--- title: Her thoughts were like a confused, tangled skein; only one thread, o… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: Her thoughts were like a confused, tangled skein; only one thread, only one thought was clear to her, namely that she must carry the spectre of the sea-shore to the churchyard, and dig a grave for him there; that by so doing she might win back her soul. 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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 (thoughts, one thought, Anne, confused tangled skein), 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:pg27200:5:167 # text = Her thoughts were like a confused, tangled skein; only one thread, only one thought was clear to her, namely that she must carry the spectre of the sea-shore to the churchyard, and dig a grave for him there; that by so doing she might win back her soul. 1 Her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 2 nmod:poss _ _ 2 thoughts thought NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 nsubj _ _ 3 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 cop _ _ 4 like like ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 6 confused confused ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 8 tangled tangled ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 skein skein NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ; ; PUNCT : _ 13 punct _ _ 11 only only ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ _ 12 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 13 nummod _ _ 13 thread thread NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 15 only only ADV RB _ 16 advmod _ _ 16 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 17 nummod _ _ 17 thought thought NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 nsubj _ _ 18 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 cop _ _ 19 clear clear ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 conj _ _ 20 to to ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 21 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 23 namely namely ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 conj _ _ 24 that that SCONJ IN _ 27 mark _ _ 25 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 26 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 27 aux _ _ 27 carry carry VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 23 advcl _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 spectre spectre NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obj _ _ 30 of of ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 32 sea sea NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 33 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 32 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 34 shore shore NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 nmod _ _ 35 to to ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 churchyard churchyard NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 39 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 40 dig dig VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 27 conj _ _ 41 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 grave grave NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obj _ _ 43 for for ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 44 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 obl _ _ 45 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 40 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 46 ; ; PUNCT : _ 47 punct _ _ 47 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 13 conj _ _ 48 by by SCONJ IN _ 50 mark _ _ 49 so so ADV RB _ 50 advmod _ _ 50 doing do VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 9 acl _ _ 51 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 53 nsubj _ _ 52 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 53 aux _ _ 53 win win VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 50 ccomp _ _ 54 back back ADV RB _ 53 advmod _ _ 55 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 56 nmod:poss _ _ 56 soul soul NOUN NN Number=Sing 53 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 57 . . PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | Anne's thoughts | | | | | like a confused tangled skein | tree rules | | 2 | **is** | past | one thought | | Anne | | | clear *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **carry** | must | Anne | the spectre of the sea shore to the churchyard | | | | | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent spectre=Theme | | 4 | **dig** | infinitive | Anne *not said here* | a grave | | there | | for half | vn create-26.4-1-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent grave=Result for he=Beneficiary | | 5 | **do** | gerund | a confused tangled skein *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **win back** | might | Anne | Anne's soul | | | | | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent soul=Eventuality | | 7 | **think** | | Anne | | | | | | nom thought «cognition 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 166](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/5/166/) - next →: [sentence 168](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/5/168/) - ↑ back to [Anne Lisbeth](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/5/)