--- title: Then the last words of her dying mother rose before her, "Let not my… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: Then the last words of her dying mother rose before her, "Let not my child become a Christian;" and with them sounded in her heart the words of the law, "Honor thy father and thy mother." Who acts: child. A sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. 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The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (child), 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:pg27200:67:58 # text = Then the last words of her dying mother rose before her, "Let not my child become a Christian;" and with them sounded in her heart the words of the law, "Honor thy father and thy mother." 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 4 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 last last ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 words word NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 6 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 7 dying die VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 8 amod _ _ 8 mother mother NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 compound _ _ 9 rose rose NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod _ _ 10 before before ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 13 " " PUNCT `` _ 14 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 Let let VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 15 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 18 advmod _ _ 16 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 17 nmod:poss _ _ 17 child child NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nsubj _ _ 18 become become VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 14 xcomp _ _ 19 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 Christian Christian PROPN NNP Number=Sing 18 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 21 ; ; PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 22 " " PUNCT '' _ 14 punct _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 24 with with ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 25 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 obl _ _ 26 sounded sound VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 conj _ _ 27 in in ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 29 nmod:poss _ _ 29 heart heart NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obl _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 words word NOUN NNS Number=Plur 26 obj _ _ 32 of of ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 law law NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 36 " " PUNCT `` _ 37 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 37 Honor honor NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obl _ _ 38 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 39 nmod:poss _ _ 39 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 appos _ _ 40 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 41 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 42 nmod:poss _ _ 42 mother mother NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 14 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 44 " " PUNCT '' _ 14 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **die** | gerund | | | | | | | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | | 2 | **let** *in a quote* | infinitive | | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **not** **become** *in a quote* | infinitive | my child | | | | | | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient | | 4 | **sound** | past | | the words of the law | | girl's heart | | with children *= child*; Honor *obl* | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location word=Theme | | 5 | **word** | | | girl's mother rose before girl | | | | | nom word «communication transitive»: of=patient | | 6 | **word** | | | the law | | | | | nom word «communication transitive»: of=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. 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