--- title: But her gaze was not on the bridegroom, with his manly, sunburnt fac… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: But her gaze was not on the bridegroom, with his manly, sunburnt face, round which curled a black beard, and whose dark fiery eyes were fixed upon her; but away from him, at a twinkling star, that shone down upon her from the sky. Who acts: gaze, round, that, bridegroom. 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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 (gaze, round, that, bridegroom), 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:pg27200:88:59 # text = But her gaze was not on the bridegroom, with his manly, sunburnt face, round which curled a black beard, and whose dark fiery eyes were fixed upon her; but away from him, at a twinkling star, that shone down upon her from the sky. 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 2 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 3 nmod:poss _ _ 3 gaze gaze NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 cop _ _ 5 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 8 advmod _ _ 6 on on ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 bridegroom bridegroom NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 10 with with ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 11 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 15 nmod:poss _ _ 12 manly manly ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 14 sunburnt sunburnt ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 amod _ _ 15 face face NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 17 round round NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 conj _ _ 18 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 19 nsubj _ _ 19 curled curl VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 acl:relcl _ _ 20 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 21 black black ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 amod _ _ 22 beard beard NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 25 whose whose PRON WP$ Poss=Yes|PronType=Rel 28 nmod:poss _ _ 26 dark dark ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 amod _ _ 27 fiery fiery ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 amod _ _ 28 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 30 nsubj:pass _ _ 29 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 aux:pass _ _ 30 fixed fix VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 15 acl _ _ 31 upon upon ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 32 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 33 ; ; PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 34 but but CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 35 away away ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 36 from from ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 37 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 39 at at ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 40 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 41 twinkling twinkling NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 compound _ _ 42 star star NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 44 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 45 nsubj _ _ 45 shone shine VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 42 conj _ _ 46 down down ADV RB _ 45 advmod _ _ 47 upon upon ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 48 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 45 obl _ _ 49 from from ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 50 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 51 det _ _ 51 sky sky NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 52 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **is** | past | bridegroom's gaze | | | | | on the bridegroom and prince's manly sunburnt face and round; away *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **curl** | past | round | a black beard | | | | | vn braid-41.2.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent beard=Patient | | 3 | **fix** | past · passive | | dark fiery eyes | | | | upon bridegroom | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: subject=Patient | | 4 | **shine down** | past | that | | | the sky | | upon bridegroom; down *property* | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme upon she=Location | | 5 | **gaze** | | bridegroom | | | | | | nom gaze «act intransitive»: 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 58](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/88/58/) - next →: [sentence 60](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/88/60/) - ↑ back to [The Marsh King's Daughter, part 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/88/)