--- title: Old Skjagen lies in the extreme north of Jutland, as far away from t… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: Old Skjagen lies in the extreme north of Jutland, as far away from the Hunsby dunes as one can travel in that country; and this is just what pleased Jurgen, for he did not want to remain till the wedding of Martin and Else, which would take place in a week or two. 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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 (Old Skjagen, one, this, Skjagen), 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:pg27200:160:90 # text = Old Skjagen lies in the extreme north of Jutland, as far away from the Hunsby dunes as one can travel in that country; and this is just what pleased Jurgen, for he did not want to remain till the wedding of Martin and Else, which would take place in a week or two. 1 Old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 2 Skjagen Skjagen PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 lies lie VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 in in ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 extreme extreme ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 north north NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 8 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 Jutland Jutland PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 11 as as ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ _ 12 far far ADV RB Degree=Pos 13 advmod _ _ 13 away away ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 14 from from ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 16 Hunsby Hunsby PROPN NNP Number=Sing 17 compound _ _ 17 dunes dune NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 obl _ _ 18 as as SCONJ IN _ 21 mark _ _ 19 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 21 nsubj _ _ 20 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 21 aux _ _ 21 travel travel VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 13 advcl _ _ 22 in in ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 24 det _ _ 24 country country NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 25 ; ; PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 27 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 30 nsubj _ _ 28 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 30 cop _ _ 29 just just ADV RB _ 30 advmod _ _ 30 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 3 parataxis _ _ 31 pleased pleased ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 32 amod _ _ 32 Jurgen Jurgen PROPN NNP Number=Sing 30 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 34 for for SCONJ IN _ 38 mark _ _ 35 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 36 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 38 aux _ _ 37 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 38 advmod _ _ 38 want want VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 conj _ _ 39 to to PART TO _ 40 mark _ _ 40 remain remain VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 38 xcomp _ _ 41 till till ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 wedding wedding NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obl _ _ 44 of of ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 45 Martin Martin PROPN NNP Number=Sing 43 nmod _ _ 46 and and CCONJ CC _ 47 cc _ _ 47 Else Else PROPN NNP Number=Sing 45 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 48 , , PUNCT , _ 51 punct _ _ 49 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 51 nsubj _ _ 50 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 51 aux _ _ 51 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 43 parataxis _ _ 52 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 obj _ _ 53 in in ADP IN _ 55 case _ _ 54 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 55 det _ _ 55 week week NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 obl _ _ 56 or or CCONJ CC _ 57 cc _ _ 57 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 55 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 58 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **lie** | present | Old Skjagen | | | the extreme north of Jutland | | away *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in north=Location | | 2 | **travel** | can | one | | | that country | | | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in country=Trajectory | | 3 | **is a** | present | this | | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **not** **want** | past · do-support | Skjagen | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 5 | **remain** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | Skjagen *not said here* | | | | till the wedding of Martin and Else | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **take** | would | the wedding of Martin and Else | place | | | week | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent place=Theme | | 7 | **wed** | | | Martin and Else | | | | | nom wedding «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 89](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/160/89/) - next →: [sentence 91](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/160/91/) - ↑ back to [A Story From the Sand-hills, part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/160/)