--- title: Rough mounds show where the dead have been buried, and rank grass, t… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: Rough mounds show where the dead have been buried, and rank grass, tossed by the wind, grows thickly over the whole churchyard; here and there a grave has a sort of monument, a block of half-decayed wood, rudely cut in the shape of a coffin; the blocks are brought from the forest of West Jutland, bu --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/158/68/) [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/) / [A Story From the Sand-hills, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/158/) / 68 # Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen, A Story From the Sand-hills, part 1, sentence 68 Rough mounds show where the dead have been buried, and rank grass, tossed by the wind, grows thickly over the whole churchyard; here and there a grave has a sort of monument, a block of half-decayed wood, rudely cut in the shape of a coffin; the blocks are brought from the forest of West Jutland, but the forest is the sea itself, and the inhabitants find beams, and planks, and fragments which the waves have cast upon the beach. **Who acts:** Rough mounds, rank grass, grave, forest, inhabitants · **What happens:** show, bury, toss, grow, have, decay · **To what, where:** dead, rank grass, whole churchyard, sort, decayed wood, shape · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. 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 (Rough mounds, rank grass, grave, forest), 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:pg27200:158:68 # text = Rough mounds show where the dead have been buried, and rank grass, tossed by the wind, grows thickly over the whole churchyard; here and there a grave has a sort of monument, a block of half-decayed wood, rudely cut in the shape of a coffin; the blocks are brought from the forest of West Jutland, but the forest is the sea itself, and the inhabitants find beams, and planks, and fragments which the waves have cast upon the beach. 1 Rough rough ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 2 mounds mound NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 3 show show VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 9 advmod _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 dead dead ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 nsubj:pass _ _ 7 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ _ 8 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 9 aux:pass _ _ 9 buried bury VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 3 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 12 rank rank ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 13 grass grass NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 15 tossed toss VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 13 acl _ _ 16 by by ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 wind wind NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 20 grows grow VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 21 thickly thickly ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 xcomp _ _ 22 over over ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 24 whole whole ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 amod _ _ 25 churchyard churchyard NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 26 ; ; PUNCT : _ 32 punct _ _ 27 here here ADV RB PronType=Dem 32 advmod _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 29 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 32 expl _ _ 30 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 grave grave NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 nsubj _ _ 32 has have VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 33 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 sort sort NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obj _ _ 35 of of ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 36 monument monument NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 38 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 block block NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 conj _ _ 40 of of ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 41 half half NOUN NN Number=Sing|NumForm=Word|NumType=Frac 43 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 42 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 41 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 43 decayed decay VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 44 amod _ _ 44 wood wood NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 45 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 46 rudely rudely ADV RB _ 47 advmod _ _ 47 cut cut VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 44 acl _ _ 48 in in ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 49 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 50 det _ _ 50 shape shape NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 obl _ _ 51 of of ADP IN _ 53 case _ _ 52 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 53 det _ _ 53 coffin coffin NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 54 ; ; PUNCT , _ 58 punct _ _ 55 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 56 det _ _ 56 blocks block NOUN NNS Number=Plur 58 nsubj:pass _ _ 57 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 58 aux:pass _ _ 58 brought bring VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 32 conj _ _ 59 from from ADP IN _ 61 case _ _ 60 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 61 det _ _ 61 forest forest NOUN NN Number=Sing 58 obl _ _ 62 of of ADP IN _ 63 case _ _ 63 West West PROPN NNP Number=Sing 61 nmod _ _ 64 Jutland Jutland PROPN NNP Number=Sing 63 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 65 , , PUNCT , _ 71 punct _ _ 66 but but CCONJ CC _ 71 cc _ _ 67 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 68 det _ _ 68 forest forest NOUN NN Number=Sing 71 nsubj _ _ 69 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 71 cop _ _ 70 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 71 det _ _ 71 sea sea NOUN NN Number=Sing 58 obl _ _ 72 itself itself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Emp|Reflex=Yes 71 nmod:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 73 , , PUNCT , _ 77 punct _ _ 74 and and CCONJ CC _ 77 cc _ _ 75 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 76 det _ _ 76 inhabitants inhabitant NOUN NNS Number=Plur 77 nsubj _ _ 77 find find VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 78 beams beam NOUN NNS Number=Plur 77 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 79 , , PUNCT , _ 81 punct _ _ 80 and and CCONJ CC _ 81 cc _ _ 81 planks plank NOUN NNS Number=Plur 77 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 82 , , PUNCT , _ 89 punct _ _ 83 and and CCONJ CC _ 89 cc _ _ 84 fragments fragment NOUN NNS Number=Plur 89 nsubj:pass _ _ 85 which which DET WDT PronType=Int 87 det _ _ 86 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 87 det _ _ 87 waves wave NOUN NNS Number=Plur 84 conj _ _ 88 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 89 aux _ _ 89 cast cast VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 conj _ _ 90 upon upon ADP IN _ 92 case _ _ 91 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 92 det _ _ 92 beach beach NOUN NN Number=Sing 89 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 93 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **show** | present | Rough mounds | | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **bury** | present · perfect · passive | | the dead | | | | | vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 3 | **toss** | participle | | rank grass *not said here* | | | | by the wind | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent by wind=Destination | | 4 | **grow** | present | rank grass | | | the whole churchyard | | thickly *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme over churchyard=Location | | 5 | **have** | present | a grave | a sort of monument and a block of decayed wood | | here; there | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sort=Patient | | 6 | **decay** | participle | | | | | | | vn entity\_specific\_cos-45.5 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 7 | **cut** | participle | | decayed wood *not said here* | | the shape of a coffin | | rudely *property* | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | | 8 | **bring** | present · passive | | the blocks | | the forest of West | | | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: subject=Theme from forest=Initial\_Location | | 9 | **is a** | present | the forest | the sea | | | | forest *nmod:unmarked* | tree rules | | 10 | **find** | present | the inhabitants | beams | | | | planks *obl* | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent beam=Topic | | 11 | **cast** | present · perfect · passive | | fragments and which waves | | the beach | | | vn throw-17.1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: subject=Theme upon beach=Destination | | 12 | **sort** | | | monument | | | | | nom sort «cognition transitive»: of=patient | 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 67](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/158/67/) - next →: [sentence 69](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/158/69/) - ↑ back to [A Story From the Sand-hills, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/158/)