--- title: It was a glorious spectacle; but the stomachs of the travellers were… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: It was a glorious spectacle; but the stomachs of the travellers were empty, their bodies exhausted with fatigue, and all the longings of their heart turned towards a resting-place for the night; but where to find one they knew not. Who acts: coldness, stomachs, longings, heart. 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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 (coldness, stomachs, longings, heart), 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:pg27200:45:32 # text = It was a glorious spectacle; but the stomachs of the travellers were empty, their bodies exhausted with fatigue, and all the longings of their heart turned towards a resting-place for the night; but where to find one they knew not. 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 glorious glorious ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 spectacle spectacle NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ; ; PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 7 but but CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 stomachs stomach NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 nsubj _ _ 10 of of ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 travellers traveller NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 nmod _ _ 13 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 cop _ _ 14 empty empty ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 16 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 17 nmod:poss _ _ 17 bodies body NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 conj _ _ 18 exhausted exhaust VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 17 acl _ _ 19 with with ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 20 fatigue fatigue NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 23 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 25 det:predet _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 longings longing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 29 nsubj _ _ 26 of of ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 28 nmod:poss _ _ 28 heart heart NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 nmod _ _ 29 turned turn VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 30 towards towards ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 31 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 32 resting resting NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 33 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 32 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 34 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obl _ _ 35 for for ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 38 ; ; PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 39 but but CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 40 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 42 advmod _ _ 41 to to PART TO _ 42 mark _ _ 42 find find VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 29 conj _ _ 43 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 42 obj _ _ 44 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 45 nsubj _ _ 45 knew know VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 43 acl:relcl _ _ 46 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 45 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | coldness | a glorious spectacle and stomachs's bodies | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **is** | past | the stomachs of the travellers | | | | | empty *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **exhaust** | participle | | stomachs's bodies *not said here* | | | | with fatigue | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | | 4 | **turn** | past | all longings of stomachs's heart | | | a resting place for the night | | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme towards place=Trajectory | | 5 | **find** | to-infinitive | all longings of stomachs's heart *not said here* | one | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent one=Topic | | 6 | **not** **know** | past | longings *= longing* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 7 | **long** | | stomachs's heart | | | | | | nom longing «feeling intransitive»: of=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 31](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/45/31/) - next →: [sentence 33](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/45/33/) - ↑ back to [The Best Thing the Goloshes Did](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/45/)