--- title: It outlived the storms and the calm, it struck against no rocks, was… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: It outlived the storms and the calm, it struck against no rocks, was not devoured by sharks, but drifted on for more than a year, sometimes towards the north, sometimes towards the south, just as the current carried it. Who acts: sun, sharks, current. 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C. Andersen, The Bottle Neck. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (sun, sharks, current), 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:pg27200:13:76 # text = It outlived the storms and the calm, it struck against no rocks, was not devoured by sharks, but drifted on for more than a year, sometimes towards the north, sometimes towards the south, just as the current carried it. 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 outlived outlive VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 storms storm NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 calm calm ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 9 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 10 struck strike VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 11 against against ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 13 det _ _ 13 rocks rock NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 15 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 aux:pass _ _ 16 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 17 advmod _ _ 17 devoured devour VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 10 conj _ _ 18 by by ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 19 sharks shark NOUN NNS Number=Plur 17 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 21 but but CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 22 drifted drift VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 conj _ _ 23 on on ADP RP _ 22 compound:prt _ _ 24 for for ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 25 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp|ExtPos=ADV 28 advmod _ _ 26 than than ADP IN _ 25 fixed _ _ 27 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 year year NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 30 sometimes sometimes ADV RB PronType=Ind 33 advmod _ _ 31 towards towards ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 north north NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 35 sometimes sometimes ADV RB PronType=Ind 38 advmod _ _ 36 towards towards ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 south south NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 40 just just ADV RB _ 44 advmod _ _ 41 as as SCONJ IN _ 44 mark _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 current current NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 nsubj _ _ 44 carried carry VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 45 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 44 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **outlive** | past | sun | the storms | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **strike** | past | sun | | | no rocks | | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme against rock=Location | | 3 | **not** **devour** | past · passive | sharks | | | | | | vn devour-39.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **drift on** | participle | sun *not said here* | | | the north | year | towards the south | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V PP.source PP.trajectory PP.destination»: agent=Theme towards north=Source towards south=Trajectory | | 5 | **carry** | past | the current | sun | | | | | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | 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 75](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/13/75/) - next →: [sentence 77](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/13/77/) - ↑ back to [The Bottle Neck](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/13/)