--- title: And when all the other church bells are sounding sweetly, he says th… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: And when all the other church bells are sounding sweetly, he says that it is not really the bells that are sounding, but that it is the air itself which sends forth the notes; and grandmother said to us that the Bell itself said it was the air who told it to him, consequently they are agreed on that --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/10/53/) [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/) / [Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/) / [The Bell-deep](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/10/) / 53 # Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen, The Bell-deep, sentence 53 And when all the other church bells are sounding sweetly, he says that it is not really the bells that are sounding, but that it is the air itself which sends forth the notes; and grandmother said to us that the Bell itself said it was the air who told it to him, consequently they are agreed on that point, and this much is sure. **Who acts:** other church bells, mann, throng, bells, air, grandmother · **What happens:** sound, say, not be, be, send, tell · **To what, where:** bells, air, notes, us, throng, mann · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. Andersen, The Bell-deep. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (other church bells, mann, throng, bells), 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:pg27200:10:53 # text = And when all the other church bells are sounding sweetly, he says that it is not really the bells that are sounding, but that it is the air itself which sends forth the notes; and grandmother said to us that the Bell itself said it was the air who told it to him, consequently they are agreed on that point, and this much is sure. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 2 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 9 advmod _ _ 3 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 7 det:predet _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 5 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 6 church church NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 compound _ _ 7 bells bell NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 nsubj _ _ 8 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ _ 9 sounding sound VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 13 ccomp _ _ 10 sweetly sweetly ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 12 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 13 says say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 14 that that SCONJ IN _ 20 mark _ _ 15 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 16 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 20 cop _ _ 17 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 20 advmod _ _ 18 really really ADV RB _ 20 advmod _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 bells bell NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 ccomp _ _ 21 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 23 nsubj _ _ 22 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 23 aux _ _ 23 sounding sound VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 20 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 25 but but CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 26 that that SCONJ IN _ 30 mark _ _ 27 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 28 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 30 cop _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 air air NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ _ 31 itself itself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Emp|Reflex=Yes 30 nmod:unmarked _ _ 32 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 33 nsubj _ _ 33 sends send VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 30 acl:relcl _ _ 34 forth forth ADV RB _ 33 advmod _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 notes note NOUN NNS Number=Plur 33 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 37 ; ; PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 39 grandmother grandmother NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 nsubj _ _ 40 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 parataxis _ _ 41 to to ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 42 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 40 obl _ _ 43 that that SCONJ IN _ 47 mark _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 Bell bell NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 nsubj _ _ 46 itself itself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Emp|Reflex=Yes 45 nmod:unmarked _ _ 47 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 40 advcl _ _ 48 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 51 nsubj _ _ 49 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 51 cop _ _ 50 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 51 det _ _ 51 air air NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 ccomp _ _ 52 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 53 nsubj _ _ 53 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 51 acl:relcl _ _ 54 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 53 obj _ _ 55 to to ADP IN _ 56 case _ _ 56 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 53 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 57 , , PUNCT , _ 61 punct _ _ 58 consequently consequently ADV RB _ 61 advmod _ _ 59 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 61 nsubj _ _ 60 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 61 aux:pass _ _ 61 agreed agree VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 53 conj _ _ 62 on on ADP IN _ 64 case _ _ 63 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 64 det _ _ 64 point point NOUN NN Number=Sing 61 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 65 , , PUNCT , _ 70 punct _ _ 66 and and CCONJ CC _ 70 cc _ _ 67 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 70 nsubj _ _ 68 much much ADV RB _ 70 advmod _ _ 69 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 70 cop _ _ 70 sure sure ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 40 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 71 . . PUNCT . _ 13 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sound** | present · progressive | all other church bells | | | | | sweetly *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | mann | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **not** **is a** | present | throng | the bells | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **sound** | present · progressive | the bells | | | | | | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | | 5 | **is a** | present | throng | the air | | | | throng *nmod:unmarked* | tree rules | | 6 | **send** | present | the air | the notes | | | | forth *property* | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent note=Theme | | 7 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | grandmother | | us | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to we=Recipient | | 8 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the Bell throng | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 9 | **is a** | past | throng | the air | | | | | tree rules | | 10 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | the air | throng | mann | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent it=Topic to he=Recipient | | 11 | **agree** *speech: agree* | present · passive | | notes *= note* | | that point | | consequently *property* | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V S»: subject=Topic | | 12 | **is** | present | this | | | | | sure *property* | tree rules | 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 52](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/10/52/) - next →: [sentence 54](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/10/54/) - ↑ back to [The Bell-deep](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/10/)