--- title: The birds screamed as loud as they could, and one of the greatest of… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: The birds screamed as loud as they could, and one of the greatest of them hacked him with its beak over the eye so that the blood ran down, and it was at first thought the eye had been destroyed; but it had not been injured after all. Who acts: birds, blood, it. 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C. 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 (birds, blood, it), 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:pg27200:149:21 # text = The birds screamed as loud as they could, and one of the greatest of them hacked him with its beak over the eye so that the blood ran down, and it was at first thought the eye had been destroyed; but it had not been injured after all. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 birds bird NOUN NNS Number=Plur 17 nsubj _ _ 3 screamed scream VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 acl _ _ 4 as as ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 loud loud ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 xcomp _ _ 6 as as SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 7 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 8 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 11 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 17 nsubj _ _ 12 of of ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 greatest great ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 11 nmod _ _ 15 of of ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 16 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nmod _ _ 17 hacked hack VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 18 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 obj _ _ 19 with with ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 21 nmod:poss _ _ 21 beak beak NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ _ 22 over over ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 eye eye NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 nmod _ _ 25 so so SCONJ IN ExtPos=SCONJ 29 mark _ _ 26 that that SCONJ IN _ 25 fixed _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 blood blood NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 nsubj _ _ 29 ran run VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 advcl _ _ 30 down down ADP RP _ 29 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 33 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 34 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 37 cop _ _ 35 at at ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 36 first first ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 37 obl _ _ 37 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 conj _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 eye eye NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 nsubj:pass _ _ 40 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 42 aux _ _ 41 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 42 aux:pass _ _ 42 destroyed destroy VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 37 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 43 ; ; PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 44 but but CCONJ CC _ 49 cc _ _ 45 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 49 nsubj:pass _ _ 46 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 49 aux _ _ 47 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 49 advmod _ _ 48 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 49 aux:pass _ _ 49 injured injure VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 17 parataxis _ _ 50 after after ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 51 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 49 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 52 . . PUNCT . _ 17 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **scream** *speech: express* | participle | | the birds *not said here* | | | | loud *property* | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **hack** | past | the birds | Soren | | | | with age's beak over the eye | vn cut-21.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient with beak=Instrument | | 3 | **run down** | past | the blood | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **be** *speech: other* | past | it | | | | | think *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **destroy** | past · perfect · passive | | the eye | | | | | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | | 6 | **not** **injure** | past · perfect · passive | | blood | | | after all | | tree rules | 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. 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