--- title: Several of the guests could scarcely forbear laughing, and the sculp… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: Several of the guests could scarcely forbear laughing, and the sculptor would have had some difficulty in keeping his countenance, but the smile on his lips faded away; for he caught sight of a pair of dark-blue eyes close by the side of the inquisitive lady. 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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 (Several guests, sculptor, difficulty, smile), 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:pg27200:7:16 # text = Several of the guests could scarcely forbear laughing, and the sculptor would have had some difficulty in keeping his countenance, but the smile on his lips faded away; for he caught sight of a pair of dark-blue eyes close by the side of the inquisitive lady. 1 Several several ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 2 of of ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 guests guest NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 nsubj _ _ 5 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 6 scarcely scarcely ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 7 forbear forbear VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 8 laughing laugh VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 7 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 sculptor sculptor NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nsubj _ _ 13 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 15 aux _ _ 14 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 15 aux _ _ 15 had have VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 7 parataxis _ _ 16 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 17 det _ _ 17 difficulty difficulty NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obj _ _ 18 in in SCONJ IN _ 19 mark _ _ 19 keeping keep VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 17 acl _ _ 20 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 21 nmod:poss _ _ 21 countenance countenance NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 23 but but CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 smile smile NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 nsubj _ _ 26 on on ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 28 nmod:poss _ _ 28 lips lip NOUN NNS Number=Plur 25 nmod _ _ 29 faded fade VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 parataxis _ _ 30 away away ADV RB _ 29 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 31 ; ; PUNCT : _ 34 punct _ _ 32 for for SCONJ IN _ 34 mark _ _ 33 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 34 caught catch VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 parataxis _ _ 35 sight sight NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obj _ _ 36 of of ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 pair pair NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 nmod _ _ 39 of of ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 40 dark dark ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 42 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 41 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 40 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 42 blue blue ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 43 amod _ _ 43 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 38 nmod _ _ 44 close close ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 43 amod _ _ 45 by by ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 46 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 47 side side NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obl _ _ 48 of of ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 49 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 51 det _ _ 50 inquisitive inquisitive ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 51 amod _ _ 51 lady lady NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 52 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **forbear** | could | the Several guests | | | | | scarcely *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **laugh** | gerund | the Several guests *not said here* | | | | | | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **have** | would · perfect | the sculptor | some difficulty | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent difficulty=Patient | | 4 | **keep** | gerund | some difficulty *not said here* | sculptor's countenance | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent countenance=Theme | | 5 | **fade away** | past | the smile on sculptor's lips | | | | | away *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 6 | **catch** | past | sculptor | sight of a pair of blue eyes | | | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sight=Theme | | 7 | **sight** | | | a pair of blue eyes | | | | | nom sight «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 15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/7/15/) - next →: [sentence 17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/7/17/) - ↑ back to [Beauty of Form and Beauty of Mind](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/7/)