--- title: Mr. Alfred again spoke of Italy, and of the glorious colors in Itali… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: Mr. Alfred again spoke of Italy, and of the glorious colors in Italian scenery; the purple hills, the deep blue of the Mediterranean, the azure of southern skies, whose brightness and glory could only be surpassed in the north by the deep-blue eyes of a maiden; and he said this with a peculiar inton --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/7/27/) [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/) / 27 # Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen, Beauty of Form and Beauty of Mind, sentence 27 Mr. Alfred again spoke of Italy, and of the glorious colors in Italian scenery; the purple hills, the deep blue of the Mediterranean, the azure of southern skies, whose brightness and glory could only be surpassed in the north by the deep-blue eyes of a maiden; and he said this with a peculiar intonation; but she who should have understood his meaning looked quite unconscious of it, which also was charming. **Who acts:** Mr., blue eyes, meaning, unconscious · **What happens:** speak, surpass, say, understand, look, charm · **To what, where:** purple hills, this, pope, unconscious · **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 (Mr., blue eyes, meaning, unconscious), 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:pg27200:7:27 # text = Mr. Alfred again spoke of Italy, and of the glorious colors in Italian scenery; the purple hills, the deep blue of the Mediterranean, the azure of southern skies, whose brightness and glory could only be surpassed in the north by the deep-blue eyes of a maiden; and he said this with a peculiar intonation; but she who should have understood his meaning looked quite unconscious of it, which also was charming. 1 Mr. Mr. PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 2 Alfred Alfred PROPN NNP Number=Sing 1 flat _ _ 3 again again ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 spoke speak VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 Italy Italy PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 9 of of ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 11 glorious glorious ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 12 colors color NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obl _ _ 13 in in ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 Italian Italian ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 amod _ _ 15 scenery scenery NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 16 ; ; PUNCT : _ 19 punct _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 18 purple purple ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 amod _ _ 19 hills hill NOUN NNS Number=Plur 41 nsubj:pass _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 22 deep deep ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 amod _ _ 23 blue blue NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 nmod _ _ 24 of of ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 Mediterranean Mediterranean PROPN NNP Number=Sing 23 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 azure azure NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 conj _ _ 30 of of ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 southern southern ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 32 amod _ _ 32 skies sky NOUN NNS Number=Plur 29 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 34 whose whose PRON WP$ Poss=Yes|PronType=Rel 35 nmod:poss _ _ 35 brightness brightness NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 conj _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 37 glory glory NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 conj _ _ 38 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 41 aux _ _ 39 only only ADV RB _ 41 advmod _ _ 40 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 41 aux:pass _ _ 41 surpassed surpass VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 12 acl:relcl _ _ 42 in in ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 north north NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obl _ _ 45 by by ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 46 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 50 det _ _ 47 deep deep ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 49 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 48 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 47 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 49 blue blue ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 50 amod _ _ 50 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 41 obl _ _ 51 of of ADP IN _ 53 case _ _ 52 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 53 det _ _ 53 maiden maiden NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 54 ; ; PUNCT : _ 57 punct _ _ 55 and and CCONJ CC _ 57 cc _ _ 56 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 57 nsubj _ _ 57 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 58 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 57 obj _ _ 59 with with ADP IN _ 62 case _ _ 60 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 62 det _ _ 61 peculiar peculiar NOUN NN Number=Sing 62 compound _ _ 62 intonation intonation NOUN NN Number=Sing 57 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 63 ; ; PUNCT : _ 69 punct _ _ 64 but but CCONJ CC _ 69 cc _ _ 65 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 69 nsubj _ _ 66 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 69 nsubj:pass _ _ 67 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 69 aux _ _ 68 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 69 aux _ _ 69 understood understand VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 ccomp _ _ 70 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 71 nmod:poss _ _ 71 meaning meaning NOUN NN Number=Sing 72 nsubj _ _ 72 looked look VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 69 parataxis _ _ 73 quite quite ADV RB _ 74 advmod _ _ 74 unconscious unconscious NOUN NN Number=Sing 72 obj _ _ 75 of of ADP IN _ 76 case _ _ 76 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 74 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 77 , , PUNCT , _ 81 punct _ _ 78 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 81 nsubj _ _ 79 also also ADV RB _ 81 advmod _ _ 80 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 81 aux _ _ 81 charming charm VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 74 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 82 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **speak** *speech: other* | past | Mr. | | | | again | of Italy; of the glorious colors in Italian scenery | tree rules | | 2 | **surpass** | could · passive | the blue eyes of a maiden | the purple hills the deep blue of the Mediterranean and the azure of southern skies and the purple hills the deep blue of the Mediterranean and the azure of southern skies and the purple hills's brightness and glory's brightness and glory | | | | in the north | vn exceed-90 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Pivot subject=Theme in north=Attribute | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Mr. | this | | | | with a peculiar intonation | vn pronounce-29.3.1 «NP V NP PP.manner»: agent=Agent this=Theme with intonation=Manner | | 4 | **understand** | should · perfect · passive | | pope | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: subject=Stimulus | | 5 | **look** | past | Mr.'s meaning | unconscious of unconscious | | | | | vn seem-109-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme unconscious=Attribute | | 6 | **charm** | past · progressive | unconscious of unconscious | | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | | 7 | **mean** | | Mr. | | | | | | nom meaning «communication 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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