--- title: The paper boat rocked up and down, and turned itself round sometimes… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: The paper boat rocked up and down, and turned itself round sometimes so quickly that the tin soldier trembled; yet he remained firm; his countenance did not change; he looked straight before him, and shouldered his musket. Who acts: paper boat, boy, countenance. 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C. Andersen, The Brave Tin Soldier. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (paper boat, boy, countenance), 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:pg27200:192:38 # text = The paper boat rocked up and down, and turned itself round sometimes so quickly that the tin soldier trembled; yet he remained firm; his countenance did not change; he looked straight before him, and shouldered his musket. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 paper paper NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 compound _ _ 3 boat boat NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 rocked rock VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 up up ADP RP _ 4 compound:prt _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 down down ADV RB _ 5 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 10 turned turn VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 11 itself itself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 10 obj _ _ 12 round round ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 13 sometimes sometimes ADV RB PronType=Ind 15 advmod _ _ 14 so so ADV RB _ 15 advmod _ _ 15 quickly quickly ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 16 that that SCONJ IN _ 10 advmod _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 18 tin tin NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 compound _ _ 19 soldier soldier NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 fixed _ _ 20 trembled tremble VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 19 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 21 ; ; PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 22 yet yet CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 23 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 24 remained remain VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 25 firm firm ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 26 ; ; PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 27 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 28 nmod:poss _ _ 28 countenance countenance NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 nsubj _ _ 29 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 aux _ _ 30 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 31 advmod _ _ 31 change change VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 24 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 32 ; ; PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 33 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 34 looked look VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 35 straight straight ADV RB _ 34 advmod _ _ 36 before before ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 37 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 39 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 40 shouldered shoulder VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 41 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 42 nmod:poss _ _ 42 musket musket NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **rock up** | past | the paper boat | | | | | | vn modes\_of\_being\_with\_motion-47.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **turn** | past | the paper boat *not said here* | boat | | | | quickly, round *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent itself=Theme | | 3 | **tremble** | participle | | the tin soldier *not said here* | | | | | vn modes\_of\_being\_with\_motion-47.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **remain** | past | boy | | | | | firm *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **not** **change** | past · do-support | boy's countenance | | | | | | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **look** | past | boy | | | | before countenance | straight *property* | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent before he=Theme | | 7 | **shoulder** | past | the paper boat *not said here* | boy's musket | | | | | vn pocket-9.10 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent musket=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 37](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/192/37/) - next →: [sentence 39](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/192/39/) - ↑ back to [The Brave Tin Soldier](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/192/)