--- title: But it might have caused confusion, or raised discontent in the mind… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: But it might have caused confusion, or raised discontent in the minds of the other children if she had been sent out of the room, so she remained; and now it was evident this could not go on. Who acts: Sarah, it, this. A sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. Andersen, The Jew --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/67/9/) [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/) / [The Jewish Maiden](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/67/) / 9 # Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen, The Jewish Maiden, sentence 9 But it might have caused confusion, or raised discontent in the minds of the other children if she had been sent out of the room, so she remained; and now it was evident this could not go on. **Who acts:** Sarah, it, this · **What happens:** cause, raise, send, remain, be, not go on · **To what, where:** faith, discontent, minds, Sarah, room, other children This is a sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. 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 (Sarah, it, this), 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:pg27200:67:9 # text = But it might have caused confusion, or raised discontent in the minds of the other children if she had been sent out of the room, so she remained; and now it was evident this could not go on. 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 2 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 4 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 5 aux _ _ 5 caused cause VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 6 confusion confusion NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 8 or or CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 9 raised raise VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 conj _ _ 10 discontent discontent NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ _ 11 in in ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 minds mind NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 obl _ _ 14 of of ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 16 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 amod _ _ 17 children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 nmod _ _ 18 if if SCONJ IN _ 22 mark _ _ 19 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 20 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 aux _ _ 21 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 22 aux:pass _ _ 22 sent send VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 9 advcl _ _ 23 out out ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 24 of of ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 room room NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 28 so so ADV RB _ 30 advmod _ _ 29 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 30 remained remain VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 31 ; ; PUNCT : _ 36 punct _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 33 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 36 advmod _ _ 34 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 35 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 cop _ _ 36 evident evident ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 conj _ _ 37 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 40 nsubj _ _ 38 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 40 aux _ _ 39 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 40 advmod _ _ 40 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 36 ccomp _ _ 41 on on ADV RB _ 40 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **cause** | might · perfect · passive | | faith | | | | | vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V S»: subject=Theme confusion=Eventuality | | 2 | **raise** | participle | | discontent | | the minds of the other children | | | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent discontent=Theme in mind=Destination | | 3 | **send** *a condition, not said to happen* | past · perfect · passive | | Sarah | | the room | | | vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: subject=Theme out room=Initial\_Location | | 4 | **remain** | past | Sarah | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **is** | past | it | | | | now | evident *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **not** **go on** | could | this | | | | | | vn function-105.2.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **mind** | | | the other children | | | | | nom mind «cognition 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. 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 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/67/8/) - next →: [sentence 10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/67/10/) - ↑ back to [The Jewish Maiden](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/67/)