--- title: Sounds of singing and castanets can be heard, and youths and maidens… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: Sounds of singing and castanets can be heard, and youths and maidens dance upon the flowering acacia trees, while even the beggar sits upon a block of marble, refreshing himself with a juicy melon, and dreamily enjoying life. Who acts: youths, beggar. 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C. Andersen, A Story From the Sand-hills, part 1. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (youths, beggar), 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:pg27200:158:5 # text = Sounds of singing and castanets can be heard, and youths and maidens dance upon the flowering acacia trees, while even the beggar sits upon a block of marble, refreshing himself with a juicy melon, and dreamily enjoying life. 1 Sounds sound NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 of of ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 3 singing singing NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 nmod _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 5 castanets castanet NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 conj _ _ 6 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 7 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 8 aux:pass _ _ 8 heard hear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 11 youths youth NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 nsubj _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 13 maidens maiden NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 conj _ _ 14 dance dance VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 parataxis _ _ 15 upon upon ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 17 flowering flower VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 19 amod _ _ 18 acacia acacia NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 compound _ _ 19 trees tree NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 21 while while SCONJ IN _ 25 mark _ _ 22 even even ADV RB _ 24 advmod _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 beggar beggar NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 nsubj _ _ 25 sits sit VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 14 conj _ _ 26 upon upon ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 block block NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ _ 29 of of ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 30 marble marble NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 32 refreshing refresh VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 25 advcl _ _ 33 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 32 obj _ _ 34 with with ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 35 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 36 juicy juicy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 amod _ _ 37 melon melon NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 39 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 40 dreamily dreamily ADV RB _ 41 advmod _ _ 41 enjoying enjoy VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 8 conj _ _ 42 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hear** | can · passive | | Sounds of singing and castanets | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: subject=Stimulus | | 2 | **dance** | present | youths and maidens | | | the flowering acacia trees | | | vn modes\_of\_being\_with\_motion-47.3 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme upon tree=Location | | 3 | **flower** | gerund | | | | | | | vn entity\_specific\_modes\_being-47.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **sit** | present | the beggar | | | a block of marble | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent upon block=Location | | 5 | **refresh** | gerund | the beggar *not said here* | beggar | | | | with a juicy melon | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus himself=Experiencer | | 6 | **enjoy** | gerund | | life | | | | dreamily *property* | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer life=Stimulus | 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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