--- title: The sad recollection brought the tears to her eyes, and in this gent… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: The sad recollection brought the tears to her eyes, and in this gentle spirit she traced the same sign in the sand round the grave; and as she formed, with both her hands, the sign of the cross, the web skin fell from them like a torn glove. Who acts: sad recollection, recollection, web skin. 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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 (sad recollection, recollection, web skin), 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:pg27200:86:76 # text = The sad recollection brought the tears to her eyes, and in this gentle spirit she traced the same sign in the sand round the grave; and as she formed, with both her hands, the sign of the cross, the web skin fell from them like a torn glove. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 sad sad ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 recollection recollection NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 brought bring VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 tears tear NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obj _ _ 7 to to ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 9 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 12 in in ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 13 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 15 det _ _ 14 gentle gentle ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 amod _ _ 15 spirit spirit NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ _ 16 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 17 traced trace VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 19 same same ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 amod _ _ 20 sign sign NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obj _ _ 21 in in ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 sand sand NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ _ 24 round round ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 grave grave NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 27 ; ; PUNCT : _ 31 punct _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 29 as as SCONJ IN _ 31 mark _ _ 30 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 31 formed form VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 33 with with ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 34 both both CCONJ CC _ 36 cc:preconj _ _ 35 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 36 nmod:poss _ _ 36 hands hand NOUN NNS Number=Plur 31 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 sign sign NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 appos _ _ 40 of of ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 cross cross NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 45 web web NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 compound _ _ 46 skin skin NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 nsubj _ _ 47 fell fall VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 conj _ _ 48 from from ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 49 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 47 obl _ _ 50 like like ADP IN _ 53 case _ _ 51 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 53 det _ _ 52 torn tear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 53 amod _ _ 53 glove glove NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 54 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **bring** | past | the sad recollection | the tears | | recollection's eyes | | | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent tear=Theme to eye=Destination | | 2 | **trace** | past | recollection | the same sign | | this gentle spirit | | in the sand; round the grave | vn scribble-25.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent sign=Theme in spirit=Destination | | 3 | **form** | past | recollection | | | | | with recollection's hands | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **fall** | past | the web skin | | | | | from signs *= sign*; like a torn glove | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from they=Initial\_Location | | 5 | **tear** | participle | | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **sign** | | | the cross | | | | | nom sign «communication transitive»: of=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 75](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/86/75/) - next →: [sentence 77](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/86/77/) - ↑ back to [The Marsh King's Daughter, part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/86/)