--- title: "'Pygmalion loved his Galatea,' was in the song they sung at my firs… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: "'Pygmalion loved his Galatea,' was in the song they sung at my first wedding," said Alfred; "I once fell in love with a beautiful statue, which awoke to life in my arms; but the kindred soul, which is a gift from heaven, the angel who can feel and sympathize with and elevate us, I have not found an --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/7/125/) [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/) / [Beauty of Form and Beauty of Mind](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/7/) / 125 # Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen, Beauty of Form and Beauty of Mind, sentence 125 "'Pygmalion loved his Galatea,' was in the song they sung at my first wedding," said Alfred; "I once fell in love with a beautiful statue, which awoke to life in my arms; but the kindred soul, which is a gift from heaven, the angel who can feel and sympathize with and elevate us, I have not found and won till now. **Who acts:** Pygmalion, Songs, Alfred, beautiful statue, kindred soul, angel · **What happens:** love, be, sung, say, fall, awake · **To what, where:** Galatea, song, first wedding, love, arms, gift · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. Andersen, Beauty of Form and Beauty of Mind. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Pygmalion, Songs, Alfred, beautiful statue), 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:pg27200:7:125 # text = "'Pygmalion loved his Galatea,' was in the song they sung at my first wedding," said Alfred; "I once fell in love with a beautiful statue, which awoke to life in my arms; but the kindred soul, which is a gift from heaven, the angel who can feel and sympathize with and elevate us, I have not found and won till now. 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 3 Pygmalion Pygmalion PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 loved love VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 nsubj _ _ 5 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 Galatea Galatea PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ 9 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 cop _ _ 10 in in ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 song song NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 parataxis _ _ 13 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 14 sung sung VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 12 acl:relcl _ _ 15 at at ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 16 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 18 nmod:poss _ _ 17 first first ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 18 amod _ _ 18 wedding wedding NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 20 " " PUNCT '' _ 14 punct _ _ 21 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 22 Alfred Alfred PROPN NNP Number=Sing 21 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 23 ; ; PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 24 " " PUNCT `` _ 27 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 25 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 26 once once ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 27 advmod _ _ 27 fell fall VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 conj _ _ 28 in in ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 29 love love NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl _ _ 30 with with ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 31 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 32 beautiful beautiful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 33 amod _ _ 33 statue statue NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 35 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 36 nsubj _ _ 36 awoke awake VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 33 acl:relcl _ _ 37 to to ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 38 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl _ _ 39 in in ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 41 nmod:poss _ _ 41 arms arm NOUN NNS Number=Plur 36 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 42 ; ; PUNCT : _ 46 punct _ _ 43 but but CCONJ CC _ 46 cc _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 45 kindred kindred ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 46 amod _ _ 46 soul soul NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 47 , , PUNCT , _ 51 punct _ _ 48 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 51 nsubj _ _ 49 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 51 cop _ _ 50 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 51 det _ _ 51 gift gift NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 appos _ _ 52 from from ADP IN _ 53 case _ _ 53 heaven heaven NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 54 , , PUNCT , _ 56 punct _ _ 55 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 56 det _ _ 56 angel angel NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 conj _ _ 57 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 59 nsubj _ _ 58 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 59 aux _ _ 59 feel feel VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 56 acl:relcl _ _ 60 and and CCONJ CC _ 61 cc _ _ 61 sympathize sympathize VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 59 conj _ _ 62 with with ADP IN _ 61 obl _ _ 63 and and CCONJ CC _ 64 cc _ _ 64 elevate elevate VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 59 conj _ _ 65 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 64 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 66 , , PUNCT , _ 70 punct _ _ 67 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 70 nsubj _ _ 68 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 70 aux _ _ 69 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 70 advmod _ _ 70 found find VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 59 parataxis _ _ 71 and and CCONJ CC _ 72 cc _ _ 72 won win VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 70 conj _ _ 73 till till ADP IN _ 74 case _ _ 74 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 72 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 75 . . PUNCT . _ 21 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **love** *in a quote* | past | Pygmalion | Pygmalion's Galatea | | | | | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer galatea=Stimulus | | 2 | **is** *in a quote* | past | | | | the song | | | tree rules | | 3 | **sung** *in a quote* | present | Songs *= song* | the song *not said here* | | my first wedding | | | tree rules | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Alfred | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 5 | **fall** *in a quote* | past | Alfred | | | love | | with a beautiful statue; once *property* | vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in love=Location | | 6 | **awake** *in a quote* | past | a beautiful statue | | | my arms | | to life | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in arm=Location | | 7 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | the kindred soul and the angel | a gift | | heaven | | | tree rules | | 8 | **feel** *in a quote* | can | the angel | | | | | | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | | 9 | **sympathize** *in a quote* | infinitive | the angel *not said here* | | | | | | vn empathize-88.2 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 10 | **elevate** *in a quote* | infinitive | the angel *not said here* | us | | | | | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent we=Theme | | 11 | **not** **find** *in a quote* | present · perfect | Alfred | | | | | | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent | | 12 | **win** *in a quote* | participle | Alfred *not said here* | | | | | | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 13 | **wed** *in a quote* | | my | | | | | | nom wedding «event 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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