--- title: The glass with the foot of blue wood was the only thing that did not… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: The glass with the foot of blue wood was the only thing that did not sink, for the wood floated and the glass drifted away to be cast upon the shore and broken; where and when, is indeed of no consequence. Who acts: glass, only thing, wood. 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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 (glass, only thing, wood), 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:pg27200:5:41 # text = The glass with the foot of blue wood was the only thing that did not sink, for the wood floated and the glass drifted away to be cast upon the shore and broken; where and when, is indeed of no consequence. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 glass glass NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nsubj _ _ 3 with with ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 foot foot NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 blue blue ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 wood wood NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nmod _ _ 9 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 cop _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 11 only only ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 12 thing thing NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 parataxis _ _ 13 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 16 nsubj _ _ 14 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 aux _ _ 15 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 16 advmod _ _ 16 sink sink VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 18 for for SCONJ IN _ 21 mark _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 wood wood NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 nsubj _ _ 21 floated float VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 parataxis _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 glass glass NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 nsubj _ _ 25 drifted drift VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 conj _ _ 26 away away ADV RB _ 25 advmod _ _ 27 to to PART TO _ 29 mark _ _ 28 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 29 aux:pass _ _ 29 cast cast VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 25 advcl _ _ 30 upon upon ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 shore shore NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obl _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 34 broken break VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 29 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 35 ; ; PUNCT : _ 36 punct _ _ 36 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 21 conj _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 38 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 36 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 40 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 44 cop _ _ 41 indeed indeed ADV RB _ 44 advmod _ _ 42 of of ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 43 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 44 det _ _ 44 consequence consequence NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 44 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | the glass with the foot of blue wood | the only thing | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **not** **sink** | past · do-support | the only thing | | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 3 | **float** | past | the wood | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **drift away** | past | the glass | | | | | away *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **cast** | to-infinitive · passive | the glass *not said here* | | | the shore | | | vn throw-17.1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: upon shore=Destination | | 6 | **break** | participle | the glass *not said here* | | | | | | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient | | 7 | **is** | present | | | | | | of no consequence; indeed *property* | tree rules | 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 40](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/5/40/) - next →: [sentence 42](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/5/42/) - ↑ back to [Anne Lisbeth](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/5/)