--- title: He sang to thee the Marseillaise, and thou kissedst the pen that fel… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: He sang to thee the Marseillaise, and thou kissedst the pen that fell from his wing; he came in the radiance of Paradise, and perchance thou didst turn away from him towards the sparrow who sat with tinsel on his wings. Who acts: bird, thou, pen, perchance. 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C. Andersen, The Phoenix Bird. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (bird, thou, pen, perchance), 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:pg27200:144:18 # text = He sang to thee the Marseillaise, and thou kissedst the pen that fell from his wing; he came in the radiance of Paradise, and perchance thou didst turn away from him towards the sparrow who sat with tinsel on his wings. 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 sang sing VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 to to ADP TO _ 4 case _ _ 4 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 2 obl _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 Marseillaise marseillaise NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 9 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 10 nsubj _ _ 10 kissedst kiss VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 pen pen NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ _ 13 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 14 nsubj _ _ 14 fell fall VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 acl:relcl _ _ 15 from from ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 17 nmod:poss _ _ 17 wing wing NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 18 ; ; PUNCT : _ 20 punct _ _ 19 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 20 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 21 in in ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 radiance radiance NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl _ _ 24 of of ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 25 Paradise Paradise PROPN NNP Number=Sing 23 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 28 perchance perchance NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 nsubj _ _ 29 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 30 nsubj _ _ 30 didst do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 acl:relcl _ _ 31 turn turn VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 20 conj _ _ 32 away away ADV RB _ 31 advmod _ _ 33 from from ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 34 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 obl _ _ 35 towards towards ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 sparrow sparrow NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl _ _ 38 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 39 nsubj _ _ 39 sat sit VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 37 acl:relcl _ _ 40 with with ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 41 tinsel tinsel NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obl _ _ 42 on on ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 43 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 44 nmod:poss _ _ 44 wings wing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 39 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sing** *speech: express* | past | bird | the Marseillaise | thee | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent marseillaise=Topic to thou=Recipient | | 2 | **kiss** | past | thou | the pen | | | | | vn marry-36.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pen=Co-Agent | | 3 | **fall** | past | the pen | | | bird's wing | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from wing=Initial\_Location | | 4 | **come** | past | bird | | | the radiance of Paradise | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in radiance=Location | | 5 | **do** | past | thou | perchance *not said here* | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent perchance=Eventuality | | 6 | **turn away** | infinitive | perchance | | | | | from bird; towards the sparrow; away *property* | vn banish-10.2 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent from he=Source | | 7 | **sit** | past | the sparrow | | | bird's wings | | with tinsel | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on wing=Location | | 8 | **radiate** | | Paradise | | | | | | nom radiance «phenomenon intransitive»: of=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 17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/144/17/) - next →: [sentence 19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/144/19/) - ↑ back to [The Phoenix Bird](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/144/)