--- title: And his eyes sparkled with new life; a glow diffused itself over his… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: And his eyes sparkled with new life; a glow diffused itself over his frame; it seemed as if every sorrow, every oppression were banished from his mind, and a fresh, free nature were stirring within him. " Who acts: eyes, glow, it, fresh free nature. A sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Ander --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/63/37/) [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/) / [XII. Evil Powers](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/63/) / 37 # Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen, XII. Evil Powers, sentence 37 And his eyes sparkled with new life; a glow diffused itself over his frame; it seemed as if every sorrow, every oppression were banished from his mind, and a fresh, free nature were stirring within him. " **Who acts:** eyes, glow, it, fresh free nature, Maiden · **What happens:** sparkle, diffuse, seem, banish, stir, mind · **To what, where:** glow, frame, sorrow, mind This is a sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. Andersen, XII. Evil Powers. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (eyes, glow, it, fresh free nature), 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:pg27200:63:37 # text = And his eyes sparkled with new life; a glow diffused itself over his frame; it seemed as if every sorrow, every oppression were banished from his mind, and a fresh, free nature were stirring within him. " 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 2 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 3 nmod:poss _ _ 3 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 4 sparkled sparkle VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 5 with with ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 new new ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ; ; PUNCT : _ 11 punct _ _ 9 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 glow glow NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ _ 11 diffused diffuse VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 conj _ _ 12 itself itself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 11 obj _ _ 13 over over ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 15 nmod:poss _ _ 15 frame frame NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 ; ; PUNCT : _ 18 punct _ _ 17 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 18 seemed seem VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 19 as as SCONJ IN _ 27 mark _ _ 20 if if SCONJ IN _ 27 mark _ _ 21 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 22 det _ _ 22 sorrow sorrow NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 nsubj:pass _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 24 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 25 det _ _ 25 oppression oppression NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 conj _ _ 26 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 aux:pass _ _ 27 banished banish VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 18 xcomp _ _ 28 from from ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 30 nmod:poss _ _ 30 mind mind NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 33 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 34 fresh fresh ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 36 free free ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 amod _ _ 37 nature nature NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 nsubj _ _ 38 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 39 aux _ _ 39 stirring stir VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 18 xcomp _ _ 40 within within ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 41 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ 43 " " PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sparkle** | participle | Maiden's eyes | | | | | with new life | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP.location V PP.theme»: agent=Location with life=Theme | | 2 | **diffuse** | participle | a glow | glow | | Maiden's frame | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent itself=Patient | | 3 | **seem** | past | it | | | | | | vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Theme clause=Attribute | | 4 | **banish** *a condition, not said to happen* | past · passive | | every sorrow and every oppression | | Maiden's mind | | | vn banish-10.2 «NP V NP PP.source»: subject=Theme from mind=Source | | 5 | **stir** | past · progressive | a fresh free nature | | | | | within Maiden | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | | 6 | **mind** | | Maiden | | | | | | nom mind «cognition transitive»: poss=agent | 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. 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