--- title: From the narrow pass came the sound of bugles and the trampling of h… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: From the narrow pass came the sound of bugles and the trampling of horses' feet; therefore a little girl who was watching the geese hastened to drive them away from the bridge, before the whole hunting party came galloping up; they came, however, so quickly, that the girl, in order to avoid being ru --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/155/4/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/) / [Everything in the Right Place](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/155/) / 4 # Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen, Everything in the Right Place, sentence 4 From the narrow pass came the sound of bugles and the trampling of horses' feet; therefore a little girl who was watching the geese hastened to drive them away from the bridge, before the whole hunting party came galloping up; they came, however, so quickly, that the girl, in order to avoid being run over, placed herself on one of the high corner-stones of the bridge. **Who acts:** narrow pass, little girl, whole hunting party, geese, feet · **What happens:** come, watch, hasten, drive, gallop up, avoid · **To what, where:** sound, geese, party This is a sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. Andersen, Everything in the Right Place. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (narrow pass, little girl, whole hunting party, geese), 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:pg27200:155:4 # text = From the narrow pass came the sound of bugles and the trampling of horses' feet; therefore a little girl who was watching the geese hastened to drive them away from the bridge, before the whole hunting party came galloping up; they came, however, so quickly, that the girl, in order to avoid being run over, placed herself on one of the high corner-stones of the bridge. 1 From from ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 narrow narrow ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 pass pass NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 sound sound NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 8 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 bugles bugle NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 nmod _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 trampling trampling NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 conj _ _ 13 of of ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 14 horses horse NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ' 's PART POS _ 14 case _ _ 16 feet foot NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 17 ; ; PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 18 therefore therefore ADV RB _ 21 advmod _ _ 19 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 20 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 amod _ _ 21 girl girl NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 advcl _ _ 22 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 24 nsubj _ _ 23 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 aux _ _ 24 watching watch VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 21 acl:relcl _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 geese goose NOUN NNS Number=Plur 24 obj _ _ 27 hastened hasten VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 26 acl _ _ 28 to to PART TO _ 29 mark _ _ 29 drive drive VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 27 advcl _ _ 30 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 obj _ _ 31 away away ADV RB _ 29 advmod _ _ 32 from from ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 bridge bridge NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 36 before before SCONJ IN _ 41 mark _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 38 whole whole ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 40 amod _ _ 39 hunting hunting NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 compound _ _ 40 party party NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 nsubj _ _ 41 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 advcl _ _ 42 galloping gallop VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 41 xcomp _ _ 43 up up ADP RP _ 42 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 44 ; ; PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 45 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 46 nsubj _ _ 46 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 47 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 48 however however ADV RB _ 46 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 49 , , PUNCT , _ 51 punct _ _ 50 so so ADV RB _ 51 advmod _ _ 51 quickly quickly ADV RB _ 46 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 52 , , PUNCT , _ 55 punct _ _ 53 that that SCONJ IN _ 55 mark _ _ 54 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 55 det _ _ 55 girl girl NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 56 , , PUNCT , _ 60 punct _ _ 57 in in SCONJ IN ExtPos=SCONJ 60 mark _ _ 58 order order NOUN NN Number=Sing 57 fixed _ _ 59 to to PART TO _ 60 mark _ _ 60 avoid avoid VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 46 conj _ _ 61 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 62 aux:pass _ _ 62 run run VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 60 xcomp _ _ 63 over over ADV RB _ 62 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 64 , , PUNCT , _ 65 punct _ _ 65 placed place VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 66 herself herself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 65 obj _ _ 67 on on ADP IN _ 68 case _ _ 68 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 65 obl _ _ 69 of of ADP IN _ 74 case _ _ 70 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 74 det _ _ 71 high high ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 74 amod _ _ 72 corner corner NOUN NN Number=Sing 74 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 73 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 72 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 74 stones stone NOUN NNS Number=Plur 68 nmod _ _ 75 of of ADP IN _ 77 case _ _ 76 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 77 det _ _ 77 bridge bridge NOUN NN Number=Sing 74 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 78 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** | past | the narrow pass | the sound of bugles and the trampling of horses's feet | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location sound=Theme | | 2 | **watch** | past · progressive | a little girl | the geese | | | | | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent goose=Theme | | 3 | **hasten** | participle | | the geese *not said here* | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 4 | **drive** | to-infinitive | | geese *= goose* | | | | away *property* | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme they=Trajectory | | 5 | **come** | past | the whole hunting party | | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **gallop up** | gerund | the whole hunting party *not said here* | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **come** | past | geese *= goose* | | | | | however, quickly *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **avoid** | to-infinitive | geese *= goose* *not said here* | | | | | | vn avoid-52 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 9 | **run over** | gerund · passive | geese *= goose* *not said here* | | | | | over *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V» | | 10 | **place** | past | the narrow pass *not said here* | party | | | | on one of the high corner stones of the bridge | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent herself=Theme on one=Destination | | 11 | **trample** | | horses's feet | | | | | | nom trampling «event 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 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/155/3/) - next →: [sentence 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/155/5/) - ↑ back to [Everything in the Right Place](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/155/)