--- title: Oh, he was such a kind, good-hearted man, there are not many like hi… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: Oh, he was such a kind, good-hearted man, there are not many like him," and the tears rolled down her cheeks as she spoke. Who acts: laundress, many, tears, Martha. A sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. 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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 (laundress, many, tears, Martha), 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:pg27200:46:59 # text = Oh, he was such a kind, good-hearted man, there are not many like him," and the tears rolled down her cheeks as she spoke. 1 Oh oh INTJ UH _ 7 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 5 such such DET PDT PronType=Ind 7 det:predet _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 kind kind NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 9 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 10 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 hearted hearted ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 12 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 14 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 15 expl _ _ 15 are be VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 parataxis _ _ 16 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 17 advmod _ _ 17 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 nsubj _ _ 18 like like ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 19 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 21 " " PUNCT '' _ 15 punct _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 tears tear NOUN NNS Number=Plur 25 nsubj _ _ 25 rolled roll VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 conj _ _ 26 down down ADP RP _ 25 compound:prt _ _ 27 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 28 nmod:poss _ _ 28 cheeks cheek NOUN NNS Number=Plur 25 obj _ _ 29 as as SCONJ IN _ 31 mark _ _ 30 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 31 spoke speak VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 32 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | laundress | such kind | | | | good hearted man *nmod* | tree rules | | 2 | **be** | present | many like laundress | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **roll down** *in a quote* | past | the tears | Martha's cheeks | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial\_Location cheek=Theme | | 4 | **speak** *speech: other* *in a quote* | past | Martha | | | | | | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=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 58](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/46/58/) - next →: [sentence 60](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/46/60/) - ↑ back to [She Was Good For Nothing](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/46/)