--- title: One morning, when he himself had gone out to bring in the horses, he… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: One morning, when he himself had gone out to bring in the horses, he found one of them standing with its forefeet on a wolf it had killed, but the savage animal had torn and lacerated the brave horse's legs. Who acts: man, wolf. A sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. 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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 (man, wolf), 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:pg27200:159:82 # text = One morning, when he himself had gone out to bring in the horses, he found one of them standing with its forefeet on a wolf it had killed, but the savage animal had torn and lacerated the brave horse's legs. 1 One one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 2 morning morning NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 4 when when SCONJ WRB _ 8 mark _ _ 5 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 6 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Emp|Reflex=Yes 5 nmod:unmarked _ _ 7 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 8 gone go VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 9 out out ADP RP _ 8 compound:prt _ _ 10 to to PART TO _ 11 mark _ _ 11 bring bring VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 advcl _ _ 12 in in ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 horses horse NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 16 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 17 found find VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 parataxis _ _ 18 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 17 obj _ _ 19 of of ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 20 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nmod _ _ 21 standing stand VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 17 advcl _ _ 22 with with ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 24 nmod:poss _ _ 24 forefeet forefeet NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ _ 25 on on ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 wolf wolf NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 nmod _ _ 28 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj:pass _ _ 29 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 aux _ _ 30 killed kill VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 27 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 32 but but CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 34 savage savage ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 amod _ _ 35 animal animal NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 nsubj:pass _ _ 36 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 37 aux _ _ 37 torn tear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 8 conj _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 39 lacerated lacerate VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 37 conj _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 41 brave brave ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 42 amod _ _ 42 horse horse NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 43 's 's PART POS _ 42 case _ _ 44 legs leg NOUN NNS Number=Plur 39 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go out** | past · perfect | man | | | | morning | | vn interact-36.6 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **bring** | to-infinitive | man *not said here* | | | | | in the horses | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **find** | past | man | one of horses | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent one=Topic | | 4 | **stand** | gerund | man *not said here* | | | | | with lifetime's forefeet on a wolf | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **kill** | past · perfect · passive | a wolf *not said here* | lifetime | | | | | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 6 | **tear** | past · perfect · passive | | the savage animal | | | | | vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Theme | | 7 | **lacerate** | past | | the brave horse's legs | | | | | tree rules | 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 81](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/159/81/) - next →: [sentence 83](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/159/83/) - ↑ back to [A Story From the Sand-hills, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/159/)