--- title: Her beautiful, noble child had been a dear angel, and possessed the… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: Her beautiful, noble child had been a dear angel, and possessed the kindest heart; he had loved her so much, and she had loved him in return; they had kissed and loved each other, and the boy had been her joy, her second life. Who acts: beautiful noble child, child, Anne, countess. 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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 (beautiful noble child, child, Anne, countess), 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:pg27200:5:45 # text = Her beautiful, noble child had been a dear angel, and possessed the kindest heart; he had loved her so much, and she had loved him in return; they had kissed and loved each other, and the boy had been her joy, her second life. 1 Her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 2 beautiful beautiful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 4 noble noble ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 child child NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _ 6 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 aux _ _ 7 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 10 cop _ _ 8 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 9 dear dear ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 angel angel NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 13 possessed possess VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 parataxis _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 15 kindest kind ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 16 amod _ _ 16 heart heart NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 ; ; PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 18 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 19 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 aux _ _ 20 loved love VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 13 conj _ _ 21 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 obj _ _ 22 so so ADV RB _ 23 advmod _ _ 23 much much ADV RB _ 20 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 26 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 27 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 aux _ _ 28 loved love VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 20 conj _ _ 29 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 obj _ _ 30 in in ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 31 return return NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 32 ; ; PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 33 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 34 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 35 aux _ _ 35 kissed kiss VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 13 parataxis _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 37 loved love VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 35 conj _ _ 38 each each DET DT PronType=Tot 39 det _ _ 39 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 41 and and CCONJ CC _ 47 cc _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 boy boy NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 nsubj _ _ 44 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 47 aux _ _ 45 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 47 cop _ _ 46 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 47 nmod:poss _ _ 47 joy joy NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 48 , , PUNCT , _ 51 punct _ _ 49 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 51 nmod:poss _ _ 50 second second ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 51 amod _ _ 51 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 52 . . PUNCT . _ 10 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past · perfect | Anne's beautiful noble child | a dear angel and Anne's joy and Anne's second life | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **possess** | past | | the kindest heart | | | | | vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot heart=Theme | | 3 | **love** | past · perfect | child | Anne | | | | | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer she=Stimulus | | 4 | **love** | past · perfect | Anne | child | | return | | | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus | | 5 | **kiss** | past · perfect | countess | | | | | | vn marry-36.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **love** | participle | countess *not said here* | each other | | | | | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer other=Stimulus | | 7 | **is a** | past · perfect | the boy | Anne's joy | | | | | 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 44](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/5/44/) - next →: [sentence 46](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/5/46/) - ↑ back to [Anne Lisbeth](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/5/)