--- title: The silken flag waved to and fro, on the shield itself a double eagl… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: The silken flag waved to and fro, on the shield itself a double eagle was displayed, and a big boot; the youngest lads carried the "welcome," and the chest of the workmen's guild, and their shirt-sleeves were adorned with red and white ribbons; the elder ones carried drawn swords, each with a lemon --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/184/5/) [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/) / [The Storm Shakes the Shield](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/184/) / 5 # Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen, The Storm Shakes the Shield, sentence 5 The silken flag waved to and fro, on the shield itself a double eagle was displayed, and a big boot; the youngest lads carried the "welcome," and the chest of the workmen's guild, and their shirt-sleeves were adorned with red and white ribbons; the elder ones carried drawn swords, each with a lemon stuck on its point. **Who acts:** youngest lads, elder ones, shield · **What happens:** wave, fro, display, carry, adorn, draw · **To what, where:** silken flag, welcome, shirt sleeves, drawn swords, lemon, point This is a sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. Andersen, The Storm Shakes the Shield. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (youngest lads, elder ones, shield), 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:pg27200:184:5 # text = The silken flag waved to and fro, on the shield itself a double eagle was displayed, and a big boot; the youngest lads carried the "welcome," and the chest of the workmen's guild, and their shirt-sleeves were adorned with red and white ribbons; the elder ones carried drawn swords, each with a lemon stuck on its point. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 silken silken ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 flag flag NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 nsubj:pass _ _ 4 waved wave VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 acl _ _ 5 to to ADP IN _ 4 obl _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 fro fro VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 9 on on ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 shield shield NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 conj _ _ 12 itself itself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Emp|Reflex=Yes 11 nmod:unmarked _ _ 13 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 14 double double ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 amod _ _ 15 eagle eagle NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 nsubj:pass _ _ 16 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 aux:pass _ _ 17 displayed display VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 20 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 21 big big ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 amod _ _ 22 boot boot NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 23 ; ; PUNCT : _ 27 punct _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 25 youngest young ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 26 amod _ _ 26 lads lad NOUN NNS Number=Plur 27 nsubj _ _ 27 carried carry VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 parataxis _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 29 " " PUNCT `` _ 30 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 30 welcome welcome NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 32 " " PUNCT '' _ 27 punct _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 chest chest NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 conj _ _ 36 of of ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 workmen workman NOUN NNS Number=Plur 40 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 39 's 's PART POS _ 38 case _ _ 40 guild guild NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 42 and and CCONJ CC _ 48 cc _ _ 43 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 46 nmod:poss _ _ 44 shirt shirt NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 45 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 44 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 46 sleeves sleeve NOUN NNS Number=Plur 48 nsubj _ _ 47 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 48 aux:pass _ _ 48 adorned adorn VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 27 conj _ _ 49 with with ADP IN _ 53 case _ _ 50 red red ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 53 amod _ _ 51 and and CCONJ CC _ 52 cc _ _ 52 white white ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 50 conj _ _ 53 ribbons ribbon NOUN NNS Number=Plur 48 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 54 ; ; PUNCT : _ 58 punct _ _ 55 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 57 det _ _ 56 elder elder ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 57 amod _ _ 57 ones one NOUN NNS Number=Plur 58 nsubj _ _ 58 carried carry VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 conj _ _ 59 drawn draw VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 60 amod _ _ 60 swords sword NOUN NNS Number=Plur 58 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 61 , , PUNCT , _ 62 punct _ _ 62 each each DET DT PronType=Tot 58 obl _ _ 63 with with ADP IN _ 65 case _ _ 64 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 65 det _ _ 65 lemon lemon NOUN NN Number=Sing 58 obl _ _ 66 stuck stick VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 65 acl _ _ 67 on on ADP IN _ 69 case _ _ 68 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 69 nmod:poss _ _ 69 point point NOUN NN Number=Sing 66 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 70 . . PUNCT . _ 17 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **wave** | participle | | the silken flag and the shield shield *not said here* | | | | | vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **fro** | infinitive | | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **display** | past · passive | | the silken flag and the shield shield | | | | a big boot *obl* | vn reflexive\_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 4 | **carry** | past | the youngest lads | the welcome | | | | | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent welcome=Theme | | 5 | **adorn** | past · passive | | lads's shirt sleeves | | | | with red ribbons | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: subject=Destination with ribbon=Theme | | 6 | **carry** | past | the elder ones | drawn swords | | | | with a lemon; each *obl* | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sword=Theme | | 7 | **draw** | participle | | | | | | | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **stick** | participle | | a lemon *not said here* | | shield's point | | | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme on point=Destination | | 9 | **point** | | shield | | | | | | nom point «cognition transitive»: poss=agent | 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 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/184/4/) - next →: [sentence 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/184/6/) - ↑ back to [The Storm Shakes the Shield](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/184/)