--- title: And the travellers, on their return home, related what they had seen… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: And the travellers, on their return home, related what they had seen; and learned men wrote books, containing descriptions of the town, the palace, and the gardens; but they did not forget the nightingale, which was really the greatest wonder. Who acts: Travellers, men, nightingale. 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C. Andersen, The Nightingale. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Travellers, men, nightingale), 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:pg27200:125:13 # text = And the travellers, on their return home, related what they had seen; and learned men wrote books, containing descriptions of the town, the palace, and the gardens; but they did not forget the nightingale, which was really the greatest wonder. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 travellers traveller NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 5 on on ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 return return NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 appos _ _ 8 home home ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 10 related related ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 11 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 14 obj _ _ 12 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 13 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 aux _ _ 14 seen see VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 10 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ; ; PUNCT : _ 17 punct _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 17 learned learn VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 parataxis _ _ 18 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 19 nsubj _ _ 19 wrote write VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 ccomp _ _ 20 books book NOUN NNS Number=Plur 19 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 22 containing contain VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 19 advcl _ _ 23 descriptions description NOUN NNS Number=Plur 22 obj _ _ 24 of of ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 town town NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 palace palace NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 gardens garden NOUN NNS Number=Plur 22 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 34 ; ; PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 35 but but CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 36 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 37 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 39 aux _ _ 38 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 39 advmod _ _ 39 forget forget VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 17 conj _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 nightingale nightingale NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 43 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 48 nsubj _ _ 44 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 48 cop _ _ 45 really really ADV RB _ 48 advmod _ _ 46 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 47 greatest great ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 48 amod _ _ 48 wonder wonder NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 49 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **see** | past · perfect | Travellers *= traveller* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer what=Stimulus | | 2 | **learn** | past | | | | | | | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **write** | past | men | books | | | | | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent book=Theme | | 4 | **contain** | gerund | men *not said here* | descriptions of the town and the palace | | | | the gardens *obl* | vn comprise-107.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot description=Theme | | 5 | **not** **forget** | past · do-support | Travellers *= traveller* | the nightingale | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **is a** | past | the nightingale | the greatest wonder | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **return** | | Travellers *= traveller* | | | | | | nom return «communication intransitive»: poss=agent | | 8 | **describe** | | | the town and the palace | | | | | nom description «communication transitive»: of=patient | 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 12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/125/12/) - next →: [sentence 14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/125/14/) - ↑ back to [The Nightingale](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/125/)