--- title: But suddenly it seemed to her that there stood on the threshold a be… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: But suddenly it seemed to her that there stood on the threshold a beautiful young form, as beautiful as the count's child, and this apparition said to her, "The world is passing away; hold fast to me, for you are my mother after all; you have an angel in heaven, hold me fast;" and the child-angel st --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/5/81/) [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/) / 81 # Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen, Anne Lisbeth, sentence 81 But suddenly it seemed to her that there stood on the threshold a beautiful young form, as beautiful as the count's child, and this apparition said to her, "The world is passing away; hold fast to me, for you are my mother after all; you have an angel in heaven, hold me fast;" and the child-angel stretched out his hand and seized her. **Who acts:** it, apparition, world, Anne · **What happens:** seem, stand, say, pass away, hold, be · **To what, where:** Anne, beautiful young form, threshold, apparition, angel, heaven · **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 (it, apparition, world, Anne), 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:pg27200:5:81 # text = But suddenly it seemed to her that there stood on the threshold a beautiful young form, as beautiful as the count's child, and this apparition said to her, "The world is passing away; hold fast to me, for you are my mother after all; you have an angel in heaven, hold me fast;" and the child-angel stretched out his hand and seized her. 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 2 suddenly suddenly ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 seemed seem VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 to to ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obl _ _ 7 that that SCONJ IN _ 9 mark _ _ 8 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 9 advmod _ _ 9 stood stand VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 advcl _ _ 10 on on ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 threshold threshold NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ 13 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 14 beautiful beautiful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 amod _ _ 15 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 amod _ _ 16 form form NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 18 as as ADV RB _ 19 advmod _ _ 19 beautiful beautiful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 amod _ _ 20 as as ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 count count NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 23 's 's PART POS _ 22 case _ _ 24 child child NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 27 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 28 det _ _ 28 apparition apparition NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 nsubj _ _ 29 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 conj _ _ 30 to to ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 31 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 33 " " PUNCT `` _ 37 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 34 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 world world NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 nsubj _ _ 36 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 37 aux _ _ 37 passing pass VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 29 advcl _ _ 38 away away ADV RB _ 37 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 39 ; ; PUNCT : _ 40 punct _ _ 40 hold hold VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 41 fast fast ADV RB Degree=Pos 40 advmod _ _ 42 to to ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 43 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 40 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 44 , , PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 45 for for ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 46 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 49 nsubj _ _ 47 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 49 cop _ _ 48 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 49 nmod:poss _ _ 49 mother mother NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obl _ _ 50 after after ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 51 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 49 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 52 ; ; PUNCT : _ 54 punct _ _ 53 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 54 nsubj _ _ 54 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 55 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 56 det _ _ 56 angel angel NOUN NN Number=Sing 54 obj _ _ 57 in in ADP IN _ 58 case _ _ 58 heaven heaven NOUN NN Number=Sing 56 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 59 , , PUNCT , _ 60 punct _ _ 60 hold hold VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 54 parataxis _ _ 61 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 60 obj _ _ 62 fast fast ADV RB Degree=Pos 60 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 63 ; ; PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 64 " " PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ 65 and and CCONJ CC _ 70 cc _ _ 66 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 69 det _ _ 67 child child NOUN NN Number=Sing 69 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 68 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 67 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 69 angel angel NOUN NN Number=Sing 70 nsubj:pass _ _ 70 stretched stretch VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 conj _ _ 71 out out ADP RP _ 70 compound:prt _ _ 72 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 73 nmod:poss _ _ 73 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 70 obj _ _ 74 and and CCONJ CC _ 75 cc _ _ 75 seized seize VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 70 conj _ _ 76 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 75 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 77 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **seem** | past | it | | Anne | | | suddenly *property* | vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Theme clause=Attribute | | 2 | **stand** | past | | a beautiful young form | | the threshold; there | | | vn put\_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent form=Theme on threshold=Destination | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | this apparition | | Anne | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to she=Recipient | | 4 | **pass away** *in a quote* | present · progressive | the world | | | | | away *property* | vn die-42.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient | | 5 | **hold** *in a quote* | infinitive | | | this apparition *= apparition* | | | fast *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **is** *in a quote* | present | Anne | | | | after all | for my mother | tree rules | | 7 | **have** *in a quote* | present | Anne | a angel | | heaven | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent angel=Patient | | 8 | **hold** *in a quote* | infinitive | | this apparition *= apparition* | | | | fast *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Theme | | 9 | **stretch out** | participle · passive | | the child angel | | | | | vn bend-45.2 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Patient hand=Result | | 10 | **seize** | past | | Anne | | | | | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=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 80](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/5/80/) - next →: [sentence 82](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/5/82/) - ↑ back to [Anne Lisbeth](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/5/)