--- title: They came to the conclusion that one of the great waves, which had r… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: They came to the conclusion that one of the great waves, which had rolled far up on the beach, had carried him away; but his body lay buried in a great sepulchre--the church itself. Who acts: dunes. 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 6. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (dunes), 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:pg27200:163:25 # text = They came to the conclusion that one of the great waves, which had rolled far up on the beach, had carried him away; but his body lay buried in a great sepulchre--the church itself. 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 to to ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 conclusion conclusion NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 6 that that SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 7 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 advcl _ _ 8 of of ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 10 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 waves wave NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 13 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 15 nsubj:pass _ _ 14 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 aux _ _ 15 rolled roll VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 11 acl:relcl _ _ 16 far far ADV RB Degree=Pos 17 advmod _ _ 17 up up ADV RB _ 15 advmod _ _ 18 on on ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 beach beach NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 22 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 aux _ _ 23 carried carry VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 2 advcl _ _ 24 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 obj _ _ 25 away away ADV RB _ 23 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 26 ; ; PUNCT : _ 31 punct _ _ 27 but but CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 28 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 29 nmod:poss _ _ 29 body body NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 nsubj:pass _ _ 30 lay lie VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 aux:pass _ _ 31 buried bury VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 conj _ _ 32 in in ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 33 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 34 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 amod _ _ 35 sepulchre sepulchre NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 36 -- -- PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 church church NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 appos _ _ 39 itself itself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Emp|Reflex=Yes 38 nmod:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 40 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** | past | dunes *= dune* | | | the conclusion | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to conclusion=Initial\_Location | | 2 | **roll** | past · perfect · passive | | the great waves | | the beach | | | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: subject=Theme on beach=Trajectory | | 3 | **carry away** | past · perfect | dunes *= dune* *not said here* | Jurgen | | | | away *property* | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | | 4 | **bury** | past · passive | | Jurgen's body | | a great sepulchre | | | vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme in sepulchre=Destination | 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 24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/163/24/) - next →: [sentence 26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/163/26/) - ↑ back to [A Story From the Sand-hills, part 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/163/)