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title: And so indeed it happened a hundred years later, for the North Sea b… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics
description: And so indeed it happened a hundred years later, for the North Sea broke in and cast down the tower; but Predbjorn Gyldenstjerne, the man who then possessed the castle, built a new castle higher up at the end of the meadow, and that one is standing to this day, and is called Norre-Vosborg. Who acts:
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# Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen, A Story From the Sand-hills, part 2, sentence 64

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And so indeed it happened a hundred years later, for the North Sea broke in and cast down the tower; but Predbjorn Gyldenstjerne, the man who then possessed the castle, built a new castle higher up at the end of the meadow, and that one is standing to this day, and is called Norre-Vosborg.

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**Who acts:** it, North Sea, man, Predbjorn, one · **What happens:** happen, break in, cast down, possess, build, stand · **To what, where:** tower, castle, new castle · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is a sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. Andersen, A Story From the Sand-hills, part 2. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (it, North Sea, man, Predbjorn), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**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:pg27200:159:64
# text = And so indeed it happened a hundred years later, for the North Sea broke in and cast down the tower; but Predbjorn Gyldenstjerne, the man who then possessed the castle, built a new castle higher up at the end of the meadow, and that one is standing to this day, and is called Norre-Vosborg.
1	And	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
2	so	so	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
3	indeed	indeed	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
4	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
5	happened	happen	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	hundred	hundred	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	8	nummod	_	_
8	years	year	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obl:unmarked	_	_
9	later	late	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	5	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
11	for	for	SCONJ	IN	_	15	mark	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	North	North	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	14	compound	_	_
14	Sea	Sea	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	15	nsubj	_	_
15	broke	break	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	parataxis	_	_
16	in	in	ADP	RP	_	15	compound:prt	_	_
17	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	18	cc	_	_
18	cast	cast	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	15	conj	_	_
19	down	down	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
20	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
21	tower	tower	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	35	punct	_	_
23	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	24	cc	_	_
24	Predbjorn	Predbjorn	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	35	nsubj	_	_
25	Gyldenstjerne	Gyldenstjerne	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	24	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
26	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	28	punct	_	_
27	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	28	det	_	_
28	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	24	appos	_	_
29	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	31	nsubj	_	_
30	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	31	advmod	_	_
31	possessed	possess	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	28	acl:relcl	_	_
32	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	33	det	_	_
33	castle	castle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	31	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
34	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	24	punct	_	_
35	built	build	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
36	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	38	det	_	_
37	new	new	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	38	amod	_	_
38	castle	castle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	35	obj	_	_
39	higher	high	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	35	advmod	_	_
40	up	up	ADV	RB	_	39	advmod	_	_
41	at	at	ADP	IN	_	43	case	_	_
42	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	43	det	_	_
43	end	end	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	39	obl	_	_
44	of	of	ADP	IN	_	46	case	_	_
45	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	46	det	_	_
46	meadow	meadow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	43	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
47	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	52	punct	_	_
48	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	52	cc	_	_
49	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	50	det	_	_
50	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	52	nsubj	_	_
51	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	52	aux	_	_
52	standing	stand	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	35	advcl	_	_
53	to	to	ADP	IN	_	55	case	_	_
54	this	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	55	det	_	_
55	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	52	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
56	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	59	punct	_	_
57	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	59	cc	_	_
58	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	59	aux:pass	_	_
59	called	call	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	parataxis	_	_
60	Norre	Norre	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	59	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
61	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	60	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
62	Vosborg	Vosborg	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	60	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
63	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **happen** | past | it |  |  |  |  | indeed, late *property* | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **break in** | past | the North Sea |  |  |  |  |  | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient |
| 3 | **cast down** | participle | the North Sea *not said here* | the tower |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tower=Product |
| 4 | **possess** | past | the man | the castle |  |  | then |  | vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot castle=Theme |
| 5 | **build** | past | Predbjorn | a new castle |  |  |  | high *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent castle=Product |
| 6 | **stand** | present · progressive | that one |  |  |  | day |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 7 | **call** | present · passive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V» |

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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.

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**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.

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