--- title: And the swallow talked to them of warm countries, where the grapes h… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: And the swallow talked to them of warm countries, where the grapes hang in large clusters on the vines, and the air is soft and mild, and about the mountains glowing with colors more beautiful than we can think of. Who acts: swallow, grapes, air, mountains. 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C. Andersen, Ole-luk-oie, the Dream-god. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (swallow, grapes, air, mountains), 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:pg27200:134:144 # text = And the swallow talked to them of warm countries, where the grapes hang in large clusters on the vines, and the air is soft and mild, and about the mountains glowing with colors more beautiful than we can think of. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 swallow swallow NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 talked talk VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 to to ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obl _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 warm warm ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 countries country NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 11 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 14 advmod _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 grapes grape NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 nsubj _ _ 14 hang hang VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 15 in in ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 large large ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 amod _ _ 17 clusters cluster NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 obl _ _ 18 on on ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 vines vine NOUN NNS Number=Plur 17 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 air air NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 nsubj _ _ 25 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 26 cop _ _ 26 soft soft ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 conj _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 28 mild mild ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 31 about about ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 mountains mountain NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obl _ _ 34 glowing glow VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 33 acl _ _ 35 with with ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 36 colors color NOUN NNS Number=Plur 34 obl _ _ 37 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 38 advmod _ _ 38 beautiful beautiful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 amod _ _ 39 than than SCONJ IN _ 42 mark _ _ 40 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 41 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 42 aux _ _ 42 think think VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 38 advcl _ _ 43 of of ADP IN _ 42 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **talk** | past | the swallow | | presents *= present* | | | of warm countries; about the mountains | vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent PP.topic»: agent=Agent to they=Co-Agent about mountain=Topic | | 2 | **hang** | present | the grapes | | | large clusters on the vines | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in cluster=Location | | 3 | **is** | present | the air | | | | | soft *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **be** | | the air *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **glow** | gerund | the mountains *not said here* | | | | | with colors | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP.location V PP.theme»: agent=Location with color=Theme | | 6 | **think** *speech: other* | can | we | | | | | | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=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. 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 143](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/134/143/) - next →: [sentence 145](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/134/145/) - ↑ back to [Ole-luk-oie, the Dream-god](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/134/)