--- title: Skulls were piled up till they formed an outer wall around the churc… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: Skulls were piled up till they formed an outer wall around the church; and there lay also his head in the burning sun, for many dead were there, and no one knew their names, and his name was forgotten also. Who acts: Skulls, one, sun. A sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. 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Andersen, The Psyche. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Skulls, one, sun), 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:pg27200:151:237 # text = Skulls were piled up till they formed an outer wall around the church; and there lay also his head in the burning sun, for many dead were there, and no one knew their names, and his name was forgotten also. 1 Skulls skull NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 2 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux:pass _ _ 3 piled pile VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 4 up up ADP RP _ 3 compound:prt _ _ 5 till till SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 6 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 7 formed form VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 advcl _ _ 8 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 9 outer outer ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 wall wall NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ 11 around around ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 church church NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ; ; PUNCT : _ 17 punct _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 16 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 17 advmod _ _ 17 lay lie VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 18 also also ADV RB _ 20 advmod _ _ 19 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 20 nmod:poss _ _ 20 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obj _ _ 21 in in ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 23 burning burning NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 compound _ _ 24 sun sun NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 26 for for ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 amod _ _ 28 dead dead ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 advcl _ _ 29 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 cop _ _ 30 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 28 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 33 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 34 det _ _ 34 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 nsubj _ _ 35 knew know VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 advcl _ _ 36 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 37 nmod:poss _ _ 37 names name NOUN NNS Number=Plur 35 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 39 and and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 40 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 41 nmod:poss _ _ 41 name name NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 nsubj:pass _ _ 42 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 43 aux:pass _ _ 43 forgotten forget VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 17 conj _ _ 44 also also ADV RB _ 43 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **pile up** | past · passive | | Skulls | | | | | vn spray-9.7-1-1 «NP.theme V NP»: subject=Destination | | 2 | **form** | past | Skulls *= skull* | a outer wall | | the church | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location wall=Theme | | 3 | **lie** | past | | Church's head | | the burning sun; there | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location head=Theme | | 4 | **is** | past | | | | | | there *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **know** | past | no one | Skulls's names | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer name=Stimulus | | 6 | **forget** | past · passive | | sun's name | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **name** | | Skulls *= skull* | | | | | | nom name «communication transitive»: poss=agent | | 8 | **name** | | sun | | | | | | nom name «communication 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 236](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/151/236/) - next →: [sentence 238](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/151/238/) - ↑ back to [The Psyche](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/151/)