--- title: The song of the mother sinks into the heart of the child, and the li… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: The song of the mother sinks into the heart of the child, and the little one prattles the words after her, without understanding their meaning; but after a time the thoughts expand, and what has been heard in childhood seems to the mind clear and bright. 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C. Andersen, The Marsh King's Daughter, part 4. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (song, little one, thoughts, mother), 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:pg27200:86:39 # text = The song of the mother sinks into the heart of the child, and the little one prattles the words after her, without understanding their meaning; but after a time the thoughts expand, and what has been heard in childhood seems to the mind clear and bright. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 song song NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 mother mother NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ 6 sinks sink VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 into into ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 heart heart NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 10 of of ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 child child NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 16 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 amod _ _ 17 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nsubj _ _ 18 prattles prattle VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 words word NOUN NNS Number=Plur 18 obj _ _ 21 after after ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 22 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 24 without without SCONJ IN _ 25 mark _ _ 25 understanding understand VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 18 advcl _ _ 26 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 27 nmod:poss _ _ 27 meaning meaning NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 28 ; ; PUNCT : _ 35 punct _ _ 29 but but CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 30 after after ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 thoughts thought NOUN NNS Number=Plur 35 nsubj _ _ 35 expand expand VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 44 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 38 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 41 obj _ _ 39 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 41 aux _ _ 40 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 41 aux:pass _ _ 41 heard hear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 35 conj _ _ 42 in in ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 43 childhood childhood NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obl _ _ 44 seems seem VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 parataxis _ _ 45 to to ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 46 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 47 mind mind NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obl _ _ 48 clear clear ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 44 xcomp _ _ 49 and and CCONJ CC _ 50 cc _ _ 50 bright bright ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 48 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 51 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sink** | present | the song of the mother | | | the heart of the child | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 2 | **prattle** *speech: other* | present | the little one | the words | | | after song | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent word=Topic | | 3 | **understand** | gerund | the little one *not said here* | words's meaning | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer meaning=Stimulus | | 4 | **expand** | present | the thoughts | | | | time | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 5 | **hear** | present · perfect · passive | the thoughts *not said here* | | | childhood | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: what=Stimulus | | 6 | **seem** | present | | | | | | to the mind; clear *property* | vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **sing** | | the mother | | | | | | nom song «communication intransitive»: of=agent | | 8 | **mean** | | words *= word* | | | | | | nom meaning «communication transitive»: poss=agent | 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 38](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/86/38/) - next →: [sentence 40](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/86/40/) - ↑ back to [The Marsh King's Daughter, part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/86/)