--- title: Then Helga the fair prayed more gently, and more earnestly, than she… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: Then Helga the fair prayed more gently, and more earnestly, than she had ever prayed in her life before, that she might be permitted to gaze, if only for a single moment, at the glory and brightness of the heavenly kingdom. Who acts: Helga, heavenly kingdom. 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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 (Helga, heavenly kingdom), 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:pg27200:88:70 # text = Then Helga the fair prayed more gently, and more earnestly, than she had ever prayed in her life before, that she might be permitted to gaze, if only for a single moment, at the glory and brightness of the heavenly kingdom. 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 5 advmod _ _ 2 Helga Helga PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 fair fair NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 appos _ _ 5 prayed pray VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 7 advmod _ _ 7 gently gently ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 10 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 11 advmod _ _ 11 earnestly earnestly ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 13 than than SCONJ IN _ 17 mark _ _ 14 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 15 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 aux _ _ 16 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 17 advmod _ _ 17 prayed pray VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 5 conj _ _ 18 in in ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 20 nmod:poss _ _ 20 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ _ 21 before before ADV RB _ 17 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 23 that that SCONJ IN _ 27 mark _ _ 24 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 25 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 27 aux _ _ 26 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 27 aux:pass _ _ 27 permitted permit VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 17 conj _ _ 28 to to PART TO _ 29 mark _ _ 29 gaze gaze VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 27 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 31 if if SCONJ IN _ 36 mark _ _ 32 only only ADV RB _ 36 advmod _ _ 33 for for ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 34 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 35 single single ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 amod _ _ 36 moment moment NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 38 at at ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 glory glory NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl _ _ 41 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 42 brightness brightness NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 conj _ _ 43 of of ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 45 heavenly heavenly ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 46 amod _ _ 46 kingdom kingdom NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **pray** | past | Helga | | | | then | earnestly, gently *property* | vn long-32.2 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Pivot | | 2 | **pray** | past · perfect | Helga | | | Helga's life | ever | before *property* | vn long-32.2 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Pivot | | 3 | **permit** | might · passive | | Helga | | the glory of the heavenly kingdom and brightness | moment | | vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP S»: subject=Beneficiary clause=Eventuality | | 4 | **gaze** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **glory** | | the heavenly kingdom | | | | | | nom glory «state intransitive»: of=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 69](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/88/69/) - next →: [sentence 71](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/88/71/) - ↑ back to [The Marsh King's Daughter, part 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/88/)