--- title: And the story of the ostrich sunk deeply into the heart and mind of… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: And the story of the ostrich sunk deeply into the heart and mind of Helga: a life of happiness, both in the present and in the future, seemed secure for her, and what was yet to come might be the best of all, God willing. Who acts: story. 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C. Andersen, The Marsh King's Daughter, part 6. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (story), 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:pg27200:88:40 # text = And the story of the ostrich sunk deeply into the heart and mind of Helga: a life of happiness, both in the present and in the future, seemed secure for her, and what was yet to come might be the best of all, God willing. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 story story NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 ostrich ostrich NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ 7 sunk sink VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 deeply deeply ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 9 into into ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 heart heart NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 13 mind mind NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 conj _ _ 14 of of ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 15 Helga Helga PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 16 : : PUNCT : _ 18 punct _ _ 17 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 19 of of ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 20 happiness happiness NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 22 both both CCONJ CC _ 25 cc:preconj _ _ 23 in in ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 present present NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 conj _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 27 in in ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 future future NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 31 seemed seem VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 32 secure secure ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 xcomp _ _ 33 for for ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 34 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 37 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 41 nsubj _ _ 38 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 41 aux _ _ 39 yet yet ADV RB _ 41 advmod _ _ 40 to to PART TO _ 41 mark _ _ 41 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 conj _ _ 42 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 45 aux _ _ 43 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 45 cop _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 best good ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 41 parataxis _ _ 46 of of ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 47 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 45 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 48 , , PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 49 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 45 discourse _ _ 50 willing willing ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 49 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 51 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sink** | past | the story of the ostrich | a life of happiness both the present and the future | | the heart and mind of Helga | | deeply *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 2 | **seem** | past | the story of the ostrich *not said here* | | | | | secure *property* | vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **come** | past | | | | | yet | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **is** | might | | | | | | of all; good *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **mind** | | | Helga | | | | | nom mind «cognition 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 39](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/88/39/) - next →: [sentence 41](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/88/41/) - ↑ back to [The Marsh King's Daughter, part 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/88/)