--- title: Her heart leapt for joy as she perceived her deliverers approaching,… — Grimm's Fairy Stories · tree and pragmatics description: Her heart leapt for joy as she perceived her deliverers approaching, and soon the Swans, flying towards her, alighted so near that she was enabled to throw over them the shirts, and as soon as she had done so, their feathers fell off and the brothers stood up alive and well; but the youngest was wit --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/19/66/) [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/) / [Grimm's Fairy Stories](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/) / [The Six Swans](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/19/) / 66 # Grimm's Fairy Stories, The Six Swans, sentence 66 Her heart leapt for joy as she perceived her deliverers approaching, and soon the Swans, flying towards her, alighted so near that she was enabled to throw over them the shirts, and as soon as she had done so, their feathers fell off and the brothers stood up alive and well; but the youngest was without his left arm, instead of which he had a swan's wing. **Who acts:** heart leapt, Swans, sentence, feathers, brothers, youngest · **What happens:** perceive, approach, fly, alight, enable, throw · **To what, where:** deliverers, Swans, sentence, shirts, wing This is a sentence of «Grimm's Fairy Stories» by Jacob Grimm, The Six Swans. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (heart leapt, Swans, sentence, feathers), 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:pg11027:19:66 # text = Her heart leapt for joy as she perceived her deliverers approaching, and soon the Swans, flying towards her, alighted so near that she was enabled to throw over them the shirts, and as soon as she had done so, their feathers fell off and the brothers stood up alive and well; but the youngest was without his left arm, instead of which he had a swan's wing. 1 Her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 3 nmod:poss _ _ 2 heart heart NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 compound _ _ 3 leapt leapt NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 4 for for ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 joy joy NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ 6 as as SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 7 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 8 perceived perceive VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ _ 10 deliverers deliverer NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 obj _ _ 11 approaching approach VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 8 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 14 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 22 advmod _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 Swans Swan PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 22 nsubj:pass _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 18 flying fly VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 16 acl _ _ 19 towards towards ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 20 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 22 alighted alight VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 8 conj _ _ 23 so so ADV RB _ 22 advmod _ _ 24 near near ADP IN _ 28 mark _ _ 25 that that SCONJ IN _ 28 mark _ _ 26 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj:pass _ _ 27 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 aux:pass _ _ 28 enabled enable VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 22 advcl _ _ 29 to to PART TO _ 30 mark _ _ 30 throw throw VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 28 xcomp _ _ 31 over over ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 32 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 obl _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 shirts shirt NOUN NNS Number=Plur 30 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 37 as as ADV RB _ 38 advmod _ _ 38 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 42 advmod _ _ 39 as as SCONJ IN _ 42 mark _ _ 40 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 41 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 42 aux _ _ 42 done do VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 28 advcl _ _ 43 so so ADV RB _ 42 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 44 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 45 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 46 nmod:poss _ _ 46 feathers feather NOUN NNS Number=Plur 47 nsubj _ _ 47 fell fall VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 parataxis _ _ 48 off off ADP RP _ 47 compound:prt _ _ 49 and and CCONJ CC _ 52 cc _ _ 50 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 51 det _ _ 51 brothers brother NOUN NNS Number=Plur 52 nsubj _ _ 52 stood stand VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 47 conj _ _ 53 up up ADP RP _ 52 compound:prt _ _ 54 alive alive ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 52 xcomp _ _ 55 and and CCONJ CC _ 56 cc _ _ 56 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 54 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 57 ; ; PUNCT : _ 65 punct _ _ 58 but but CCONJ CC _ 65 cc _ _ 59 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 60 det _ _ 60 youngest young ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 65 nsubj _ _ 61 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 65 cop _ _ 62 without without ADP IN _ 65 case _ _ 63 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 65 nmod:poss _ _ 64 left left ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 65 amod _ _ 65 arm arm NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 66 , , PUNCT , _ 71 punct _ _ 67 instead instead ADV RB ExtPos=ADP 69 case _ _ 68 of of ADP IN _ 67 fixed _ _ 69 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 71 obl _ _ 70 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 71 nsubj _ _ 71 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 65 conj _ _ 72 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 73 det _ _ 73 swan swan NOUN NN Number=Sing 75 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 74 's 's PART POS _ 73 case _ _ 75 wing wing NOUN NN Number=Sing 71 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 76 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **perceive** | past | sentence's heart leapt for joy | sentence's deliverers | | | | | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer deliverer=Stimulus | | 2 | **approach** | gerund | sentence's heart leapt for joy *not said here* | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **fly** | gerund | the Swans *not said here* | | | | | towards sentence | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme towards she=Destination | | 4 | **alight** | participle · passive | | the Swans | | | | soon *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **enable** | past · passive | | sentence | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **throw** | to-infinitive | sentence *not said here* | the shirts | | | | over Swans *= swan* | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent shirt=Theme over they=Destination | | 7 | **do** | past · perfect | sentence | | | | | soon *property* | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **fall off** | past | Swans's feathers | | | | | | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | | 9 | **stand up** | past | the brothers | | | | | alive *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 10 | **is** | past | the youngest | | | | | without leapt's left arm | tree rules | | 11 | **have** | past | leapt | a swan's wing | | | | instead leapt's left arm | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wing=Patient | 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:** «Grimm's Fairy Stories» by Jacob Grimm, Project Gutenberg book 11027 (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 65](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/19/65/) - next →: [sentence 67](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/19/67/) - ↑ back to [The Six Swans](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/19/)