--- title: The sun was setting, and the fowls were flying on to their roost; on… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: The sun was setting, and the fowls were flying on to their roost; one hen, with white feathers and short legs, used to lay her eggs according to the regulations, and was, as a hen, respectable in every way. Who acts: sun, fowls. A sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. 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Andersen, There Is No Doubt About It. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (sun, fowls), 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:pg27200:126:8 # text = The sun was setting, and the fowls were flying on to their roost; one hen, with white feathers and short legs, used to lay her eggs according to the regulations, and was, as a hen, respectable in every way. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 sun sun NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 setting set VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 fowls fowl NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 nsubj _ _ 9 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 aux _ _ 10 flying fly VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 4 conj _ _ 11 on on ADP RP _ 10 compound:prt _ _ 12 to to ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 14 nmod:poss _ _ 14 roost roost NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ; ; PUNCT : _ 17 punct _ _ 16 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 17 nummod _ _ 17 hen hen NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 19 with with ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 white white ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 amod _ _ 21 feathers feather NOUN NNS Number=Plur 17 appos _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 23 short short ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 amod _ _ 24 legs leg NOUN NNS Number=Plur 21 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 26 used use VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 21 conj _ _ 27 to to PART TO _ 28 mark _ _ 28 lay lay VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 26 advcl _ _ 29 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 30 nmod:poss _ _ 30 eggs egg NOUN NNS Number=Plur 28 obj _ _ 31 according accord VERB VBG ExtPos=ADP|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 34 case _ _ 32 to to ADP IN _ 31 fixed _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 regulations regulation NOUN NNS Number=Plur 28 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 37 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 41 cop _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 39 as as ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 hen hen NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 43 respectable respectable ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 41 amod _ _ 44 in in ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 45 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 46 det _ _ 46 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **set** | past · progressive | the sun | one hen | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 2 | **fly on** | past · progressive | the fowls | | | | | to fowls's roost *result* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to roost=Result | | 3 | **use** | participle | the sun *not said here* | | | | | | vn eat-39.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **lay** | to-infinitive | the sun *not said here* | sun's eggs | | | | accord the regulations | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent egg=Result | | 5 | **accord** | gerund | | | | | | | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **is** | past | | | | | | as a hen | tree rules | 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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