--- title: I saw the people outside running and jumping about on the ice; I saw… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: I saw the people outside running and jumping about on the ice; I saw the beautiful flags waving in the wind; I heard the boys shouting, 'Hurrah!' and the lads and lasses singing, and everything full of merriment and joy. Who acts: I, beautiful flags, boys, lads. 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C. Andersen, The Snowdrop. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (I, beautiful flags, boys, lads), 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:pg27200:177:181 # text = I saw the people outside running and jumping about on the ice; I saw the beautiful flags waving in the wind; I heard the boys shouting, 'Hurrah!' and the lads and lasses singing, and everything full of merriment and joy. 1 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ _ 5 outside outside ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 6 running run VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 2 advcl _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 8 jumping jump VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 6 conj _ _ 9 about about ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 10 on on ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 ice ice NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ; ; PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 14 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 15 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 17 beautiful beautiful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 amod _ _ 18 flags flag NOUN NNS Number=Plur 15 obj _ _ 19 waving wave VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 18 acl _ _ 20 in in ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 wind wind NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 23 ; ; PUNCT : _ 25 punct _ _ 24 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 25 heard hear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 boys boy NOUN NNS Number=Plur 25 obj _ _ 28 shouting shout VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 25 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 30 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 31 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 31 Hurrah Hurrah PROPN NNP Number=Sing 28 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 32 ! ! PUNCT . _ 31 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 33 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 31 punct _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 lads lad NOUN NNS Number=Plur 39 nsubj _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 38 lasses lass NOUN NNS Number=Plur 36 conj _ _ 39 singing sing VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 25 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 41 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 42 everything everything PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Tot 25 parataxis _ _ 43 full full ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 42 amod _ _ 44 of of ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 45 merriment merriment NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obl _ _ 46 and and CCONJ CC _ 47 cc _ _ 47 joy joy NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **see** | past | I | the people | | | | outside *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer people=Stimulus | | 2 | **run** | gerund | I *not said here* | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **jump about** | gerund | I *not said here* | | | the ice | | about *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on ice=Trajectory | | 4 | **see** | past | I | the beautiful flags | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer flag=Stimulus | | 5 | **wave** | gerund | the beautiful flags *not said here* | | | | | in the wind | vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in wind=Theme | | 6 | **hear** | past | I | the boys | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **shout** *speech: express* | gerund | the boys *not said here* | Hurrah | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hurrah=Topic | | 8 | **sing** *speech: express* | gerund | the lads and lasses | | | | | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | 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 180](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/177/180/) - next →: [sentence 182](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/177/182/) - ↑ back to [The Snowdrop](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/177/)