--- title: He slept and yet he did not sleep; and it appeared as if the old was… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: He slept and yet he did not sleep; and it appeared as if the old washerwoman looked at him with kind eyes and said, "It would be a great pity if you did not know your lesson to-morrow morning; you helped me, and now I will help you, and Providence will always keep those who help themselves;" and at --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/80/14/) [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/) / [Little Tuk](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/80/) / 14 # Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen, Little Tuk, sentence 14 He slept and yet he did not sleep; and it appeared as if the old washerwoman looked at him with kind eyes and said, "It would be a great pity if you did not know your lesson to-morrow morning; you helped me, and now I will help you, and Providence will always keep those who help themselves;" and at the same time the book under Tuk's pillow began to move about. " **Who acts:** Tuk, it, old washerwoman, washerwoman, you, I · **What happens:** sleep, not sleep, appear, look, say, be · **To what, where:** great pity, lesson, me, you, those, lessons · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. Andersen, Little Tuk. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Tuk, it, old washerwoman, washerwoman), 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:pg27200:80:14 # text = He slept and yet he did not sleep; and it appeared as if the old washerwoman looked at him with kind eyes and said, "It would be a great pity if you did not know your lesson to-morrow morning; you helped me, and now I will help you, and Providence will always keep those who help themselves;" and at the same time the book under Tuk's pillow began to move about. " 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 slept sleep VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 4 yet yet ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 5 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 6 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 7 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 8 advmod _ _ 8 sleep sleep VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 ; ; PUNCT : _ 12 punct _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 11 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 12 appeared appear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 13 as as SCONJ IN _ 18 mark _ _ 14 if if SCONJ IN _ 18 mark _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 16 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 amod _ _ 17 washerwoman washerwoman NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nsubj _ _ 18 looked look VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 advcl _ _ 19 at at ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 20 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 obl _ _ 21 with with ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 kind kind ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 amod _ _ 23 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 18 obl _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 25 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 27 " " PUNCT `` _ 33 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 28 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 29 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 33 aux _ _ 30 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 33 cop _ _ 31 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 32 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 33 amod _ _ 33 pity pity NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 ccomp _ _ 34 if if SCONJ IN _ 38 mark _ _ 35 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 36 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 38 aux _ _ 37 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 38 advmod _ _ 38 know know VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 25 ccomp _ _ 39 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 40 nmod:poss _ _ 40 lesson lesson NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obj _ _ 41 to to ADP IN _ 44 case _ SpaceAfter=No 42 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 41 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 43 morrow morrow NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 compound _ _ 44 morning morning NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 45 ; ; PUNCT : _ 47 punct _ _ 46 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 47 nsubj _ _ 47 helped help VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 48 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 47 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 49 , , PUNCT , _ 54 punct _ _ 50 and and CCONJ CC _ 54 cc _ _ 51 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 54 advmod _ _ 52 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 54 nsubj _ _ 53 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 54 aux _ _ 54 help help VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 47 parataxis _ _ 55 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 54 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 56 , , PUNCT , _ 61 punct _ _ 57 and and CCONJ CC _ 61 cc _ _ 58 Providence providence NOUN NN Number=Sing 61 nsubj _ _ 59 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 61 aux _ _ 60 always always ADV RB PronType=Tot 61 advmod _ _ 61 keep keep VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 54 conj _ _ 62 those that PRON DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 61 obj _ _ 63 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 64 nsubj _ _ 64 help help VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 62 acl:relcl _ _ 65 themselves themselves PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 64 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 66 ; ; PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 67 " " PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ 68 and and CCONJ CC _ 79 cc _ _ 69 at at ADP IN _ 72 case _ _ 70 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 72 det _ _ 71 same same ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 72 amod _ _ 72 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 79 obl _ _ 73 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 74 det _ _ 74 book book NOUN NN Number=Sing 79 nsubj _ _ 75 under under ADP IN _ 78 case _ _ 76 Tuk Tuk PROPN NNP Number=Sing 78 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 77 's 's PART POS _ 76 case _ _ 78 pillow pillow NOUN NN Number=Sing 74 nmod _ _ 79 began begin VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 80 to to PART TO _ 81 mark _ _ 81 move move VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 79 xcomp _ _ 82 about about ADV RB _ 81 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 83 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ 84 " " PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sleep** | past | Tuk | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **not** **sleep** | past · do-support | Tuk | | | | yet | | vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **appear** | past | it | | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **look** | past | the old washerwoman | | | | | at Tuk; with kind eyes | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at he=Theme | | 5 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 6 | **is a** *in a quote* | would | washerwoman | a great pity | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **not** **know** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | past · do-support | you | your lesson | | | morning | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer lesson=Stimulus | | 8 | **help** *in a quote* | past | you | | me | | | | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Beneficiary | | 9 | **help** *in a quote* | future | I | | you | | now | | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Beneficiary | | 10 | **keep** *in a quote* | future | Providence | those | | | | always *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent that=Theme | | 11 | **help** *in a quote* | present | | lessons *= lesson* | | | | | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent themselves=Beneficiary | | 12 | **begin** | past | the book under Tuk's pillow | | | | time | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 13 | **move about** | to-infinitive | the book under Tuk's pillow *not said here* | | | | | about *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=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. 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