--- title: The service was over, and the congregation passed out into the churc… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: The service was over, and the congregation passed out into the churchyard, where not a tree or bush was to be seen; no flowers were planted there, and they had not placed a single wreath upon any of the graves. Who acts: service, congregation. 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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 (service, congregation), 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:pg27200:158:66 # text = The service was over, and the congregation passed out into the churchyard, where not a tree or bush was to be seen; no flowers were planted there, and they had not placed a single wreath upon any of the graves. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 service service NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 4 over over ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 congregation congregation NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 9 passed pass VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 10 out out ADP RP _ 9 compound:prt _ _ 11 into into ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 churchyard churchyard NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 15 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 24 advmod _ _ 16 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 18 advmod _ _ 17 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 nsubj:pass _ _ 19 or or CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 20 bush bush NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 conj _ _ 21 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 aux:pass _ _ 22 to to PART TO _ 24 mark _ _ 23 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 24 aux:pass _ _ 24 seen see VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 13 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 25 ; ; PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 26 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 27 det _ _ 27 flowers flower NOUN NNS Number=Plur 29 nsubj:pass _ _ 28 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 aux:pass _ _ 29 planted plant VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 9 parataxis _ _ 30 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 29 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 33 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj:pass _ _ 34 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 aux _ _ 35 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 36 advmod _ _ 36 placed place VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 29 conj _ _ 37 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 38 single single ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 amod _ _ 39 wreath wreath NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obj _ _ 40 upon upon ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 41 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 36 obl _ _ 42 of of ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 graves grave NOUN NNS Number=Plur 41 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | the service | | | | | over *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **pass out** | past | the congregation | | | the churchyard | | | vn change\_bodily\_state-40.8.4 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 3 | **see** | past · passive | the congregation *not said here* | a tree or bush | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Stimulus | | 4 | **plant** | past · passive | | no flowers | | there | | | vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | | 5 | **not** **place** | past · perfect · passive | | flowers *= flower* | | | | upon any | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP ADVP»: subject=Theme wreath=Destination | 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 65](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/158/65/) - next →: [sentence 67](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/158/67/) - ↑ back to [A Story From the Sand-hills, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/158/)