--- title: As she turned to walk away, much came into her mind that she had hea… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: As she turned to walk away, much came into her mind that she had heard in her childhood: old superstitions of spectres by the sea-shore; of the ghosts of drowned but unburied people, whose corpses had been washed up on the desolate beach. Who acts: Anne. 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C. Andersen, Anne Lisbeth. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Anne), 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:pg27200:5:113 # text = As she turned to walk away, much came into her mind that she had heard in her childhood: old superstitions of spectres by the sea-shore; of the ghosts of drowned but unburied people, whose corpses had been washed up on the desolate beach. 1 As as SCONJ IN _ 3 mark _ _ 2 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 turned turn VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 to to PART TO _ 5 mark _ _ 5 walk walk VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 xcomp _ _ 6 away away ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 8 much much ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 9 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 10 into into ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 12 nmod:poss _ _ 12 mind mind NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ 13 that that SCONJ IN _ 16 mark _ _ 14 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 15 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 aux _ _ 16 heard hear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 9 advcl _ _ 17 in in ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 19 nmod:poss _ _ 19 childhood childhood NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 20 : : PUNCT : _ 22 punct _ _ 21 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 amod _ _ 22 superstitions superstition NOUN NNS Number=Plur 19 conj _ _ 23 of of ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 24 spectres spectre NOUN NNS Number=Plur 22 nmod _ _ 25 by by ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 27 sea sea NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 28 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 27 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 29 shore shore NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 30 ; ; PUNCT : _ 33 punct _ _ 31 of of ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 ghosts ghost NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl _ _ 34 of of ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 35 drowned drown VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 38 amod _ _ 36 but but CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 37 unburied unbury VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 35 conj _ _ 38 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 33 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 40 whose whose PRON WP$ Poss=Yes|PronType=Rel 41 nmod:poss _ _ 41 corpses corpse NOUN NNS Number=Plur 44 nsubj:pass _ _ 42 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 44 aux _ _ 43 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 44 aux:pass _ _ 44 washed wash VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 38 acl:relcl _ _ 45 up up ADP RP _ 44 compound:prt _ _ 46 on on ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 47 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 48 desolate desolate VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 49 compound _ _ 49 beach beach NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 50 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **turn** | past | Anne | | | | | of the ghosts of drowned people | tree rules | | 2 | **walk away** | to-infinitive | Anne *not said here* | | | | | away *property* | vn resign-10.11-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **come** | past | Anne *not said here* | | | Anne's mind | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme into mind=Initial\_Location | | 4 | **hear** | past · perfect | Anne | | | Anne's childhood and old superstitions of spectres | | by the sea shore | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer | | 5 | **drown** | participle | | | | | | | vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **unbury** | participle | | | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **wash up** | past · perfect · passive | | corpses | | the desolate beach | | | vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | | 8 | **desolate** | infinitive | | | | | | | tree rules | | 9 | **mind** | | Anne | | | | | | nom mind «cognition transitive»: poss=agent | | 10 | **ghost** | | | drowned people | | | | | nom ghost «cognition 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 112](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/5/112/) - next →: [sentence 114](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/5/114/) - ↑ back to [Anne Lisbeth](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/5/)