--- title: From its pages she heard the voice of God speaking to her, and telli… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: From its pages she heard the voice of God speaking to her, and telling her to remember what was said of Joseph's brethren when persons wished to injure her. " Who acts: girl, voice, persons, Bible. A sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. 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Andersen, A Leaf From Heaven. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (girl, voice, persons, Bible), 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:pg27200:49:18 # text = From its pages she heard the voice of God speaking to her, and telling her to remember what was said of Joseph's brethren when persons wished to injure her. " 1 From from ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 3 nmod:poss _ _ 3 pages page NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obl _ _ 4 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 heard hear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 voice voice NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 8 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nmod _ _ 10 speaking speak VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 7 acl _ _ 11 to to ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 15 telling tell VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 5 conj _ _ 16 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 obj _ _ 17 to to PART TO _ 18 mark _ _ 18 remember remember VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 xcomp _ _ 19 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 21 nsubj:pass _ _ 20 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 aux:pass _ _ 21 said say VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 18 ccomp _ _ 22 of of ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 23 Joseph Joseph PROPN NNP Number=Sing 25 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 24 's 's PART POS _ 23 case _ _ 25 brethren brethren NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ _ 26 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 28 advmod _ _ 27 persons person NOUN NNS Number=Plur 28 nsubj _ _ 28 wished wish VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 ccomp _ _ 29 to to PART TO _ 30 mark _ _ 30 injure injure VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 28 xcomp _ _ 31 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 32 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ 33 " " PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hear** | past | girl | the voice of God | | Bible's pages | | | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent voice=Topic from page=Source | | 2 | **speak** *speech: other* | gerund | the voice of God *not said here* | | girl | | | | vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent to she=Co-Agent | | 3 | **tell** *speech: assert* | gerund | girl *not said here* | | girl | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent she=Recipient clause=Topic | | 4 | **remember** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | girl *not said here* | | | | | | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V what S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 5 | **say** *speech: assert* | past · passive | | | | | | of Joseph's brethren | tree rules | | 6 | **wish** | past | persons | | | | | | vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 7 | **injure** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | persons *not said here* | girl | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **page** | | Bible | | | | | | nom page «communication transitive»: poss=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 17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/49/17/) - next →: [sentence 19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/49/19/) - ↑ back to [A Leaf From Heaven](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/49/)