--- title: Hold fast! hold fast!" the spectre would cry; and as Anne Lisbeth mu… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: Hold fast! hold fast!" the spectre would cry; and as Anne Lisbeth murmured these words to herself, the whole of her dream was suddenly recalled to her memory, when the mother had clung to her, and uttered these words, when, amid the crashing of worlds, her sleeve had been torn, and she had slipped f --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/5/115/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/) / [Anne Lisbeth](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/5/) / 115 # Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen, Anne Lisbeth, sentence 115 Hold fast! hold fast!" the spectre would cry; and as Anne Lisbeth murmured these words to herself, the whole of her dream was suddenly recalled to her memory, when the mother had clung to her, and uttered these words, when, amid the crashing of worlds, her sleeve had been torn, and she had slipped from the grasp of her child, who wanted to hold her up in that terrible hour. **Who acts:** you, spectre, Anne, words, grasp · **What happens:** hold, cry, murmur, recall, cling, utter · **To what, where:** words, Anne, whole, memory, mother, sleeve · **Speech:** someone speaks here 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 (you, spectre, Anne, words), 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:pg27200:5:115 # text = Hold fast! hold fast!" the spectre would cry; and as Anne Lisbeth murmured these words to herself, the whole of her dream was suddenly recalled to her memory, when the mother had clung to her, and uttered these words, when, amid the crashing of worlds, her sleeve had been torn, and she had slipped from the grasp of her child, who wanted to hold her up in that terrible hour. 1 Hold hold VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 fast fast ADV RB Degree=Pos 1 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 3 ! ! PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ 4 hold hold VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 advcl _ _ 5 fast fast ADV RB Degree=Pos 4 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ! ! PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 " " PUNCT '' _ 1 punct _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 spectre spectre NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ _ 10 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ _ 11 cry cry VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ; ; PUNCT : _ 17 punct _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 14 as as SCONJ IN _ 17 mark _ _ 15 Anne Anne PROPN NNP Number=Sing 17 nsubj _ _ 16 Lisbeth Lisbeth PROPN NNP Number=Sing 15 flat _ _ 17 murmured murmur VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 1 parataxis _ _ 18 these this DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 19 det _ _ 19 words word NOUN NNS Number=Plur 17 obj _ _ 20 to to ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 21 herself herself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 19 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 whole whole ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 nsubj:pass _ _ 25 of of ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 27 nmod:poss _ _ 27 dream dream NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl _ _ 28 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 aux:pass _ _ 29 suddenly suddenly ADV RB _ 30 advmod _ _ 30 recalled recall VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 19 acl:relcl _ _ 31 to to ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 33 nmod:poss _ _ 33 memory memory NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 35 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 39 advmod _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 mother mother NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 nsubj:pass _ _ 38 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 39 aux _ _ 39 clung cling VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 33 acl:relcl _ _ 40 to to ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 41 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 43 and and CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 44 uttered utter VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 conj _ _ 45 these this DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 46 det _ _ 46 words word NOUN NNS Number=Plur 44 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 47 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 48 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 46 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 49 , , PUNCT , _ 52 punct _ _ 50 amid amid ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 51 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 52 det _ _ 52 crashing crashing NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obl _ _ 53 of of ADP IN _ 54 case _ _ 54 worlds world NOUN NNS Number=Plur 52 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 55 , , PUNCT , _ 60 punct _ _ 56 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 57 nmod:poss _ _ 57 sleeve sleeve NOUN NN Number=Sing 60 nsubj:pass _ _ 58 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 60 aux _ _ 59 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 60 aux:pass _ _ 60 torn tear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 44 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 61 , , PUNCT , _ 65 punct _ _ 62 and and CCONJ CC _ 65 cc _ _ 63 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 65 nsubj _ _ 64 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 65 aux _ _ 65 slipped slip VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 60 conj _ _ 66 from from ADP IN _ 68 case _ _ 67 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 68 det _ _ 68 grasp grasp NOUN NN Number=Sing 65 obl _ _ 69 of of ADP IN _ 71 case _ _ 70 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 71 nmod:poss _ _ 71 child child NOUN NN Number=Sing 68 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 72 , , PUNCT , _ 74 punct _ _ 73 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 74 nsubj _ _ 74 wanted want VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 68 parataxis _ _ 75 to to PART TO _ 76 mark _ _ 76 hold hold VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 74 xcomp _ _ 77 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 76 obj _ _ 78 up up ADP RP _ 76 compound:prt _ _ 79 in in ADP IN _ 82 case _ _ 80 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 82 det _ _ 81 terrible terrible ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 82 amod _ _ 82 hour hour NOUN NN Number=Sing 76 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 83 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hold** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | fast *property* | vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 2 | **hold** | present | you *not said here* | | | | | fast *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **cry** *speech: express* *in a quote* | would | the spectre | | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **murmur** *speech: other* *in a quote* | past | Anne | this words | Anne | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent word=Topic to herself=Recipient | | 5 | **recall** *in a quote* | past · passive | this words *not said here* | the whole | | Anne's memory | | suddenly *property* | vn banish-10.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme to memory=Destination | | 6 | **cling** *in a quote* | past · perfect · passive | | the mother | Anne | | | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Theme | | 7 | **utter** *speech: other* *in a quote* | past | Anne *not said here* | this words | | | | amid the crashing of worlds | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent word=Topic | | 8 | **tear** *in a quote* | past · perfect · passive | | Anne's sleeve | | | | | vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Theme | | 9 | **slip** *in a quote* | past · perfect | Anne | | | | | from the grasp of Anne's child | vn split-23.2 «NP V PP.co-patient»: agent=Patient from grasp=Co-Patient | | 10 | **want** *in a quote* | past | the grasp of Anne's child | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 11 | **hold up** *not said to happen, in a quote* | to-infinitive | the grasp of Anne's child *not said here* | Anne | | | hour | | vn support-15.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot she=Theme | | 12 | **dream** *in a quote* | | Anne | | | | | | nom dream «cognition transitive»: poss=agent | | 13 | **grasp** *in a quote* | | | Anne's child | | | | | nom grasp «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 114](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/5/114/) - next →: [sentence 116](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/5/116/) - ↑ back to [Anne Lisbeth](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/5/)