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title: Arrived at its confines, he mounted on the back of an ostrich, which… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics
description: Arrived at its confines, he mounted on the back of an ostrich, which runs faster than a horse, and afterwards, when he fell in with the wild swans, he swung himself on the strongest of them, for he loved change, and away he flew over the sea to distant lands, where there were great forests, deep lak
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# Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen, The Philosopher's Stone, sentence 125

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Arrived at its confines, he mounted on the back of an ostrich, which runs faster than a horse, and afterwards, when he fell in with the wild swans, he swung himself on the strongest of them, for he loved change, and away he flew over the sea to distant lands, where there were great forests, deep lakes, lofty mountains, and proud cities.

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**Who acts:** man, ostrich, great forests · **What happens:** arrive, mount, run, fall in, swing, love · **To what, where:** confines, back, man, change, proud cities, sea

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This is a sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. Andersen, The Philosopher's Stone. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (man, ostrich, great forests), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**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:pg27200:143:125
# text = Arrived at its confines, he mounted on the back of an ostrich, which runs faster than a horse, and afterwards, when he fell in with the wild swans, he swung himself on the strongest of them, for he loved change, and away he flew over the sea to distant lands, where there were great forests, deep lakes, lofty mountains, and proud cities.
1	Arrived	arrive	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	advcl	_	_
2	at	at	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	confines	confines	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
6	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
7	mounted	mount	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	on	on	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	back	back	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	ostrich	ostrich	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
15	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	16	nsubj	_	_
16	runs	run	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	13	acl:relcl	_	_
17	faster	fast	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	16	advmod	_	_
18	than	than	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
19	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
20	horse	horse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	27	punct	_	_
22	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	27	cc	_	_
23	afterwards	afterwards	ADV	RB	_	27	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	27	punct	_	_
25	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	27	advmod	_	_
26	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	27	nsubj	_	_
27	fell	fall	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	conj	_	_
28	in	in	ADV	RB	_	27	advmod	_	_
29	with	with	ADP	IN	_	32	case	_	_
30	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	32	det	_	_
31	wild	wild	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	32	amod	_	_
32	swans	swan	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	27	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
33	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	35	punct	_	_
34	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	35	nsubj	_	_
35	swung	swing	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	parataxis	_	_
36	himself	himself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	35	obj	_	_
37	on	on	ADP	IN	_	39	case	_	_
38	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	39	det	_	_
39	strongest	strong	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	35	advcl	_	_
40	of	of	ADP	IN	_	41	case	_	_
41	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	39	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
42	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	45	punct	_	_
43	for	for	SCONJ	IN	_	45	mark	_	_
44	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	45	nsubj	_	_
45	loved	love	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	35	conj	_	_
46	change	change	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	45	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
47	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	51	punct	_	_
48	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	51	cc	_	_
49	away	away	ADV	RB	_	51	advmod	_	_
50	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	51	nsubj	_	_
51	flew	fly	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	conj	_	_
52	over	over	ADP	IN	_	54	case	_	_
53	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	54	det	_	_
54	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	51	obl	_	_
55	to	to	ADP	IN	_	57	case	_	_
56	distant	distant	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	57	amod	_	_
57	lands	land	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	51	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
58	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	61	punct	_	_
59	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	61	advmod	_	_
60	there	there	PRON	EX	PronType=Dem	61	expl	_	_
61	were	be	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	57	conj	_	_
62	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	63	amod	_	_
63	forests	forest	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	61	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
64	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	66	punct	_	_
65	deep	deep	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	66	amod	_	_
66	lakes	lake	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	63	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
67	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	69	punct	_	_
68	lofty	lofty	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	69	amod	_	_
69	mountains	mountain	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	63	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
70	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	73	punct	_	_
71	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	73	cc	_	_
72	proud	proud	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	73	amod	_	_
73	cities	city	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	51	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
74	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **arrive** | participle | man *not said here* |  |  | foot's confines |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **mount** | past | man |  |  | the back of a ostrich |  |  | vn put-9.1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent on back=Destination |
| 3 | **run** | present | a ostrich |  |  |  |  | fast *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 4 | **fall in** | past | man |  |  |  |  | with the wild swans; afterwards *property* | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 5 | **swing** | past | man | man |  |  |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent himself=Theme |
| 6 | **love** | past | man | change |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer change=Stimulus |
| 7 | **fly** | past | man | proud cities |  | the sea |  | to distant lands; away *property* | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V NP.theme PP»: agent=Agent over sea=Location |
| 8 | **be** | past | great forests and deep lakes and lofty mountains |  |  | there |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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.

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**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.

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