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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 (men, dunes, sandweeds), 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:pg27200:158:83 # text = They had soon taken off their Sunday clothes and come out again, hurrying over the dunes which stood there like great waves of sand suddenly arrested in their course, while the sandweeds and dune grass with its bluish stalks spread a changing colour over them. 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 4 advmod _ _ 4 taken take VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 5 off off ADP RP _ 4 compound:prt _ _ 6 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 7 Sunday Sunday PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 compound _ _ 8 clothes clothes NOUN NNS Number=Ptan 4 obj _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 10 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 conj _ _ 11 out out ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 12 again again ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 14 hurrying hurry VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 10 advcl _ _ 15 over over ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 dunes dune NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 obl _ _ 18 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 19 nsubj _ _ 19 stood stand VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 acl:relcl _ _ 20 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 19 advmod _ _ 21 like like ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 amod _ _ 23 waves wave NOUN NNS Number=Plur 19 obl _ _ 24 of of ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 25 sand sand NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 nmod _ _ 26 suddenly suddenly ADV RB _ 27 advmod _ _ 27 arrested arrest VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 23 acl _ _ 28 in in ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 30 nmod:poss _ _ 30 course course NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 32 while while SCONJ IN _ 42 mark _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 sandweeds sandweed NOUN NNS Number=Plur 42 nsubj _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 36 dune dune NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 compound _ _ 37 grass grass NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 conj _ _ 38 with with ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 39 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 41 nmod:poss _ _ 40 bluish bluish ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 41 amod _ _ 41 stalks stalk NOUN NNS Number=Plur 34 nmod _ _ 42 spread spread VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 43 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 44 changing change VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 45 amod _ _ 45 colour colour NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obj _ _ 46 over over ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 47 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **take off** | past · perfect | men *= man* | men's Sunday clothes | | | | soon *property* | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent clothes=Theme | | 2 | **come out** | infinitive | men *= man* *not said here* | | | | again | out *property* | vn become-109.1 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Patient | | 3 | **hurry** | gerund | men *= man* *not said here* | | | the dunes | | | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme over dune=Trajectory | | 4 | **stand** | past | the dunes | | | there | | like great waves of sand | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **arrest** | participle | | great waves of sand *not said here* | | men's course | | suddenly *property* | vn prosecute-33.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **spread** | present | the sandweeds with sand's bluish stalks and dune grass | a changing colour | | | | over men *= man* | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent colour=Theme over they=Destination | | 7 | **change** | gerund | | | | | | | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **wave** | | | sand | | | | | nom wave «event 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 82](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/158/82/) - next →: [sentence 84](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/158/84/) - ↑ back to [A Story From the Sand-hills, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/158/)