--- title: She knew that if the lamp continued to burn so long as she could kee… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: She knew that if the lamp continued to burn so long as she could keep it in sight, her betrothed was still alive; but if the lamp was suddenly extinguished, he was dead. Who acts: flame, lamp, maiden. A sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. Andersen, First Evening, with its d --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/92/9/) [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/) / [First Evening](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/92/) / 9 # Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen, First Evening, sentence 9 She knew that if the lamp continued to burn so long as she could keep it in sight, her betrothed was still alive; but if the lamp was suddenly extinguished, he was dead. **Who acts:** flame, lamp, maiden · **What happens:** know, continue, burn, keep, betroth, be · **To what, where:** lamp, sight · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. Andersen, First Evening. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (flame, lamp, maiden), 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:pg27200:92:9 # text = She knew that if the lamp continued to burn so long as she could keep it in sight, her betrothed was still alive; but if the lamp was suddenly extinguished, he was dead. 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 knew know VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 that that SCONJ IN _ 21 mark _ _ 4 if if SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 lamp lamp NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 7 continued continue VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 advcl _ _ 8 to to PART TO _ 9 mark _ _ 9 burn burn VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 xcomp _ _ 10 so so ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ _ 11 long long ADV RB Degree=Pos 9 advmod _ _ 12 as as SCONJ IN _ 15 mark _ _ 13 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 14 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 15 aux _ _ 15 keep keep VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 advcl _ _ 16 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 obj _ _ 17 in in ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 18 sight sight NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 20 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 21 betrothed betroth VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 ccomp _ _ 22 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 cop _ _ 23 still still ADV RB _ 24 advmod _ _ 24 alive alive ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 25 ; ; PUNCT : _ 36 punct _ _ 26 but but CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 27 if if SCONJ IN _ 32 mark _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 lamp lamp NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 nsubj _ _ 30 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 cop _ _ 31 suddenly suddenly ADV RB _ 32 advmod _ _ 32 extinguished extinguished ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 34 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 35 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 cop _ _ 36 dead dead ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 37 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **know** | past | flame | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 2 | **continue** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | the lamp | | | | | | vn continue-55.3 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 3 | **burn** | to-infinitive | the lamp *not said here* | | | | | long *property* | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **keep** | could | flame | lamp | | sight | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent it=Theme in sight=Location | | 5 | **betroth** | past | flame | | | | | | vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **is** | past | flame *not said here* | | | | still | alive *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **is** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | the lamp | | | | | extinguished, suddenly *property* | tree rules | | 8 | **is** | past | maiden | | | | | dead *property* | tree rules | 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 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/92/8/) - next →: [sentence 10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/92/10/) - ↑ back to [First Evening](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/92/)