--- title: The student turned his steps towards the canal at the castle bridge,… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: The student turned his steps towards the canal at the castle bridge, where a couple of small ships were lying; one of these was weighing anchor, to get away from the plague-stricken city. Who acts: student, couple, one, person. A sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. 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Andersen, Poultry Meg's Family. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (student, couple, one, person), 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:pg27200:149:145 # text = The student turned his steps towards the canal at the castle bridge, where a couple of small ships were lying; one of these was weighing anchor, to get away from the plague-stricken city. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 student student NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 turned turn VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 5 steps step NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obj _ _ 6 towards towards ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 canal canal NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 9 at at ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 11 castle castle NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 compound _ _ 12 bridge bridge NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 14 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 21 advmod _ _ 15 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 couple couple NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 nsubj _ _ 17 of of ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 small small ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 amod _ _ 19 ships ship NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 nmod _ _ 20 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 aux _ _ 21 lying lie VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 12 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 22 ; ; PUNCT : _ 27 punct _ _ 23 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 27 nsubj _ _ 24 of of ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 25 these this PRON DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 23 nmod _ _ 26 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 aux _ _ 27 weighing weigh VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 3 advcl _ _ 28 anchor anchor NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 30 to to PART TO _ 31 mark _ _ 31 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 27 conj _ _ 32 away away ADV RB _ 31 advmod _ _ 33 from from ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 35 plague plague NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 36 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 35 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 37 stricken stricken ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 38 amod _ _ 38 city city NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 39 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **turn** | past | the student | person's steps | | the castle bridge | | towards the canal | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.agent V NP.theme PP.source PP.trajectory PP.destination»: agent=Agent step=Theme towards canal=Source at bridge=Trajectory | | 2 | **lie** | past · progressive | a couple of small ships | | | | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **weigh** | past · progressive | one of these | anchor | | | | | vn register-54.1-2-1 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme anchor=Value | | 4 | **get away** | to-infinitive | one of these *not said here* | | | the stricken city | | away *property* | vn withdraw-82-2 «NP V PP.source»: agent=Agent from city=Source | | 5 | **step** | | person | | | | | | nom step «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 144](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/149/144/) - next →: [sentence 146](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/149/146/) - ↑ back to [Poultry Meg's Family](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/149/)