--- title: "The journey of the witches on broomsticks is well enough known--tha… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: "The journey of the witches on broomsticks is well enough known--that journey is taken on St. John's eve, to the Brocken; but we have a wild journey, also which is national and modern, and that is the journey to Amack on the night of the New Year. Who acts: we, wild journey, that. 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C. Andersen, First Visit. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (we, wild journey, that), 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:pg27200:136:23 # text = "The journey of the witches on broomsticks is well enough known--that journey is taken on St. John's eve, to the Brocken; but we have a wild journey, also which is national and modern, and that is the journey to Amack on the night of the New Year. 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 journey journey NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nsubj:pass _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 witches witch NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nmod _ _ 7 on on ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 broomsticks broomstick NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nmod _ _ 9 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 12 aux:pass _ _ 10 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 12 advmod _ _ 11 enough enough ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ _ 12 known know VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 13 -- -- PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 15 det _ _ 15 journey journey NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 nsubj:pass _ _ 16 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 17 aux:pass _ _ 17 taken take VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 12 parataxis _ _ 18 on on ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 19 St. St. PROPN NNP Number=Sing 20 nmod:desc _ _ 20 John John PROPN NNP Number=Sing 22 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 21 's 's PART POS _ 20 case _ _ 22 eve eve NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 24 to to ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 Brocken Brocken PROPN NNP Number=Sing 17 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 27 ; ; PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 28 but but CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 29 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 30 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 12 conj _ _ 31 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 32 wild wild ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 33 amod _ _ 33 journey journey NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 35 also also ADV RB _ 38 advmod _ _ 36 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 38 nsubj _ _ 37 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 38 cop _ _ 38 national national ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 33 acl:relcl _ _ 39 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 40 modern modern ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 38 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 42 and and CCONJ CC _ 46 cc _ _ 43 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 46 nsubj _ _ 44 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 46 cop _ _ 45 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 journey journey NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 conj _ _ 47 to to ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 48 Amack Amack PROPN NNP Number=Sing 46 nmod _ _ 49 on on ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 50 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 51 det _ _ 51 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 nmod _ _ 52 of of ADP IN _ 55 case _ _ 53 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 55 det _ _ 54 New New PROPN NNP Number=Sing 55 compound _ _ 55 Year Year PROPN NNP Number=Sing 51 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 56 . . PUNCT . _ 12 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **know** *in a quote* | present · passive | | the journey of the witches on broomsticks | | | | enough, well *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: subject=Stimulus | | 2 | **take** *in a quote* | present · passive | | that journey | | John St.'s eve | | to the Brocken | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme on eve=Destination | | 3 | **have** *in a quote* | present | we | a wild journey | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent journey=Patient | | 4 | **is** *in a quote* | present | a wild journey | | | | | national *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **be** *in a quote* | | a wild journey *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | that | the journey | Amack | | night | | tree rules | | 7 | **journey** *in a quote* | | | the witches on broomsticks | | | | | nom journey «act 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 22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/136/22/) - next →: [sentence 24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/136/24/) - ↑ back to [First Visit](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/136/)