--- title: On they flew over woods and lakes, over seas, and many lands; and be… — Andersen's Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: On they flew over woods and lakes, over seas, and many lands; and beneath them the chilling storm rushed fast, the wolves howled, the snow crackled; above them flew large screaming crows, but higher up appeared the moon, quite large and bright; and it was on it that Kay gazed during the long long wi --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/11/117/) [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/) / [Andersen's Fairy Tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/) / [The Snow Queen, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/11/) / 117 # Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Snow Queen, part 1, sentence 117 On they flew over woods and lakes, over seas, and many lands; and beneath them the chilling storm rushed fast, the wolves howled, the snow crackled; above them flew large screaming crows, but higher up appeared the moon, quite large and bright; and it was on it that Kay gazed during the long long winter's night; while by day he slept at the feet of the Snow Queen. **Who acts:** inhabitants, wolves, snow, higher, countenance · **What happens:** fly, rush, howl, crackle, scream, appear · **To what, where:** many lands, woods, chilling storm, large screaming crows, moon, snow This is a sentence of «Andersen's Fairy Tales» by H. C. Andersen, The Snow Queen, part 1. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (inhabitants, wolves, snow, higher), 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:pg1597:11:117 # text = On they flew over woods and lakes, over seas, and many lands; and beneath them the chilling storm rushed fast, the wolves howled, the snow crackled; above them flew large screaming crows, but higher up appeared the moon, quite large and bright; and it was on it that Kay gazed during the long long winter's night; while by day he slept at the feet of the Snow Queen. 1 On on SCONJ IN _ 3 mark _ _ 2 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 flew fly VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 over over ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 woods wood NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 lakes lake NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 9 over over ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 seas sea NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 13 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 amod _ _ 14 lands land NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ; ; PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 17 beneath beneath ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 18 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 conj _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 20 chilling chilling NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 compound _ _ 21 storm storm NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 conj _ _ 22 rushed rush VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 21 acl _ _ 23 fast fast ADV RB Degree=Pos 22 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 wolves wolf NOUN NNS Number=Plur 27 nsubj _ _ 27 howled howl VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 snow snow NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 nsubj _ _ 31 crackled crackle VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 32 ; ; PUNCT : _ 35 punct _ _ 33 above above ADP IN _ 35 mark _ _ 34 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 35 flew fly VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 parataxis _ _ 36 large large ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 38 amod _ _ 37 screaming scream VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 38 amod _ _ 38 crows crow NOUN NNS Number=Plur 35 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 40 but but CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 41 higher high ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 43 nsubj _ _ 42 up up ADV RB _ 41 advmod _ _ 43 appeared appear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 35 conj _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 moon moon NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 46 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 47 quite quite ADV RB _ 48 advmod _ _ 48 large large ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 43 advcl _ _ 49 and and CCONJ CC _ 50 cc _ _ 50 bright bright ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 48 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 51 ; ; PUNCT : _ 59 punct _ _ 52 and and CCONJ CC _ 56 cc _ _ 53 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 56 nsubj _ _ 54 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 56 cop _ _ 55 on on ADP IN _ 56 case _ _ 56 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 59 nsubj:outer _ _ 57 that that SCONJ IN _ 59 mark _ _ 58 Kay Kay PROPN NNP Number=Sing 59 nsubj _ _ 59 gazed gaze VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 35 conj _ _ 60 during during ADP IN _ 66 case _ _ 61 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 64 det _ _ 62 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 64 amod _ _ 63 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 64 amod _ _ 64 winter winter NOUN NN Number=Sing 66 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 65 's 's PART POS _ 64 case _ _ 66 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 59 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 67 ; ; PUNCT , _ 72 punct _ _ 68 while while SCONJ IN _ 72 mark _ _ 69 by by ADP IN _ 70 case _ _ 70 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 72 obl _ _ 71 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 72 nsubj _ _ 72 slept sleep VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 59 conj _ _ 73 at at ADP IN _ 75 case _ _ 74 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 75 det _ _ 75 feet foot NOUN NNS Number=Plur 72 obl _ _ 76 of of ADP IN _ 79 case _ _ 77 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 79 det _ _ 78 Snow Snow PROPN NNP Number=Sing 79 compound _ _ 79 Queen Queen PROPN NNP Number=Sing 75 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 80 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fly** | past | inhabitants *= inhabitant* | many lands | | woods and lakes and seas | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme over wood=Location | | 2 | **rush** | participle | | the chilling storm *not said here* | | | | fast *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **howl** | past | the wolves | | | | | | vn animal\_sounds-38 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **crackle** | past | the snow | | | | | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **fly** | past | inhabitants *= inhabitant* | large screaming crows | | | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location crow=Theme | | 6 | **scream** *speech: express* | gerund | | | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **appear** | past | higher | the moon | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location moon=Theme | | 8 | **is** | past | snow | | | snow | | | tree rules | | 9 | **gaze** | past | snow | | | | night | | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent | | 10 | **sleep** | past | countenance | | | the feet of the Snow Queen | day | | vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | 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:** «Andersen's Fairy Tales» by H. C. Andersen, Project Gutenberg book 1597 (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 116](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/11/116/) - next →: [The Snow Queen, part 2, 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/12/1/) - ↑ back to [The Snow Queen, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/11/)