55 case _ _ 51 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 55 nmod:poss _ _ 52 left left ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 54 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 53 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 52 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 54 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 55 compound _ _ 55 pocket pocket NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 56 , , PUNCT , _ 58 punct _ _ 57 to to PART TO _ 58 mark _ _ 58 feel feel VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 conj _ _ 59 whether whether SCONJ IN _ 63 mark _ _ 60 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 63 nsubj _ _ 61 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 63 cop _ _ 62 all all ADV RB _ 63 advmod _ _ 63 safe safe ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 58 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 64 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **doze** | past | head | | | | | whenever *property* | vn snooze-40.4 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **dream** | past | head | | | | | | vn cognize-85 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **lose** | past · perfect | head | one another | | | | | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent one=Eventuality | | 4 | **awake** | would | head | | | | then | with a start | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent with start=Instrument | | 5 | **form** | past | the first movements of head's hand | a triangle | | head's hand pocket to head's breast | | | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP PP.material»: agent=Agent triangle=Result from pocket=Material | | 6 | **feel** | to-infinitive | head *not said here* | | | head's breast to head's hand pocket | | | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | | 7 | **is** | past | movements *= movement* | | | | | all, safe *property* | tree rules | | 8 | **move** | | | head's hand | | | | | nom movement «act 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 12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/45/12/) - next →: [sentence 14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/45/14/) - ↑ back to [The Best Thing the Goloshes Did](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/45/)