--- title: A light shone far through the air, far over the lands of the earth;… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: A light shone far through the air, far over the lands of the earth; the swan, with the strong beating of his wings, scattered the twilight mists, and the starry sky was seen, and it was as if it came nearer to the earth. Who acts: light, twilight, sky. 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C. Andersen, The Swan's Nest. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (light, twilight, sky), 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:pg27200:187:11 # text = A light shone far through the air, far over the lands of the earth; the swan, with the strong beating of his wings, scattered the twilight mists, and the starry sky was seen, and it was as if it came nearer to the earth. 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 light light NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 nsubj _ _ 3 shone shine VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 acl _ _ 4 far far ADV RB Degree=Pos 3 advmod _ _ 5 through through ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 air air NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 9 far far ADV RB Degree=Pos 12 advmod _ _ 10 over over ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 lands land NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 conj _ _ 13 of of ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 earth earth NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 16 ; ; PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 swan swan NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 20 with with ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 22 strong strong ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 amod _ _ 23 beating beating NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 conj _ _ 24 of of ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 26 nmod:poss _ _ 26 wings wing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 23 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 28 scattered scatter VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 twilight twilight NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 nsubj _ _ 31 mists mist VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 28 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 35 starry starry ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 amod _ _ 36 sky sky NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 nsubj:pass _ _ 37 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 38 aux:pass _ _ 38 seen see VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 28 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 40 and and CCONJ CC _ 46 cc _ _ 41 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 46 nsubj _ _ 42 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 46 cop _ _ 43 as as SCONJ IN _ 46 mark _ _ 44 if if SCONJ IN _ 46 mark _ _ 45 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 46 nsubj _ _ 46 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 conj _ _ 47 nearer near ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 46 xcomp _ _ 48 to to ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 49 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 50 det _ _ 50 earth earth NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 51 . . PUNCT . _ 28 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **shine** | participle | | a light and the lands of the earth and the swan and the strong beating of swan's wings *not said here* | | the air | | far *property* | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme through air=Location | | 2 | **scatter** | past | a light and the lands of the earth and the swan and the strong beating of swan's wings | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **mist** | present | the twilight | | | | | | vn weather-57 «It V PP.theme» | | 4 | **see** | past · passive | | the starry sky | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Stimulus | | 5 | **is** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | sky | | | | | come, near *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **beat** | | | swan's wings | | | | | nom beating «act 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 10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/187/10/) - next →: [sentence 12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/187/12/) - ↑ back to [The Swan's Nest](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/187/)