--- title: Their brother, who is older than they are, stands up in the swing; h… — Andersen's Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Their brother, who is older than they are, stands up in the swing; he twines his arms round the cords to hold himself fast, for in one hand he has a little cup, and in the other a clay-pipe. Who acts: brother, trees. A sentence of «Andersen's Fairy Tales» 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 (brother, trees), 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:pg1597:12:92 # text = Their brother, who is older than they are, stands up in the swing; he twines his arms round the cords to hold himself fast, for in one hand he has a little cup, and in the other a clay-pipe. 1 Their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 2 nmod:poss _ _ 2 brother brother NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 4 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 6 nsubj _ _ 5 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 6 older old ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 2 acl:relcl _ _ 7 than than SCONJ IN _ 9 mark _ _ 8 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 9 are be VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 11 stands stand VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 12 up up ADP RP _ 11 compound:prt _ _ 13 in in ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 swing swing NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 ; ; PUNCT : _ 18 punct _ _ 17 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 18 twines twine VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 conj _ _ 19 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 20 nmod:poss _ _ 20 arms arm NOUN NNS Number=Plur 18 obj _ _ 21 round round ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 cords cord NOUN NNS Number=Plur 18 obl _ _ 24 to to PART TO _ 25 mark _ _ 25 hold hold VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 18 advcl _ _ 26 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 25 obj _ _ 27 fast fast ADV RB Degree=Pos 25 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 29 for for ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 30 in in ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 32 nummod _ _ 32 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obl _ _ 33 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 34 has have VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 18 conj _ _ 35 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 36 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 amod _ _ 37 cup cup NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 39 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 40 in in ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 parataxis _ _ 43 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 44 clay clay NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 45 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 44 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 46 pipe pipe NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 11 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | trees's brother | | | | | old *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **does** | present | trees *= tree* | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **stand up** | present | trees's brother | | | the swing | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in swing=Location | | 4 | **twine** | present | brother | brother's arms | | the cords | | | vn coil-9.6 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent arm=Theme round cord=Destination | | 5 | **hold** | to-infinitive | brother *not said here* | brother | | | | fast *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent himself=Theme | | 6 | **have** | present | brother | a little cup | | | | for one hand | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cup=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:** «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 91](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/12/91/) - next →: [sentence 93](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/12/93/) - ↑ back to [The Snow Queen, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/12/)