--- title: Some one is dying," thought the little girl, for her old grandmother… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: Some one is dying," thought the little girl, for her old grandmother, the only one who had ever loved her, and who was now dead, had told her that when a star falls, a soul was going up to God. Who acts: one, star, soul. A sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. Andersen, The L --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/74/33/) [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/) / [The Little Match-seller](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/74/) / 33 # Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen, The Little Match-seller, sentence 33 Some one is dying," thought the little girl, for her old grandmother, the only one who had ever loved her, and who was now dead, had told her that when a star falls, a soul was going up to God. **Who acts:** one, star, soul · **What happens:** die, think, love, be, tell, fall · **To what, where:** little girl, only one, goose, God · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. Andersen, The Little Match-seller. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (one, star, soul), 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:pg27200:74:33 # text = Some one is dying," thought the little girl, for her old grandmother, the only one who had ever loved her, and who was now dead, had told her that when a star falls, a soul was going up to God. 1 Some some DET DT PronType=Ind 2 det _ _ 2 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 dying die VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 2 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 " " PUNCT `` _ 7 punct _ _ 7 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 9 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 girl girl NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 12 for for ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 13 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 15 nmod:poss _ _ 14 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 amod _ _ 15 grandmother grandmother NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 18 only only ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 amod _ _ 19 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 appos _ _ 20 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 23 nsubj:pass _ _ 21 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 aux _ _ 22 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 23 advmod _ _ 23 loved love VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 19 acl:relcl _ _ 24 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 27 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 30 nsubj _ _ 28 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 cop _ _ 29 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 30 advmod _ _ 30 dead dead ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 32 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 33 aux _ _ 33 told tell VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 7 conj _ _ 34 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 iobj _ _ 35 that that SCONJ IN _ 39 mark _ _ 36 when when SCONJ WRB _ 39 mark _ _ 37 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 star star NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 nsubj _ _ 39 falls fall VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 33 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 41 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 soul soul NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 nsubj _ _ 43 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 44 aux _ _ 44 going go VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 39 conj _ _ 45 up up ADP RP _ 44 compound:prt _ _ 46 to to ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 47 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 44 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **die** | present · progressive | some one *not said here* | | | | | | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | | 2 | **think** *speech: other* *in a quote* | past | some one | the little girl | | | | | vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot girl=Theme | | 3 | **love** *in a quote* | past · perfect · passive | | the only one | | | ever | | tree rules | | 4 | **is** *in a quote* | past | | | | | now | dead *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **tell** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | past · perfect | some one *not said here* | | goose | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent she=Recipient | | 6 | **fall** *in a quote* | present | a star | | | | | | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **go up** *in a quote* | past · progressive | a soul | | God | | | | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | 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 32](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/74/32/) - next →: [sentence 34](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/74/34/) - ↑ back to [The Little Match-seller](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/74/)