--- title: The gold glitters still, but his wings are tied--the lion is dead, f… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: The gold glitters still, but his wings are tied--the lion is dead, for the king of the sea is dead; the great halls stand desolate, and where gorgeous paintings hung of yore, the naked wall now peers through. Who acts: gold, lion, king, great halls. 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C. Andersen, Seventeenth Evening. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (gold, lion, king, great halls), 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:pg27200:108:18 # text = The gold glitters still, but his wings are tied--the lion is dead, for the king of the sea is dead; the great halls stand desolate, and where gorgeous paintings hung of yore, the naked wall now peers through. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 gold gold NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 glitters glitter VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 still still ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 6 but but CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 7 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 8 wings wing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 nsubj:pass _ _ 9 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 aux:pass _ _ 10 tied tie VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 -- -- PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 lion lion NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nsubj _ _ 14 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 15 cop _ _ 15 dead dead ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 17 for for ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 nsubj _ _ 20 of of ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 sea sea NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 nmod _ _ 23 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 24 cop _ _ 24 dead dead ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 25 ; ; PUNCT : _ 29 punct _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 27 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 amod _ _ 28 halls hall NOUN NNS Number=Plur 29 nsubj _ _ 29 stand stand VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 30 desolate desolate VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 29 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 33 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 44 advmod _ _ 34 gorgeous gorgeous ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 amod _ _ 35 paintings painting NOUN NNS Number=Plur 44 nsubj _ _ 36 hung hang VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 35 acl _ _ 37 of of ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 38 yore yore NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 41 naked naked ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 42 amod _ _ 42 wall wall NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 nsubj _ _ 43 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 44 advmod _ _ 44 peers peer VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 45 through through ADV RB _ 44 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **glitter** | present | the gold | | | | still | | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **tie** | present · passive | | lion's wings | | | | | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | | 3 | **is** | present | the lion | | | | | dead *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **is** | present | the king of the sea | | | | | dead *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **stand** | present | the great halls | | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 6 | **desolate** | infinitive | the great halls *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **hang** | participle | | gorgeous paintings *not said here* | | | | of yore | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **peer** | present | gorgeous paintings | | | | now | through *property* | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: 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:** «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 17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/108/17/) - next →: [sentence 19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/108/19/) - ↑ back to [Seventeenth Evening](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/108/)