--- title: She kissed the hands of her foster-mother, blessed her for all her f… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: She kissed the hands of her foster-mother, blessed her for all her fostering love and care during the days of her trial and misery, for the thoughts she had suggested and awoke in her heart, and for naming the Name which she now repeated. Who acts: Helga. 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C. Andersen, The Marsh King's Daughter, part 5. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Helga), 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:pg27200:87:85 # text = She kissed the hands of her foster-mother, blessed her for all her fostering love and care during the days of her trial and misery, for the thoughts she had suggested and awoke in her heart, and for naming the Name which she now repeated. 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 kissed kiss VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 hands hand NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 6 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 7 foster foster NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 8 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 mother mother NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 11 blessed bless VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 12 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 obj _ _ 13 for for ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 14 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 17 det:predet _ _ 15 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 17 nmod:poss _ _ 16 fostering fostering NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 compound _ _ 17 love love NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 19 care care NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 conj _ _ 20 during during ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 days day NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 obl _ _ 23 of of ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 25 nmod:poss _ _ 25 trial trial NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 nmod _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 27 misery misery NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 29 for for ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 thoughts thought NOUN NNS Number=Plur 34 obl _ _ 32 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj:pass _ _ 33 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 34 aux _ _ 34 suggested suggest VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 11 parataxis _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 36 awoke awake VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 34 conj _ _ 37 in in ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 39 nmod:poss _ _ 39 heart heart NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 41 and and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 42 for for SCONJ IN _ 43 mark _ _ 43 naming name VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 2 advcl _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 Name name NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obj _ _ 46 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 49 obj _ _ 47 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 49 nsubj _ _ 48 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 49 advmod _ _ 49 repeated repeat VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 45 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 50 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **kiss** | past | Helga | the hands of Helga's foster mother | | | | | vn marry-36.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hand=Co-Agent | | 2 | **bless** | past | Helga *not said here* | Helga | | | day | for Helga's fostering love and care | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent she=Theme for love=Attribute | | 3 | **suggest** *speech: suggest* | past · perfect · passive | | Helga | | | | for the thoughts | vn say-37.7-1-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: subject=Topic | | 4 | **awake** | past | | | | Helga's heart | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in heart=Location | | 5 | **name** | gerund | Helga *not said here* | the Name | | | | | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent name=Theme | | 6 | **repeat** | past | Helga | the Name | | | now | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent which=Eventuality | | 7 | **love** | | Helga | | | | | | nom love «feeling transitive»: poss=agent | | 8 | **try** | | Helga | | | | | | nom trial «act 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. 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