--- title: And then as the thought arose in her mind, "Does God reckon by days… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: And then as the thought arose in her mind, "Does God reckon by days and hours?" her conscience felt satisfied on this question, and she found it a comfort to her, that on the Christian Sabbath she could have an hour for her own prayers undisturbed. Who acts: thought, God, conscience, that. 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C. Andersen, The Jewish Maiden. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (thought, God, conscience, that), 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:pg27200:67:24 # text = And then as the thought arose in her mind, "Does God reckon by days and hours?" her conscience felt satisfied on this question, and she found it a comfort to her, that on the Christian Sabbath she could have an hour for her own prayers undisturbed. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 2 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 6 advmod _ _ 3 as as SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 thought thought NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 6 arose arise VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 in in ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 9 mind mind NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 11 " " PUNCT `` _ 14 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 Does do AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 14 aux _ _ 13 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 14 nsubj _ _ 14 reckon reckon VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 23 ccomp _ _ 15 by by ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 16 days day NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 obl _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 18 hours hour NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 19 ? ? PUNCT . _ 14 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 20 " " PUNCT '' _ 14 punct _ _ 21 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 22 nmod:poss _ _ 22 conscience conscience NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 nsubj _ _ 23 felt feel VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 advcl _ _ 24 satisfied satisfied ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 xcomp _ _ 25 on on ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 27 det _ _ 27 question question NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 30 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 31 found find VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 parataxis _ _ 32 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 obj _ _ 33 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 comfort comfort NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obj _ _ 35 to to ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 36 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 38 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 45 nsubj _ _ 39 on on ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 41 Christian Christian ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 42 amod _ _ 42 Sabbath Sabbath PROPN NNP Number=Sing 38 nmod _ _ 43 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 45 nsubj _ _ 44 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 45 aux _ _ 45 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 31 conj _ _ 46 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 47 hour hour NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 obj _ _ 48 for for ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 49 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 51 nmod:poss _ _ 50 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 51 amod _ _ 51 prayers prayer NOUN NNS Number=Plur 45 obl _ _ 52 undisturbed undisturbed ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 45 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 53 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **arise** | past | the thought | | | thought's mind | then | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in mind=Location | | 2 | **reckon** *in a quote* | present · do-support | God | | | | day | | vn consider-29.9-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **feel** | past | thought's conscience | | | this question | | satisfied *property* | vn conjecture-29.5-2 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 4 | **find** | past | conscience | question | thought | | | | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent it=Theme comfort=Attribute | | 5 | **have** | could | that | | | | hour | for Sabbath's own prayers; undisturbed *property* | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **mind** | | thought | | | | | | nom mind «cognition transitive»: poss=agent | | 7 | **pray** | | Sabbath | | | | | | nom prayer «act intransitive»: 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. 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 23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/67/23/) - next →: [sentence 25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/67/25/) - ↑ back to [The Jewish Maiden](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/67/)