--- title: On one of the Danish islands, where old Thingstones, the seats of ju… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: On one of the Danish islands, where old Thingstones, the seats of justice of our forefathers, still stand in the cornfields, and huge trees rise in the forests of beech, there lies a little town whose low houses are covered with red tiles. Who acts: huge trees. 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C. Andersen, Two Brothers. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (huge trees), 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:pg27200:199:1 # text = On one of the Danish islands, where old Thingstones, the seats of justice of our forefathers, still stand in the cornfields, and huge trees rise in the forests of beech, there lies a little town whose low houses are covered with red tiles. 1 On on ADP IN _ 2 case _ _ 2 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 0 root _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 Danish danish ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 islands island NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 8 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 9 advmod _ _ 9 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 Thingstones Thingstone PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 6 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 seats seat NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 appos _ _ 14 of of ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 15 justice justice NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nmod _ _ 16 of of ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 our our PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 18 nmod:poss _ _ 18 forefathers forefather NOUN NNS Number=Plur 15 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 20 still still ADV RB _ 21 advmod _ _ 21 stand stand VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 22 in in ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 cornfields cornfield NOUN NNS Number=Plur 21 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 27 huge huge ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 amod _ _ 28 trees tree NOUN NNS Number=Plur 29 nsubj _ _ 29 rise rise VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 21 conj _ _ 30 in in ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 forests forest NOUN NNS Number=Plur 29 obl _ _ 33 of of ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 34 beech beech NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 36 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 37 expl _ _ 37 lies lie VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 21 conj _ _ 38 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 39 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 40 amod _ _ 40 town town NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obj _ _ 41 whose whose PRON WP$ Poss=Yes|PronType=Rel 43 nmod:poss _ _ 42 low low ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 43 amod _ _ 43 houses house NOUN NNS Number=Plur 45 nsubj:pass _ _ 44 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 45 aux:pass _ _ 45 covered cover VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 40 acl:relcl _ _ 46 with with ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 47 red red ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 48 amod _ _ 48 tiles tile NOUN NNS Number=Plur 45 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 49 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stand** | present | | | | the cornfields | still | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in cornfield=Location | | 2 | **rise** | present | huge trees | | | the forests of beech | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in forest=Location | | 3 | **lie** | present | | a little town | | there | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location town=Theme | | 4 | **cover** | present · passive | | low houses | | | | with red tiles | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: subject=Destination with tile=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. 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