--- title: He spoke only to her, thought only of her, and the two became one; a… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: He spoke only to her, thought only of her, and the two became one; and so it may be said she spoke much, for he was always talking to her; and he and she were one. Who acts: Alfred, two, Kaela. A sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. 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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 (Alfred, two, Kaela), 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:pg27200:7:84 # text = He spoke only to her, thought only of her, and the two became one; and so it may be said she spoke much, for he was always talking to her; and he and she were one. 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 spoke speak VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 only only ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 4 to to ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 7 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 8 only only ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 9 of of ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 15 nsubj _ _ 15 became become VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 16 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 15 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 17 ; ; PUNCT : _ 23 punct _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 19 so so ADV RB _ 23 advmod _ _ 20 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 21 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 23 aux _ _ 22 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 23 aux:pass _ _ 23 said say VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 parataxis _ _ 24 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 25 spoke speak VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 ccomp _ _ 26 much much ADV RB _ 25 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 28 for for SCONJ IN _ 32 mark _ _ 29 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 30 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 aux _ _ 31 always always ADV RB PronType=Tot 32 advmod _ _ 32 talking talk VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 25 advcl _ _ 33 to to ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 34 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 35 ; ; PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 37 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 39 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 conj _ _ 40 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 41 cop _ _ 41 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **speak** *speech: other* | past | Alfred | | Kaela | | | | vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent to she=Co-Agent | | 2 | **think** *speech: other* | past | | | | | | of Kaela | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **become** | past | the two | | | | | | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | may · passive | | beauty | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **speak** *speech: other* | past | Kaela | | | | | | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **talk** | past · progressive | Alfred | | Kaela | | | always *property* | vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent to she=Co-Agent | | 7 | **is a** | past | Alfred | one | | | | | tree rules | 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 83](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/7/83/) - next →: [sentence 85](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/7/85/) - ↑ back to [Beauty of Form and Beauty of Mind](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/7/)