--- title: Next to Greece, to sleep a night in the grand hotel at the top of Mo… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: Next to Greece, to sleep a night in the grand hotel at the top of Mount Olympus, to say that they have been there; and the journey is continued to the Bosphorus, to rest there a few hours, and see the place where Byzantium lay; and where the legend tells that the harem stood in the time of the Turks --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/191/24/) [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/) / [In a Thousand Years](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/191/) / 24 # Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen, In a Thousand Years, sentence 24 Next to Greece, to sleep a night in the grand hotel at the top of Mount Olympus, to say that they have been there; and the journey is continued to the Bosphorus, to rest there a few hours, and see the place where Byzantium lay; and where the legend tells that the harem stood in the time of the Turks, poor fishermen are now spreading their nets. **Who acts:** ruins, Byzantium, legend, harem, poor fishermen · **What happens:** sleep, say, be, continue, rest, see · **To what, where:** grand hotel, journey, place, nets · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. Andersen, In a Thousand Years. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (ruins, Byzantium, legend, harem), 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:pg27200:191:24 # text = Next to Greece, to sleep a night in the grand hotel at the top of Mount Olympus, to say that they have been there; and the journey is continued to the Bosphorus, to rest there a few hours, and see the place where Byzantium lay; and where the legend tells that the harem stood in the time of the Turks, poor fishermen are now spreading their nets. 1 Next next ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 2 to to ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 3 Greece Greece PROPN NNP Number=Sing 1 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 6 mark _ _ 6 sleep sleep VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl:unmarked _ _ 9 in in ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 11 grand grand ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 12 hotel hotel NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 13 at at ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 top top NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nmod _ _ 16 of of ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 Mount Mount PROPN NNP Number=Sing 18 compound _ _ 18 Olympus Olympus PROPN NNP Number=Sing 15 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 20 to to PART TO _ 21 mark _ _ 21 say say VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 22 that that SCONJ IN _ 26 mark _ _ 23 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 24 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 26 aux _ _ 25 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 26 cop _ _ 26 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 21 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 27 ; ; PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 journey journey NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 nsubj:pass _ _ 31 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 32 aux:pass _ _ 32 continued continue VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 38 advcl _ _ 33 to to ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 Bosphorus Bosphorus PROPN NNP Number=Sing 32 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 37 to to PART TO _ 38 mark _ _ 38 rest rest VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 39 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 38 advmod _ _ 40 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 41 few few ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 42 amod _ _ 42 hours hour NOUN NNS Number=Plur 38 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 44 and and CCONJ CC _ 45 cc _ _ 45 see see VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 38 conj _ _ 46 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 47 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 obj _ _ 48 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 50 advmod _ _ 49 Byzantium Byzantium PROPN NNP Number=Sing 50 nsubj _ _ 50 lay lie VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 47 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 51 ; ; PUNCT : _ 56 punct _ _ 52 and and CCONJ CC _ 56 cc _ _ 53 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 56 advmod _ _ 54 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 55 det _ _ 55 legend legend NOUN NN Number=Sing 56 nsubj _ _ 56 tells tell VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 57 that that SCONJ IN _ 60 mark _ _ 58 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 59 det _ _ 59 harem harem NOUN NN Number=Sing 60 nsubj _ _ 60 stood stand VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 56 ccomp _ _ 61 in in ADP IN _ 63 case _ _ 62 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 63 det _ _ 63 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 60 obl _ _ 64 of of ADP IN _ 66 case _ _ 65 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 66 det _ _ 66 Turks Turk PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 63 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 67 , , PUNCT , _ 72 punct _ _ 68 poor poor ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 69 amod _ _ 69 fishermen fisherman NOUN NNS Number=Plur 72 nsubj _ _ 70 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 72 aux _ _ 71 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 72 advmod _ _ 72 spreading spread VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 66 acl _ _ 73 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 74 nmod:poss _ _ 74 nets net NOUN NNS Number=Plur 72 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 75 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sleep** | to-infinitive | | | | the grand hotel at the top of Mount Olympus | night | next *property* | vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent in hotel=Location | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **is** | present · perfect | ruins *= ruin* | | | | | there *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **continue** | present · passive | | the journey | | | | to the Bosphorus | tree rules | | 5 | **rest** | to-infinitive | | | | there | hour | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **see** | infinitive | | the place | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer place=Stimulus | | 7 | **lie** | past | Byzantium | | | | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **tell** *speech: assert* | present | the legend | | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 9 | **stand** | past | the harem | | | | time | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 10 | **spread** | present · progressive | poor fishermen | ruins's nets | | | now | | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location net=Theme | 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 23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/191/23/) - next →: [sentence 25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/191/25/) - ↑ back to [In a Thousand Years](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/191/)