--- title: He was alive but very weak; he could only open his eyes for a moment… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: He was alive but very weak; he could only open his eyes for a moment to look at Tiny, who stood by holding a piece of decayed wood in her hand, for she had no other lantern. " Who acts: visitor, Tiny. A sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. 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Andersen, Little Tiny or Thumbelina. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (visitor, Tiny), 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:pg27200:79:105 # text = He was alive but very weak; he could only open his eyes for a moment to look at Tiny, who stood by holding a piece of decayed wood in her hand, for she had no other lantern. " 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 alive alive ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 4 but but CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 5 very very ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 weak weak ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 ; ; PUNCT : _ 11 punct _ _ 8 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 9 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ _ 10 only only ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ _ 11 open open VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 parataxis _ _ 12 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 13 nmod:poss _ _ 13 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 obj _ _ 14 for for ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 moment moment NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ _ 17 to to PART TO _ 18 mark _ _ 18 look look VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 advcl _ _ 19 at at ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 20 Tiny tiny ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 22 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 23 nsubj _ _ 23 stood stand VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 conj _ _ 24 by by SCONJ IN _ 25 mark _ _ 25 holding hold VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 23 advcl _ _ 26 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 piece piece NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obj _ _ 28 of of ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 decayed decay VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 30 amod _ _ 30 wood wood NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 nmod _ _ 31 in in ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 33 nmod:poss _ _ 33 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 35 for for ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 37 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 conj _ _ 38 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 40 det _ _ 39 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 40 amod _ _ 40 lantern lantern NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 41 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ 42 " " PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | visitor | | | | | alive *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **be** | | visitor *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **open** | could | visitor | visitor's eyes | | | moment | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location eye=Theme | | 4 | **look** | to-infinitive | visitor *not said here* | | | | | at Tiny | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at tiny=Theme | | 5 | **stand** | past | | | | | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **hold** | gerund | | a piece of decayed wood | | Tiny's hand | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent piece=Theme in hand=Location | | 7 | **decay** | participle | | | | | | | vn entity\_specific\_cos-45.5 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 8 | **have** | past | Tiny | no other lantern | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lantern=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 104](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/79/104/) - next →: [sentence 106](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/79/106/) - ↑ back to [Little Tiny or Thumbelina](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/79/)