--- title: The body, she knew, could do no harm to any one, but the spirit coul… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: The body, she knew, could do no harm to any one, but the spirit could pursue the lonely wanderer, attach itself to him, and demand to be carried to the churchyard, that it might rest in consecrated ground. " Who acts: body, spirit, wanderer. 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" **Who acts:** body, spirit, wanderer · **What happens:** know, do, pursue, attach, demand, carry · **To what, where:** body, harm, one, lonely wanderer, wanderer, spirit This is a sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. 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 (body, spirit, wanderer), 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:pg27200:5:114 # text = The body, she knew, could do no harm to any one, but the spirit could pursue the lonely wanderer, attach itself to him, and demand to be carried to the churchyard, that it might rest in consecrated ground. " 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 body body NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 4 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 knew know VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 7 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 8 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 9 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 10 det _ _ 10 harm harm NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ 11 to to ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 13 det _ _ 13 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 15 but but CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 spirit spirit NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 nsubj _ _ 18 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 19 aux _ _ 19 pursue pursue VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 parataxis _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 21 lonely lonely ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 amod _ _ 22 wanderer wanderer NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 24 attach attach VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 19 conj _ _ 25 itself itself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 24 obj _ _ 26 to to ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 27 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 30 demand demand VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 24 conj _ _ 31 to to PART TO _ 33 mark _ _ 32 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 33 aux:pass _ _ 33 carried carry VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 30 advcl _ _ 34 to to ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 churchyard churchyard NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 38 that that SCONJ IN _ 41 mark _ _ 39 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj _ _ 40 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 41 aux _ _ 41 rest rest VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 30 conj _ _ 42 in in ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 43 consecrated consecrate VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 44 amod _ _ 44 ground ground NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ 46 " " PUNCT '' _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **know** | past | body | the body *not said here* | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer body=Stimulus | | 2 | **do** | could | the body | no harm | any one | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent harm=Eventuality | | 3 | **pursue** | could | the spirit | the lonely wanderer | | | | | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wanderer=Theme | | 4 | **attach** | infinitive | the spirit *not said here* | wanderer | spirit | | | | vn shake-22.3-2-1 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent itself=Patient to he=Co-Patient | | 5 | **demand** *speech: request* | infinitive | the spirit *not said here* | | | | | | vn require-103-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **carry** | to-infinitive · passive | the spirit *not said here* | | | the churchyard | | | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: to churchyard=Destination | | 7 | **rest** | might | wanderer | | | consecrated ground | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in ground=Location | | 8 | **consecrate** | participle | | | | | | | vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP»: 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 113](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/5/113/) - next →: [sentence 115](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/5/115/) - ↑ back to [Anne Lisbeth](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/5/)