--- title: No death is there--life reigns yonder; we hear it on the notes that… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: No death is there--life reigns yonder; we hear it on the notes that swell onward like the tones of the church organ, which seize us like sounds from the elf-hill, like the songs of Ossian, like the rushing swoop of the wandering spirits' wings. Who acts: death, life, we, notes. 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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 (death, life, we, notes), 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:pg27200:11:47 # text = No death is there--life reigns yonder; we hear it on the notes that swell onward like the tones of the church organ, which seize us like sounds from the elf-hill, like the songs of Ossian, like the rushing swoop of the wandering spirits' wings. 1 No no DET DT PronType=Neg 2 det _ _ 2 death death NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 4 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 7 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 5 -- -- PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 7 reigns reign VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 yonder yonder ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 9 ; ; PUNCT : _ 11 punct _ _ 10 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 11 hear hear VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 12 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 obj _ _ 13 on on ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 notes note NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 obl _ _ 16 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 17 nsubj _ _ 17 swell swell VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 15 acl:relcl _ _ 18 onward onward ADV RB _ 17 advmod _ _ 19 like like ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 tones tone NOUN NNS Number=Plur 17 obl _ _ 22 of of ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 24 church church NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 compound _ _ 25 organ organ NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 27 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 28 nsubj _ _ 28 seize seize VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 25 acl:relcl _ _ 29 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 28 obj _ _ 30 like like ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 31 sounds sound NOUN NNS Number=Plur 28 obl _ _ 32 from from ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 34 elf elf NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 35 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 34 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 36 hill hill NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 38 like like ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 songs song NOUN NNS Number=Plur 28 obl _ _ 41 of of ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 42 Ossian Ossian PROPN NNP Number=Sing 40 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 44 like like ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 45 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 46 rushing rush VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 47 amod _ _ 47 swoop swoop NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 conj _ _ 48 of of ADP IN _ 53 case _ _ 49 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 51 det _ _ 50 wandering wandering NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 compound _ _ 51 spirits spirit NOUN NNS Number=Plur 53 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 52 ' 's PART POS _ 51 case _ _ 53 wings wing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 47 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 54 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | no death | | | | | there *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **reign** | present | life | | | | | yonder *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **hear** | present | we | life | | the notes | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus | | 4 | **swell** | present | the notes | | | | | like the tones of the church organ; onward *property* | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | | 5 | **seize** | present | the church organ | us | | the elf hill | | like sounds; like the songs of Ossian and the rushing swoop of the wandering spirits's wings | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent we=Theme from hill=Source | | 6 | **rush** | gerund | | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **intonate** | | | the church organ | | | | | nom tone «communication transitive»: of=patient | | 8 | **sing** | | Ossian | | | | | | nom song «communication intransitive»: of=agent | | 9 | **swoop** | | the wandering spirits's wings | | | | | | nom swoop «communication intransitive»: of=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. 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