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title: Nought was to be seen but the green turfy mound, with the stones on… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics
description: Nought was to be seen but the green turfy mound, with the stones on which no Runic record has been graven; but at the last sound of the harp there soared over the hill, as though he had fluttered from the harp, a little bird, a charming singing-bird, with ringing voice of the thrush, with the moving
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# Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen, The Bird of Popular Song, sentence 20

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Nought was to be seen but the green turfy mound, with the stones on which no Runic record has been graven; but at the last sound of the harp there soared over the hill, as though he had fluttered from the harp, a little bird, a charming singing-bird, with ringing voice of the thrush, with the moving voice pathos of the human heart, with a voice that told of home, like the voice that is heard by the bird of passage.

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**Who acts:** form, voice, bird · **What happens:** see, grave, soar, flutter, charm, ring · **To what, where:** Nought, Runic record, stones, last sound, harp, voice · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is a sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. Andersen, The Bird of Popular Song. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (form, voice, bird), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**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:pg27200:11:20
# text = Nought was to be seen but the green turfy mound, with the stones on which no Runic record has been graven; but at the last sound of the harp there soared over the hill, as though he had fluttered from the harp, a little bird, a charming singing-bird, with ringing voice of the thrush, with the moving voice pathos of the human heart, with a voice that told of home, like the voice that is heard by the bird of passage.
1	Nought	nought	PRON	NN	PronType=Neg	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
4	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	seen	see	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
8	green	green	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
9	turfy	turfy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	mound	mound	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
12	with	with	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	stones	stone	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
15	on	on	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
16	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	22	obl	_	_
17	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	19	det	_	_
18	Runic	runic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	19	amod	_	_
19	record	record	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	22	nsubj:pass	_	_
20	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	22	aux	_	_
21	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	22	aux:pass	_	_
22	graven	grave	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	14	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	33	punct	_	_
24	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	33	cc	_	_
25	at	at	ADP	IN	_	28	case	_	_
26	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	28	det	_	_
27	last	last	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	28	amod	_	_
28	sound	sound	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	33	obl	_	_
29	of	of	ADP	IN	_	31	case	_	_
30	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	31	det	_	_
31	harp	harp	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	28	nmod	_	_
32	there	there	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	33	advmod	_	_
33	soared	soar	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	parataxis	_	_
34	over	over	ADP	IN	_	36	case	_	_
35	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	36	det	_	_
36	hill	hill	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	33	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
37	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	42	punct	_	_
38	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	42	mark	_	_
39	though	though	SCONJ	IN	_	42	mark	_	_
40	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	42	nsubj	_	_
41	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	42	aux	_	_
42	fluttered	flutter	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	33	conj	_	_
43	from	from	ADP	IN	_	45	case	_	_
44	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	45	det	_	_
45	harp	harp	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	42	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
46	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	49	punct	_	_
47	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	49	det	_	_
48	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	49	amod	_	_
49	bird	bird	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	45	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
50	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	55	punct	_	_
51	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	55	det	_	_
52	charming	charm	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	55	amod	_	_
53	singing	singing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	55	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
54	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	53	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
55	bird	bird	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	45	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
56	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	58	punct	_	_
57	with	with	SCONJ	IN	_	58	mark	_	_
58	ringing	ring	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	42	advcl	_	_
59	voice	voice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	58	obj	_	_
60	of	of	ADP	IN	_	62	case	_	_
61	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	62	det	_	_
62	thrush	thrush	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	59	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
63	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	68	punct	_	_
64	with	with	ADP	IN	_	68	case	_	_
65	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	68	det	_	_
66	moving	move	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	68	amod	_	_
67	voice	voice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	68	compound	_	_
68	pathos	patho	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	58	obl	_	_
69	of	of	ADP	IN	_	72	case	_	_
70	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	72	det	_	_
71	human	human	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	72	amod	_	_
72	heart	heart	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	68	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
73	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	76	punct	_	_
74	with	with	ADP	IN	_	76	case	_	_
75	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	76	det	_	_
76	voice	voice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	58	obl	_	_
77	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	78	nsubj	_	_
78	told	tell	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	76	acl:relcl	_	_
79	of	of	ADP	IN	_	80	case	_	_
80	home	home	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	78	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
81	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	84	punct	_	_
82	like	like	ADP	IN	_	84	case	_	_
83	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	84	det	_	_
84	voice	voice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	78	obl	_	_
85	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	87	nsubj:pass	_	_
86	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	87	aux:pass	_	_
87	heard	hear	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	84	acl:relcl	_	_
88	by	by	ADP	IN	_	90	case	_	_
89	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	90	det	_	_
90	bird	bird	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	87	obl	_	_
91	of	of	ADP	IN	_	92	case	_	_
92	passage	passage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	90	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
93	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **see** | past · passive |  | Nought |  |  |  | with the stones | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Stimulus |
| 2 | **grave** | present · perfect · passive |  | no Runic record |  | the stones |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **soar** | past |  |  |  | the last sound of the harp; there |  | over the hill | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V PP.source PP.trajectory PP.destination»: agent=Theme at sound=Source over hill=Trajectory |
| 4 | **flutter** | past · perfect | form |  |  | the harp and a little bird and a charming singing bird |  |  | vn modes\_of\_being\_with\_motion-47.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 5 | **charm** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |
| 6 | **ring** | gerund | form *not said here* | voice of the thrush |  |  |  | with the moving voice pathos of the human heart; with a voice | vn fill-9.8 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent voice=Destination with patho=Theme |
| 7 | **move** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme |
| 8 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | a voice |  |  |  |  | of home; like the voice | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 9 | **hear** | present · passive | the bird of passage | the voice |  |  |  |  | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer subject=Stimulus |

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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.

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**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.

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