--- title: The storm continued so violent, that the duckling could go no farthe… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: The storm continued so violent, that the duckling could go no farther; he sat down by the cottage, and then he noticed that the door was not quite closed in consequence of one of the hinges having given way. Who acts: storm, duckling, tongue, hinges. 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C. Andersen, The Ugly Duckling. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (storm, duckling, tongue, hinges), 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:pg27200:201:87 # text = The storm continued so violent, that the duckling could go no farther; he sat down by the cottage, and then he noticed that the door was not quite closed in consequence of one of the hinges having given way. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 storm storm NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 continued continue VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 so so ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 violent violent ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 7 that that SCONJ IN _ 11 mark _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 duckling duckling NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ _ 10 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ _ 11 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 conj _ _ 12 no no ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ _ 13 farther far ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 11 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ; ; PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 15 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 16 sat sit VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 17 down down ADP RP _ 16 compound:prt _ _ 18 by by ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 cottage cottage NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 23 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 25 advmod _ _ 24 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 25 noticed notice VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 conj _ _ 26 that that SCONJ IN _ 32 mark _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 door door NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 nsubj:pass _ _ 29 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 aux:pass _ _ 30 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 32 advmod _ _ 31 quite quite ADV RB _ 32 advmod _ _ 32 closed close VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 25 ccomp _ _ 33 in in ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 34 consequence consequence NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl _ _ 35 of of ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 36 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 34 nmod _ _ 37 of of ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 hinges hinge NOUN NNS Number=Plur 36 nmod _ _ 40 having have VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 39 acl _ _ 41 given give VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 42 amod _ _ 42 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **continue** | past | the storm | | | | | violent *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **go** | could | the duckling | | | | | far *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **sit down** | past | tongue | | | | | by the cottage | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent by cottage=Location | | 4 | **notice** | past | tongue | | | | then | | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 5 | **not** **close** | past · passive | | the door | | | | in consequence of one of the hinges | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient PP.theme»: subject=Patient in consequence=Topic | | 6 | **have** | gerund | the hinges *not said here* | given way | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent way=Patient | | 7 | **give** | participle | | | | | | | vn break\_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=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 86](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/201/86/) - next →: [sentence 88](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/201/88/) - ↑ back to [The Ugly Duckling](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/201/)