--- title: He placed a pencil sketch on the table; and mamma, who had been over… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: He placed a pencil sketch on the table; and mamma, who had been over-powered with the appearance of the colored plates, threw a glance at the pale drawing and cried in astonishment, "What, did you see it throw up white fire?" Who acts: sketch, you, glance. 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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 (sketch, you, glance), 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:pg27200:7:62 # text = He placed a pencil sketch on the table; and mamma, who had been over-powered with the appearance of the colored plates, threw a glance at the pale drawing and cried in astonishment, "What, did you see it throw up white fire?" 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 placed place VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 pencil pencil NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 compound _ _ 5 sketch sketch NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 6 on on ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 table table NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 9 ; ; PUNCT : _ 11 punct _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 11 mamma mamma NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 13 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 16 nsubj:pass _ _ 14 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 aux _ _ 15 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 16 aux:pass _ _ 16 over-powered over-power VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 11 acl:relcl _ _ 17 with with ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 appearance appearance NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl _ _ 20 of of ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 22 colored colored NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 compound _ _ 23 plates plate NOUN NNS Number=Plur 19 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 25 threw throw VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 26 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 glance glance NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obj _ _ 28 at at ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 30 pale pale ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 amod _ _ 31 drawing drawing NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 33 cried cry VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 34 in in ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 35 astonishment astonishment NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 37 " " PUNCT `` _ 42 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 38 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 42 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 40 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 42 aux _ _ 41 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 42 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 33 conj _ _ 43 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 obj _ _ 44 throw throw VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 42 xcomp _ _ 45 up up ADP RP _ 44 compound:prt _ _ 46 white white ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 47 amod _ _ 47 fire fire NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 48 ? ? PUNCT . _ 42 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 49 " " PUNCT '' _ 42 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **place** | past | sketch | a pencil sketch | | the table | | mamma *obl* | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent sketch=Theme on table=Destination | | 2 | **over-power** | past · perfect · passive | | mamma | | | | with the appearance of the colored plates | tree rules | | 3 | **throw** | past | sketch *not said here* | a glance | | the pale drawing | | | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent glance=Theme at drawing=Destination | | 4 | **cry** *speech: express* | past | sketch *not said here* | | | astonishment | | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in astonishment=Location | | 5 | **see** *in a quote* | past · do-support | you | glance | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **throw up** *in a quote* | infinitive | glance *not said here* | white fire | | | | | vn breathe-40.1.2 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent fire=Theme | 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 61](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/7/61/) - next →: [sentence 63](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/7/63/) - ↑ back to [Beauty of Form and Beauty of Mind](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/7/)