--- title: From this spot, whence the eagles of Rome once flew abroad, whence t… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: From this spot, whence the eagles of Rome once flew abroad, whence they 'came, saw, and conquered,' our door leads into a little mean house, built of clay between two pillars; the wild vine hangs like a mourning garland over the crooked window. Who acts: eagles, door, wild vine. 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C. Andersen, Nineteenth Evening. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (eagles, door, wild vine), 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:pg27200:110:4 # text = From this spot, whence the eagles of Rome once flew abroad, whence they 'came, saw, and conquered,' our door leads into a little mean house, built of clay between two pillars; the wild vine hangs like a mourning garland over the crooked window. 1 From from ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 3 det _ _ 3 spot spot NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 5 whence whence ADV WRB PronType=Int 11 advmod _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 eagles eagle NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 nsubj _ _ 8 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 Rome Rome PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nmod _ _ 10 once once ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 11 advmod _ _ 11 flew fly VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 12 abroad abroad ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 14 whence whence ADV WRB PronType=Int 17 advmod _ _ 15 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 16 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 15 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 17 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 19 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 22 conquered conquer VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 24 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 27 punct _ _ 25 our our PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 26 nmod:poss _ _ 26 door door NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 nsubj _ _ 27 leads lead VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 22 conj _ _ 28 into into ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 29 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 30 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 32 amod _ _ 31 mean mean ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 32 amod _ _ 32 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 34 built build VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 32 acl _ _ 35 of of ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 36 clay clay NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obl _ _ 37 between between ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 39 nummod _ _ 39 pillars pillar NOUN NNS Number=Plur 36 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 40 ; ; PUNCT : _ 44 punct _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 42 wild wild ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 43 amod _ _ 43 vine vine NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 nsubj _ _ 44 hangs hang VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 conj _ _ 45 like like ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 46 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 47 mourning mourning NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 compound _ _ 48 garland garland NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obl _ _ 49 over over ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 50 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 52 det _ _ 51 crooked crooked ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 52 amod _ _ 52 window window NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 53 . . PUNCT . _ 11 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fly** | past | the eagles of Rome | | | this spot | | abroad, once, whence *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme from spot=Trajectory | | 2 | **come** | past | eagles *= eagle* | | | | | whence *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **see** | past | eagles *= eagle* *not said here* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 4 | **conquer** | past | | | | | | | vn subjugate-42.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **lead** | present | our door | | | a little mean house | | | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent into house=Destination | | 6 | **build** | participle | | a little mean house *not said here* | | | | of clay between two pillars | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | | 7 | **hang** | present | the wild vine | | | the crooked window | | like a mourning garland | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent over window=Location | 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 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/110/3/) - next →: [sentence 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/110/5/) - ↑ back to [Nineteenth Evening](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/110/)