--- title: I saw the wild buffalo swimming in the river, but the strong tide ca… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: I saw the wild buffalo swimming in the river, but the strong tide carried him away amidst a flock of wild ducks, which flew into the air as the waters dashed onwards, leaving the buffalo to be hurled over the waterfall. Who acts: I, wild buffalo, strong tide, wild ducks. 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C. Andersen, The Garden of Paradise. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (I, wild buffalo, strong tide, wild ducks), 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:pg27200:140:70 # text = I saw the wild buffalo swimming in the river, but the strong tide carried him away amidst a flock of wild ducks, which flew into the air as the waters dashed onwards, leaving the buffalo to be hurled over the waterfall. 1 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 wild wild ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 buffalo buffalo NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 6 swimming swim VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 5 acl _ _ 7 in in ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 river river NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 11 but but CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 13 strong strong ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 amod _ _ 14 tide tide NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nsubj _ _ 15 carried carry VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 16 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 obj _ _ 17 away away ADV RB _ 15 advmod _ _ 18 amidst amidst ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 flock flock NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ _ 21 of of ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 wild wild ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 amod _ _ 23 ducks duck NOUN NNS Number=Plur 20 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 25 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 26 nsubj _ _ 26 flew fly VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 acl:relcl _ _ 27 into into ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 air air NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obl _ _ 30 as as SCONJ IN _ 33 mark _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 waters water NOUN NNS Number=Plur 33 nsubj _ _ 33 dashed dash VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 conj _ _ 34 onwards onwards ADV RB _ 33 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 36 leaving leave VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 33 advcl _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 buffalo buffalo NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obj _ _ 39 to to PART TO _ 41 mark _ _ 40 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 41 aux:pass _ _ 41 hurled hurl VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 38 acl _ _ 42 over over ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 waterfall waterfall NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **see** | past | I | the wild buffalo | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer buffalo=Stimulus | | 2 | **swim** | gerund | the wild buffalo *not said here* | | | the river | | | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in river=Trajectory | | 3 | **carry away** | past | the strong tide | water | | | | amidst a flock of wild ducks; away *property* | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | | 4 | **fly** | past | wild ducks | | | | | into the air *result* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme into air=Result | | 5 | **dash** | past | the waters | | | | | onwards *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **leave** | gerund | the waters *not said here* | the buffalo | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent buffalo=Theme | | 7 | **hurl** | to-infinitive · passive | the waters *not said here* | the buffalo *not said here* | | the waterfall | | | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: over waterfall=Destination | 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 69](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/140/69/) - next →: [sentence 71](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/140/71/) - ↑ back to [The Garden of Paradise](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/140/)