--- title: They took each other by the hand, and wandered forth out of the larg… — Andersen's Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: They took each other by the hand, and wandered forth out of the large hall; they talked of their old grandmother, and of the roses upon the roof; and wherever they went, the winds ceased raging, and the sun burst forth. Who acts: masses, winds, sun. 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 (masses, winds, sun), 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:pg1597:15:48 # text = They took each other by the hand, and wandered forth out of the large hall; they talked of their old grandmother, and of the roses upon the roof; and wherever they went, the winds ceased raging, and the sun burst forth. 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 each each DET DT ExtPos=PRON|PronType=Rcp 2 obj _ _ 4 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 fixed _ _ 5 by by ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 10 wandered wander VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 11 forth forth ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 12 out out ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 13 of of ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 15 large large ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 amod _ _ 16 hall hall NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 ; ; PUNCT : _ 19 punct _ _ 18 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 19 talked talk VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 20 of of ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 21 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 23 nmod:poss _ _ 22 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 amod _ _ 23 grandmother grandmother NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 26 of of ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 roses rose NOUN NNS Number=Plur 19 obl _ _ 29 upon upon ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 roof roof NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 32 ; ; PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 34 wherever wherever ADV WRB PronType=Int 36 advmod _ _ 35 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 36 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 winds wind NOUN NNS Number=Plur 40 nsubj _ _ 40 ceased cease VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 conj _ _ 41 raging rage VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 40 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 43 and and CCONJ CC _ 46 cc _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 sun sun NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 nsubj _ _ 46 burst burst VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 47 forth forth ADV RB _ 46 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **take** | past | masses *= mass* | each | | | | by the hand | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent each=Theme | | 2 | **wander** | past | masses *= mass* *not said here* | | | the large hall | | forth *property* | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme out hall=Trajectory | | 3 | **talk** | past | masses *= mass* | | | | | of masses's old grandmother; of the roses upon the roof | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **go** | past | masses *= mass* | | | | | wherever *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **cease** | past | the winds | | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality | | 6 | **rage** | gerund | the winds *not said here* | | | | | | vn entity\_specific\_modes\_being-47.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **burst** | past | the sun | | | | | forth *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=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:** «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 47](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/15/47/) - next →: [sentence 49](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/15/49/) - ↑ back to [The Snow Queen, part 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/15/)