--- title: Therefore they let him go alone; and as he walked on, the solitude o… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: Therefore they let him go alone; and as he walked on, the solitude of the wood produced a feeling of reverence in his breast; but still he heard the little bell about which the others rejoiced, and sometimes, when the wind blew in that direction, he could hear the sounds from the confectioner's stal --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/9/42/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/) / [The Bell](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/9/) / 42 # Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen, The Bell, sentence 42 Therefore they let him go alone; and as he walked on, the solitude of the wood produced a feeling of reverence in his breast; but still he heard the little bell about which the others rejoiced, and sometimes, when the wind blew in that direction, he could hear the sounds from the confectioner's stall, where the others were singing at tea. **Who acts:** people, other, solitude, others, wind · **What happens:** let, go, walk on, produce, hear, rejoice · **To what, where:** other, feeling, little bell, direction, sounds, stall This is a sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. Andersen, The Bell. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (people, other, solitude, others), 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:pg27200:9:42 # text = Therefore they let him go alone; and as he walked on, the solitude of the wood produced a feeling of reverence in his breast; but still he heard the little bell about which the others rejoiced, and sometimes, when the wind blew in that direction, he could hear the sounds from the confectioner's stall, where the others were singing at tea. 1 Therefore therefore ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 2 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 let let VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 obj _ _ 5 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 xcomp _ _ 6 alone alone ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 7 ; ; PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 9 as as SCONJ IN _ 11 mark _ _ 10 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 11 walked walk VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 advcl _ _ 12 on on ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 solitude solitude NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 nsubj _ _ 16 of of ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 wood wood NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nmod _ _ 19 produced produce VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 20 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 feeling feeling NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obj _ _ 22 of of ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 23 reverence reverence NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 nmod _ _ 24 in in ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 26 nmod:poss _ _ 26 breast breast NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 27 ; ; PUNCT : _ 31 punct _ _ 28 but but CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 29 still still ADV RB _ 31 advmod _ _ 30 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 31 heard hear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 33 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 amod _ _ 34 bell bell NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obj _ _ 35 about about ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 36 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 39 obl _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 others other NOUN NNS Number=Plur 39 nsubj _ _ 39 rejoiced rejoice VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 34 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 41 and and CCONJ CC _ 47 cc _ _ 42 sometimes sometimes ADV RB PronType=Ind 47 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 44 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 47 advmod _ _ 45 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 wind wind NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 nsubj _ _ 47 blew blow VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 conj _ _ 48 in in ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 49 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 50 det _ _ 50 direction direction NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 51 , , PUNCT , _ 54 punct _ _ 52 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 54 nsubj _ _ 53 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 54 aux _ _ 54 hear hear VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 31 conj _ _ 55 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 56 det _ _ 56 sounds sound NOUN NNS Number=Plur 54 obj _ _ 57 from from ADP IN _ 61 case _ _ 58 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 59 det _ _ 59 confectioner confectioner NOUN NN Number=Sing 61 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 60 's 's PART POS _ 59 case _ _ 61 stall stall NOUN NN Number=Sing 54 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 62 , , PUNCT , _ 67 punct _ _ 63 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 67 advmod _ _ 64 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 65 det _ _ 65 others other NOUN NNS Number=Plur 67 nsubj _ _ 66 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 67 aux _ _ 67 singing sing VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 54 advcl _ _ 68 at at ADP IN _ 69 case _ _ 69 tea tea NOUN NN Number=Sing 67 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 70 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **let** | present | people | other | | | | therefore *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **go** | infinitive | other *not said here* | | | | | alone *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **walk on** | past | other | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **produce** | past | the solitude of the wood | a feeling of reverence in other's breast | | | | | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent feeling=Result | | 5 | **hear** | past | other | the little bell | | | still | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer bell=Stimulus | | 6 | **rejoice** | past | the others | | | | | about the little bell | vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 7 | **blow** | past | the wind | | | that direction | | sometimes *property* | vn split-23.2 «NP V apart»: agent=Patient | | 8 | **hear** | could | other | the sounds | | the confectioner's stall | | | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent sound=Topic from stall=Source | | 9 | **sing** *speech: express* | past · progressive | the others | | | tea | | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at tea=Location | 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 41](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/9/41/) - next →: [sentence 43](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/9/43/) - ↑ back to [The Bell](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/9/)