--- title: We have seen a swan beat with his wings upon the marble crag, so tha… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: We have seen a swan beat with his wings upon the marble crag, so that it burst, and the forms of beauty imprisoned in the stone stepped out to the sunny day, and men in the lands round about lifted up their heads to behold these mighty forms. Who acts: We, beat, forms. 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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 (We, beat, forms), 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:pg27200:187:17 # text = We have seen a swan beat with his wings upon the marble crag, so that it burst, and the forms of beauty imprisoned in the stone stepped out to the sunny day, and men in the lands round about lifted up their heads to behold these mighty forms. 1 We we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 seen see VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 swan swan NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 compound _ _ 6 beat beat NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 7 with with ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 9 wings wing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nmod _ _ 10 upon upon ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 12 marble marble ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 13 crag crag NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 15 so so SCONJ IN ExtPos=SCONJ 18 mark _ _ 16 that that SCONJ IN _ 15 fixed _ _ 17 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 18 burst burst VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 forms form NOUN NNS Number=Plur 29 nsubj _ _ 23 of of ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 24 beauty beauty NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 nmod _ _ 25 imprisoned imprison VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 24 acl _ _ 26 in in ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 stone stone NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ _ 29 stepped step VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 conj _ _ 30 out out ADP RP _ 29 compound:prt _ _ 31 to to ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 33 sunny sunny ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 amod _ _ 34 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 37 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 43 nsubj:pass _ _ 38 in in ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 lands land NOUN NNS Number=Plur 37 nmod _ _ 41 round round ADV RB _ 43 advmod _ _ 42 about about ADV RB _ 43 advmod _ _ 43 lifted lift VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 18 conj _ _ 44 up up ADP RP _ 43 compound:prt _ _ 45 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 46 nmod:poss _ _ 46 heads head NOUN NNS Number=Plur 43 obj _ _ 47 to to PART TO _ 48 mark _ _ 48 behold behold VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 43 advcl _ _ 49 these this DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 51 det _ _ 50 mighty mighty ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 51 amod _ _ 51 forms form NOUN NNS Number=Plur 48 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 52 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **see** | present · perfect | We | a swan beat | | | | with rustling's wings; upon the marble crag | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer beat=Stimulus | | 2 | **burst** | past | beat | | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **imprison** | participle | | beauty *not said here* | | the stone | | | vn pocket-9.10 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent in stone=Destination | | 4 | **step out** | past | the forms of beauty | | | | day | | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **lift up** | participle · passive | | men in the lands | | | | about, round *property* | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP ADVP»: subject=Theme head=Destination | | 6 | **behold** | to-infinitive | | this mighty forms | | | | | vn sight-30.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer form=Stimulus | | 7 | **form** | | | beauty | | | | | nom form «communication 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 16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/187/16/) - next →: [sentence 18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/187/18/) - ↑ back to [The Swan's Nest](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/187/)