--- title: I kissed my hand to him over and over again, as he shone far into my… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: I kissed my hand to him over and over again, as he shone far into my little room; and he, for his part, promised me that every evening, when he came abroad, he would look in upon me for a few moments. Who acts: I, MOON. A sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. 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The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (I, MOON), 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:pg27200:91:12 # text = I kissed my hand to him over and over again, as he shone far into my little room; and he, for his part, promised me that every evening, when he came abroad, he would look in upon me for a few moments. 1 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 kissed kiss VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ _ 4 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 to to ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obl _ _ 7 over over ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 9 over over ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 10 again again ADV RB _ 7 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 12 as as SCONJ IN _ 14 mark _ _ 13 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 14 shone shine VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 15 far far ADV RB Degree=Pos 14 advmod _ _ 16 into into ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 17 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 19 nmod:poss _ _ 18 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 amod _ _ 19 room room NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 20 ; ; PUNCT : _ 28 punct _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 22 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 24 for for 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 part part NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 28 promised promise VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 29 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 28 iobj _ _ 30 that that SCONJ IN _ 32 mark _ _ 31 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 32 det _ _ 32 evening evening NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 34 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 36 advmod _ _ 35 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 36 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 conj _ _ 37 abroad abroad ADV RB _ 36 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 39 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj _ _ 40 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 41 aux _ _ 41 look look VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 28 parataxis _ _ 42 in in ADV RB _ 41 advmod _ _ 43 upon upon ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 44 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 41 obl _ _ 45 for for ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 46 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 47 few few ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 48 amod _ _ 48 moments moment NOUN NNS Number=Plur 41 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 49 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **kiss** | past | I | my hand | MOON | | | over *property* | vn marry-36.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hand=Co-Agent | | 2 | **shine** | past | MOON | | | my little room | | far *property* | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP.location V PP.theme»: agent=Location | | 3 | **promise** *speech: promise* | past | MOON | | me | | evening | | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent i=Theme | | 4 | **come** | past | MOON | | | | | abroad *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **look in** | would | MOON | | | | moment | upon me | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent upon i=Theme | 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 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/91/11/) - next →: [sentence 13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/91/13/) - ↑ back to [What the Moon Saw](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/91/)