--- title: She herself could not understand the feeling that swept through her,… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: She herself could not understand the feeling that swept through her, but I know that this minute, and the beautiful natural scene, will live within her memory for years, far more vividly and more truly than the painter could portray it with his colours on paper. Who acts: last, feeling, I. 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C. Andersen, Seventh Evening. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (last, feeling, I), 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:pg27200:98:41 # text = She herself could not understand the feeling that swept through her, but I know that this minute, and the beautiful natural scene, will live within her memory for years, far more vividly and more truly than the painter could portray it with his colours on paper. 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 2 herself herself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 1 conj _ _ 3 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 4 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 5 advmod _ _ 5 understand understand VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 feeling feeling NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 8 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 9 nsubj _ _ 9 swept sweep VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 acl:relcl _ _ 10 through through ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 13 but but CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 14 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 15 know know VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 16 that that SCONJ IN _ 18 mark _ _ 17 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 18 det _ _ 18 minute minute NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 22 beautiful beautiful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 amod _ _ 23 natural natural ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 amod _ _ 24 scene scene NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 26 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 27 aux _ _ 27 live live VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 conj _ _ 28 within within ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 30 nmod:poss _ _ 30 memory memory NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl _ _ 31 for for ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 32 years year NOUN NNS Number=Plur 27 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 34 far far ADV RB Degree=Pos 35 advmod _ _ 35 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 36 advmod _ _ 36 vividly vividly ADV RB _ 27 advmod _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 38 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 39 advmod _ _ 39 truly truly ADV RB _ 44 advmod _ _ 40 than than ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 painter painter NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obl _ _ 43 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 44 aux _ _ 44 portray portray VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 36 conj _ _ 45 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 44 obj _ _ 46 with with ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 47 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 48 nmod:poss _ _ 48 colours colour NOUN NNS Number=Plur 44 obl _ _ 49 on on ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 50 paper paper NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 51 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **understand** | could | last | the feeling | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer feeling=Stimulus | | 2 | **sweep** | past | the feeling | | | | | through last | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme through she=Trajectory | | 3 | **know** | present | I | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 4 | **live** | future | last *not said here* | | | | year | within last's memory; vividly *property* | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **portray** | could | last *not said here* | feeling | | | | than the painter; with painter's colours on paper; truly *property* | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent it=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 40](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/98/40/) - next →: [sentence 42](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/98/42/) - ↑ back to [Seventh Evening](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/98/)