--- title: Then they began to fancy they could soar, so they tried to do so, re… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: Then they began to fancy they could soar, so they tried to do so, resting on their wings, but they soon found themselves falling, and had to flap their wings as quickly as possible. Who acts: storks. A sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. 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The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (storks), 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:pg27200:183:50 # text = Then they began to fancy they could soar, so they tried to do so, resting on their wings, but they soon found themselves falling, and had to flap their wings as quickly as possible. 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 3 advmod _ _ 2 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 began begin VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 to to PART TO _ 5 mark _ _ 5 fancy fancy VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 xcomp _ _ 6 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 7 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 8 soar soar VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 10 so so ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ _ 11 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 12 tried try VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 13 to to PART TO _ 14 mark _ _ 14 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 xcomp _ _ 15 so so ADV RB _ 14 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 17 resting rest VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 14 advcl _ _ 18 on on ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 20 nmod:poss _ _ 20 wings wing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 17 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 22 but but CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 23 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 24 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 25 advmod _ _ 25 found find VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 26 themselves themselves PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 25 obj _ _ 27 falling fall VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 25 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 30 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 31 to to PART TO _ 32 mark _ _ 32 flap flap VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 30 xcomp _ _ 33 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 34 nmod:poss _ _ 34 wings wing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 32 obj _ _ 35 as as ADV RB _ 36 advmod _ _ 36 quickly quickly ADV RB _ 32 advmod _ _ 37 as as SCONJ IN _ 38 mark _ _ 38 possible possible ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 39 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **begin** | past | storks *= stork* | | | | then | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 2 | **fancy** | to-infinitive | storks *= stork* *not said here* | | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 3 | **soar** | could | storks *= stork* | | | | | | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | | 4 | **try** | past | storks *= stork* | | | | | | vn try-61.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 5 | **do** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | storks *= stork* *not said here* | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **rest** | gerund | storks *= stork* *not said here* | | | storks's wings | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on wing=Location | | 7 | **find** | past | storks *= stork* | storks *= stork* | | | | soon *property* | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent themselves=Attribute clause=Theme | | 8 | **fall** | gerund | storks *= stork* *not said here* | | | | | | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 9 | **have** | past | storks *= stork* *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 10 | **flap** | to-infinitive | storks *= stork* *not said here* | storks's wings | | | | quickly *property* | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wing=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 49](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/183/49/) - next →: [sentence 51](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/183/51/) - ↑ back to [The Storks](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/183/)