--- title: Centuries will pass by, swans will fly forth from the nest, men will… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: Centuries will pass by, swans will fly forth from the nest, men will see them and hear them in the world, before it shall be said in spirit and in truth, "This is the last swan--the last song from the swan's nest." Who acts: Centuries, swans, men, This. 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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 (Centuries, swans, men, This), 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:pg27200:187:21 # text = Centuries will pass by, swans will fly forth from the nest, men will see them and hear them in the world, before it shall be said in spirit and in truth, "This is the last swan--the last song from the swan's nest." 1 Centuries century NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 2 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 pass pass VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 by by ADP IN _ 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 6 swans swan NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 nsubj _ _ 7 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 8 fly fly VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 conj _ _ 9 forth forth ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 10 from from ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 nest nest NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 14 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 nsubj _ _ 15 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 16 aux _ _ 16 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 parataxis _ _ 17 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 obj _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 19 hear hear VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 16 conj _ _ 20 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 obj _ _ 21 in in ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 world world NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 25 before before SCONJ IN _ 29 mark _ _ 26 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 27 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 29 aux _ _ 28 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 29 aux:pass _ _ 29 said say VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 parataxis _ _ 30 in in ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 31 spirit spirit NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obl _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 33 in in ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 34 truth truth NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 36 " " PUNCT `` _ 41 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 37 This this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 41 nsubj _ _ 38 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 41 cop _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 40 last last ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 41 amod _ _ 41 swan swan NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 42 -- -- PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 44 last last ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 45 amod _ _ 45 song song NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 conj _ _ 46 from from ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 47 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 48 swan swan NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 49 's 's PART POS _ 48 case _ _ 50 nest nest NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 51 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 52 " " PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **pass by** | future | Centuries | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **fly** | future | swans | | | the nest | | forth *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme from nest=Trajectory | | 3 | **see** | future | men | breasts *= breast* | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer they=Stimulus | | 4 | **hear** | infinitive | men *not said here* | breasts *= breast* | | the world | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer they=Stimulus | | 5 | **say** *speech: assert* | shall · passive | | nest | | spirit and truth and the last swan and the last song from the swan's nest | | | vn pronounce-29.3.1 «NP V NP PP.manner»: subject=Theme in spirit=Manner | | 6 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | This | the last swan and the last song from the swan's nest | | | | | tree rules | 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 20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/187/20/) - next →: [The Swineherd, 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/188/1/) - ↑ back to [The Swan's Nest](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/187/)