--- title: She was laid in a black coffin, looking mild and beautiful in the wh… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: She was laid in a black coffin, looking mild and beautiful in the white folds of the shrouded linen, though her eyes were closed; but every wrinkle had vanished, her hair looked white and silvery, and around her mouth lingered a sweet smile. Who acts: wrinkle, hair. 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C. Andersen, She Was Good For Nothing. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (wrinkle, hair), 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:pg27200:46:185 # text = She was laid in a black coffin, looking mild and beautiful in the white folds of the shrouded linen, though her eyes were closed; but every wrinkle had vanished, her hair looked white and silvery, and around her mouth lingered a sweet smile. 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux:pass _ _ 3 laid lay VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 4 in in ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 black black ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 coffin coffin NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 9 looking look VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 7 conj _ _ 10 mild mild ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 xcomp _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 12 beautiful beautiful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 conj _ _ 13 in in ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 15 white white ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 amod _ _ 16 folds fold NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 obl _ _ 17 of of ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 19 shrouded shroud VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 20 amod _ _ 20 linen linen NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 22 though though SCONJ IN _ 26 mark _ _ 23 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 24 nmod:poss _ _ 24 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 26 nsubj:pass _ _ 25 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 aux:pass _ _ 26 closed close VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 9 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 27 ; ; PUNCT : _ 32 punct _ _ 28 but but CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 29 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 30 det _ _ 30 wrinkle wrinkle NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 nsubj _ _ 31 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 aux _ _ 32 vanished vanish VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 3 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 34 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 35 nmod:poss _ _ 35 hair hair NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 nsubj _ _ 36 looked look VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 parataxis _ _ 37 white white ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 xcomp _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 39 silvery silvery ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 41 and and CCONJ CC _ 45 cc _ _ 42 around around ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 43 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 44 nmod:poss _ _ 44 mouth mouth NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 obl _ _ 45 lingered linger VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 conj _ _ 46 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 47 sweet sweet ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 48 amod _ _ 48 smile smile NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 49 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **lay** | past · passive | | GRANDMOTHER | | a black coffin | | | vn put\_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme in coffin=Destination | | 2 | **look** | gerund | | | | | | mild *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus | | 3 | **shroud** | participle | | | | | | | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **close** | past · passive | | GRANDMOTHER's eyes | | | | | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | | 5 | **vanish** | past · perfect | every wrinkle | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **look** | past | GRANDMOTHER's hair | | | | | white *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus | | 7 | **linger** | past | GRANDMOTHER's hair *not said here* | a sweet smile | | GRANDMOTHER's mouth | | | 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 184](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/46/184/) - next →: [sentence 186](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/46/186/) - ↑ back to [She Was Good For Nothing](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/46/)