--- title: The boat is lifted high into the air, so that the keel is seen from… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: The boat is lifted high into the air, so that the keel is seen from the shore; the next moment nothing can be seen, mast, keel, and people are all hidden--it seems as though the sea had devoured them; but in a few moments they emerge like a great sea animal climbing up the waves, and the oars move a --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/160/72/) [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 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/160/) / 72 # Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen, A Story From the Sand-hills, part 3, sentence 72 The boat is lifted high into the air, so that the keel is seen from the shore; the next moment nothing can be seen, mast, keel, and people are all hidden--it seems as though the sea had devoured them; but in a few moments they emerge like a great sea animal climbing up the waves, and the oars move as if the creature had legs. **Who acts:** it, boats, great sea animal, oars, creature · **What happens:** lift, see, mast, keel, hide, seem · **To what, where:** boat, air, keel, shore, nothing, people This is a sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. 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, boats, great sea animal, oars), 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:pg27200:160:72 # text = The boat is lifted high into the air, so that the keel is seen from the shore; the next moment nothing can be seen, mast, keel, and people are all hidden--it seems as though the sea had devoured them; but in a few moments they emerge like a great sea animal climbing up the waves, and the oars move as if the creature had legs. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 boat boat NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux:pass _ _ 4 lifted lift VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 5 high high ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 xcomp _ _ 6 into into ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 air air NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 10 so so SCONJ IN ExtPos=SCONJ 15 mark _ _ 11 that that SCONJ IN _ 10 fixed _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 keel keel NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nsubj:pass _ _ 14 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 15 aux:pass _ _ 15 seen see VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 conj _ _ 16 from from ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 shore shore NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 ; ; PUNCT : _ 26 punct _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 21 next next ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 amod _ _ 22 moment moment NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 compound _ _ 23 nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 26 nsubj:pass _ _ 24 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 26 aux _ _ 25 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 26 aux:pass _ _ 26 seen see VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 28 mast mast VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 26 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 30 keel keel VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 28 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 33 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 36 nsubj:pass _ _ 34 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 36 aux:pass _ _ 35 all all ADV RB _ 36 advmod _ _ 36 hidden hide VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 37 -- -- PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 38 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 39 seems seem VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 36 conj _ _ 40 as as ADV RB _ 45 advmod _ _ 41 though though SCONJ IN _ 45 mark _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 sea sea NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 nsubj:pass _ _ 44 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 45 aux _ _ 45 devoured devour VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 39 ccomp _ _ 46 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 45 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 47 ; ; PUNCT , _ 54 punct _ _ 48 but but CCONJ CC _ 54 cc _ _ 49 in in ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 50 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 52 det _ _ 51 few few ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 52 amod _ _ 52 moments moment NOUN NNS Number=Plur 54 obl _ _ 53 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 54 nsubj _ _ 54 emerge emerge VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 55 like like ADP IN _ 59 case _ _ 56 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 59 det _ _ 57 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 59 amod _ _ 58 sea sea NOUN NN Number=Sing 59 compound _ _ 59 animal animal NOUN NN Number=Sing 54 obl _ _ 60 climbing climb VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 59 acl _ _ 61 up up ADP RP _ 60 compound:prt _ _ 62 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 63 det _ _ 63 waves wave NOUN NNS Number=Plur 60 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 64 , , PUNCT , _ 68 punct _ _ 65 and and CCONJ CC _ 68 cc _ _ 66 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 67 det _ _ 67 oars oar NOUN NNS Number=Plur 68 nsubj _ _ 68 move move VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 69 as as SCONJ IN _ 73 mark _ _ 70 if if SCONJ IN _ 73 mark _ _ 71 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 72 det _ _ 72 creature creature NOUN NN Number=Sing 73 nsubj _ _ 73 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 68 advcl _ _ 74 legs leg NOUN NNS Number=Plur 73 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 75 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **lift** | present · passive | | the boat | | the air | | high *property* | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme into air=Destination | | 2 | **see** | present · passive | | the keel | | the shore | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Stimulus | | 3 | **see** | can · passive | | nothing | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Stimulus | | 4 | **mast** | infinitive | | | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **keel** | infinitive | | | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **hide** | present · passive | | people | | | | all *property* | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | | 7 | **seem** | present | it | | | | | | vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Theme clause=Attribute | | 8 | **devour** | past · perfect · passive | | the sea | | | | | tree rules | | 9 | **emerge** | present | boats *= boat* | | | | moment | like a great sea animal | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 10 | **climb up** | gerund | a great sea animal *not said here* | the waves | | | | | vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial\_Location wave=Theme | | 11 | **move** | present | the oars | | | | | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme | | 12 | **have** | past | the creature | legs | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent leg=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 71](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/160/71/) - next →: [sentence 73](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/160/73/) - ↑ back to [A Story From the Sand-hills, part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/160/)