--- title: But Christina, in her heart, often thought of Ib, and knew how much… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: But Christina, in her heart, often thought of Ib, and knew how much he thought of her; so she felt inclined to refuse this good fortune, added the boatman. Who acts: boatman, Christina. A sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. 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Andersen, Ib and Little Christina. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (boatman, Christina), 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:pg27200:51:126 # text = But Christina, in her heart, often thought of Ib, and knew how much he thought of her; so she felt inclined to refuse this good fortune, added the boatman. 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 2 Christina Christina PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 nsubj:pass _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 4 in in ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 heart heart NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 8 often often ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 9 thought think VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 10 of of ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 Ib Ib PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 14 knew know VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 conj _ _ 15 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 16 advmod _ _ 16 much much ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 obj _ _ 17 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 18 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 acl _ _ 19 of of ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 20 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 21 ; ; PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 22 so so ADV RB _ 24 advmod _ _ 23 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 24 felt feel VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 parataxis _ _ 25 inclined inclined ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 xcomp _ _ 26 to to PART TO _ 27 mark _ _ 27 refuse refuse VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 25 xcomp _ _ 28 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 30 det _ _ 29 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 amod _ _ 30 fortune fortune NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 32 added add VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 conj _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 boatman boatman NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 35 . . PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **think** *speech: other* | participle · passive | | Christina | | | | of Ib; often *property* | vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 2 | **know** | past | | much | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer much=Stimulus | | 3 | **think** *speech: other* | past | boatman | | | | | of Christina | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **feel** | past | Christina | | | | | inclined *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus | | 5 | **refuse** | to-infinitive | Christina *not said here* | this good fortune | | | | | vn reject-77.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fortune=Theme | | 6 | **add** *speech: assert* | past | Christina *not said here* | the boatman | | | | | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent boatman=Patient | 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 125](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/51/125/) - next →: [sentence 127](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/51/127/) - ↑ back to [Ib and Little Christina](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/51/)