--- title: Outside the reef it looks as if the boat was not approaching land bu… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: Outside the reef it looks as if the boat was not approaching land but going back to sea; then the man who is standing up gives them the signal that the great wave is coming which is to float them across the reef. Who acts: it, boat, man, signal. 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C. Andersen, A Story From the Sand-hills, part 3. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (it, boat, man, signal), 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:pg27200:160:71 # text = Outside the reef it looks as if the boat was not approaching land but going back to sea; then the man who is standing up gives them the signal that the great wave is coming which is to float them across the reef. 1 Outside outside ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 reef reef NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 4 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 looks look VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 as as SCONJ IN _ 12 mark _ _ 7 if if SCONJ IN _ 12 mark _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 boat boat NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nsubj _ _ 10 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 aux _ _ 11 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 12 advmod _ _ 12 approaching approach VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 5 advcl _ _ 13 land land NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obj _ _ 14 but but CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 15 going go VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 12 conj _ _ 16 back back ADV RB _ 15 advmod _ _ 17 to to ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 18 sea sea NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 ; ; PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 20 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 27 advmod _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 nsubj _ _ 23 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 25 nsubj _ _ 24 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 25 aux _ _ 25 standing stand VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 22 acl:relcl _ _ 26 up up ADP RP _ 25 compound:prt _ _ 27 gives give VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 28 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 iobj _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 signal signal NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obj _ _ 31 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 36 nsubj _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 33 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 amod _ _ 34 wave wave NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 nsubj _ _ 35 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 36 aux _ _ 36 coming come VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 30 acl:relcl _ _ 37 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 40 nsubj _ _ 38 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 40 cop _ _ 39 to to PART TO _ 40 mark _ _ 40 float float VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 30 acl:relcl _ _ 41 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 obj _ _ 42 across across ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 reef reef NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **look** | present | it | | | | | outside the reef | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent outside reef=Theme | | 2 | **not** **approach** | past · progressive | the boat | land | | | | | vn confront-98 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent land=Theme | | 3 | **go back** | gerund | the boat *not said here* | | | | | to sea *result* | vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient to sea=Result | | 4 | **stand up** | present · progressive | the man | | | | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **give** | present | the man | the signal | boats *= boat* | | then | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent they=Recipient signal=Theme | | 6 | **come** | present · progressive | the signal | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **is** | present | the signal | the signal *not said here* | | the reef | | float *property* | 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 70](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/160/70/) - next →: [sentence 72](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/160/72/) - ↑ back to [A Story From the Sand-hills, part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/160/)