--- title: She turned in the direction of the church, and the weight on her hea… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: She turned in the direction of the church, and the weight on her heart seemed to grow lighter, and even to vanish altogether; but when she turned to go home by the shortest way, it returned. " Who acts: sound, weight. A sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. 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The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (sound, weight), 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:pg27200:5:130 # text = She turned in the direction of the church, and the weight on her heart seemed to grow lighter, and even to vanish altogether; but when she turned to go home by the shortest way, it returned. " 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 turned turn VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 in in ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 direction direction NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 church church NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 weight weight NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nsubj _ _ 13 on on ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 15 nmod:poss _ _ 15 heart heart NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nmod _ _ 16 seemed seem VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 17 to to PART TO _ 18 mark _ _ 18 grow grow VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 16 xcomp _ _ 19 lighter light ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 18 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 22 even even ADV RB _ 24 advmod _ _ 23 to to PART TO _ 24 mark _ _ 24 vanish vanish VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 18 conj _ _ 25 altogether altogether ADV RB _ 24 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 26 ; ; PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 27 but but CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 28 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 30 advmod _ _ 29 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 30 turned turn VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 40 advcl _ _ 31 to to PART TO _ 32 mark _ _ 32 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 30 xcomp _ _ 33 home home ADV RB _ 32 advmod _ _ 34 by by ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 36 shortest short ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 37 amod _ _ 37 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 39 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 40 returned return VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 41 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ 42 " " PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **turn** | past | sound | | | the direction of the church | | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme in direction=Trajectory | | 2 | **seem** | past | the weight on sound's heart | | | | | | vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Theme clause=Attribute | | 3 | **grow** | to-infinitive | the weight on sound's heart *not said here* | | | | | light *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **vanish** | to-infinitive | the weight on sound's heart *not said here* | | | | | altogether *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **turn** | past | sound | | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **go** | to-infinitive | sound *not said here* | | | | | by the shortest way; home *property* | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme by way=Location | | 7 | **return** | past | weight | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | 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 129](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/5/129/) - next →: [sentence 131](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/5/131/) - ↑ back to [Anne Lisbeth](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/5/)