--- title: Winter came; and the new year, and indeed many years passed away; un… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: Winter came; and the new year, and indeed many years passed away; until Ib was old enough to be confirmed, and, therefore, he went during a whole winter to the clergyman of the nearest village to be prepared. Who acts: Winter, many years, Ib. 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C. 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 (Winter, many years, Ib), 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:pg27200:51:86 # text = Winter came; and the new year, and indeed many years passed away; until Ib was old enough to be confirmed, and, therefore, he went during a whole winter to the clergyman of the nearest village to be prepared. 1 Winter Winter PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 ; ; PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 new new ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 year year NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 10 indeed indeed ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ _ 11 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 12 years year NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 nsubj _ _ 13 passed pass VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 14 away away ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ; ; PUNCT : _ 19 punct _ _ 16 until until SCONJ IN _ 19 mark _ _ 17 Ib Ib PROPN NNP Number=Sing 19 nsubj _ _ 18 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 cop _ _ 19 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 parataxis _ _ 20 enough enough ADV RB _ 19 advmod _ _ 21 to to PART TO _ 23 mark _ _ 22 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 23 aux:pass _ _ 23 confirmed confirm VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 19 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 27 therefore therefore ADV RB _ 30 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 29 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 30 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 31 during during ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 32 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 33 whole whole ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 amod _ _ 34 winter winter NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl _ _ 35 to to ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 clergyman clergyman NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl _ _ 38 of of ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 40 nearest near ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 41 amod _ _ 41 village village NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 nmod _ _ 42 to to PART TO _ 44 mark _ _ 43 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 44 cop _ _ 44 prepared prepared ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 41 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** | past | Winter | | | | year | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **pass away** | past | many years | | | | | away *property* | vn die-42.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient | | 3 | **is** | past | Ib | | | | | enough, old *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **confirm** | to-infinitive · passive | Ib *not said here* | | | | | | vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP» | | 5 | **go** | past | Ib | | | the clergyman of the nearest village | winter | therefore *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to clergyman=Initial\_Location | | 6 | **is** | to-infinitive | Ib *not said here* | | | | | prepared *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 85](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/51/85/) - next →: [sentence 87](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/51/87/) - ↑ back to [Ib and Little Christina](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/51/)