--- title: Inquiries had been made in every by-way that could be thought of, un… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: Inquiries had been made in every by-way that could be thought of, until at last the wise and learned men has asserted, as we have been already told, that "love, the life-giver, could alone give new life to a father;" and in saying this, they had overdone it, and said more than they understood themse --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/84/99/) [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 Marsh King's Daughter, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/84/) / 99 # Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen, The Marsh King's Daughter, part 2, sentence 99 Inquiries had been made in every by-way that could be thought of, until at last the wise and learned men has asserted, as we have been already told, that "love, the life-giver, could alone give new life to a father;" and in saying this, they had overdone it, and said more than they understood themselves. **Who acts:** way, men · **What happens:** make, think, learn, assert, tell, give · **To what, where:** Inquiries, every, way, we, new life, father · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. Andersen, The Marsh King's Daughter, part 2. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (way, men), 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:pg27200:84:99 # text = Inquiries had been made in every by-way that could be thought of, until at last the wise and learned men has asserted, as we have been already told, that "love, the life-giver, could alone give new life to a father;" and in saying this, they had overdone it, and said more than they understood themselves. 1 Inquiries inquiry NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 4 aux:pass _ _ 4 made make VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 5 in in ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 4 obl _ _ 7 by by ADP IN _ 9 case _ SpaceAfter=No 8 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 10 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 13 nsubj:pass _ _ 11 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 13 aux _ _ 12 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 13 aux:pass _ _ 13 thought think VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 9 acl:relcl _ _ 14 of of ADP IN _ 13 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 16 until until ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 at at ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 18 last last ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 conj _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 wise wise ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 obl:unmarked _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 22 learned learn VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 23 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 25 nsubj _ _ 24 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 25 aux _ _ 25 asserted assert VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 22 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 27 as as SCONJ IN _ 32 mark _ _ 28 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 29 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 32 aux _ _ 30 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 32 aux:pass _ _ 31 already already ADV RB _ 32 advmod _ _ 32 told tell VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 25 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 34 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 36 det _ _ 35 " " PUNCT `` _ 36 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 36 love love NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 39 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 40 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 39 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 41 giver giver NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 43 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 45 aux _ _ 44 alone alone ADV RB _ 45 advmod _ _ 45 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 36 parataxis _ _ 46 new new ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 47 amod _ _ 47 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 obj _ _ 48 to to ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 49 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 50 det _ _ 50 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 51 ; ; PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 52 " " PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ 53 and and CCONJ CC _ 55 cc _ _ 54 in in SCONJ IN _ 55 mark _ _ 55 saying say VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 4 conj _ _ 56 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 55 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 57 , , PUNCT , _ 60 punct _ _ 58 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 60 nsubj _ _ 59 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 60 aux _ _ 60 overdone overdo VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 4 conj _ _ 61 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 60 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 62 , , PUNCT , _ 64 punct _ _ 63 and and CCONJ CC _ 64 cc _ _ 64 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 65 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 64 obj _ _ 66 than than SCONJ IN _ 68 mark _ _ 67 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 68 nsubj _ _ 68 understood understand VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 65 advcl _ _ 69 themselves themselves PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 68 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 70 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** | past · perfect · passive | way | Inquiries | | every | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset subject=Product | | 2 | **think** *speech: other* | could · passive | | way | | | | | vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 3 | **learn** | past | way *not said here* | | | | | | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **assert** | present · perfect | men | | | | | | vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **tell** *speech: assert* | present · perfect · passive | | we | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S»: subject=Recipient clause=Topic | | 6 | **give** *in a quote* | could | | new life | a father | | | alone *property* | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent life=Theme to father=Recipient | | 7 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | way *not said here* | this | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent this=Topic | | 8 | **overdo** | past · perfect | men *= man* | giver | | | | | tree rules | | 9 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | way *not said here* | more | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent more=Topic | | 10 | **understand** | past | men *= man* | men *= man* | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer themselves=Stimulus | 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 98](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/84/98/) - next →: [sentence 100](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/84/100/) - ↑ back to [The Marsh King's Daughter, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/84/)