--- title: When I blow that away on my next visit, the sun will bleach their bo… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: When I blow that away on my next visit, the sun will bleach their bones, and travellers will see that others have been there before them; otherwise, in such a wild desert, they might not believe it possible." Who acts: I, sun, travellers, others. 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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, sun, travellers, others), 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:pg27200:140:92 # text = When I blow that away on my next visit, the sun will bleach their bones, and travellers will see that others have been there before them; otherwise, in such a wild desert, they might not believe it possible." 1 When when SCONJ WRB _ 3 mark _ _ 2 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 blow blow VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 14 advcl _ _ 4 that that ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 away away ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 6 on on ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 7 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 8 next next ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 visit visit NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 sun sun NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nsubj _ _ 13 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 14 aux _ _ 14 bleach bleach VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 15 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 16 nmod:poss _ _ 16 bones bone NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 19 travellers traveller NOUN NNS Number=Plur 21 nsubj _ _ 20 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 21 aux _ _ 21 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 14 conj _ _ 22 that that SCONJ IN _ 26 mark _ _ 23 others other NOUN NNS Number=Plur 26 nsubj _ _ 24 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 26 aux _ _ 25 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 26 cop _ _ 26 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 21 ccomp _ _ 27 before before ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 28 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 29 ; ; PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 30 otherwise otherwise ADV RB _ 26 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 32 in in ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 33 such such DET PDT PronType=Ind 36 det:predet _ _ 34 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 35 wild wild ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 amod _ _ 36 desert desert NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 38 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj _ _ 39 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 41 aux _ _ 40 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 41 advmod _ _ 41 believe believe VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 14 conj _ _ 42 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 obj _ _ 43 possible possible ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 41 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 14 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 45 " " PUNCT '' _ 14 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **blow** | present | I | | | my next visit | | away *property* | vn split-23.2 «NP V apart»: agent=Patient | | 2 | **bleach** | future | the sun | caftans's bones | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent bone=Patient | | 3 | **see** | future | travellers | | | such wild desert | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 4 | **is** | present · perfect | others | | | | before caftans *= caftan* | there *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **not** **believe** | might | caftans *= caftan* | sun | | | | possible *property* | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus | | 6 | **visit** | | my | | | | | | nom visit «act transitive»: poss=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 91](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/140/91/) - next →: [sentence 93](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/140/93/) - ↑ back to [The Garden of Paradise](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/140/)