--- title: The red hips gleamed on the hedges, and the starling which hung in t… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: The red hips gleamed on the hedges, and the starling which hung in the green cage outside the window of the peasant's hut, which was his home, whistled the tune which he had taught him. Who acts: starling, hut, red hips. A sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. Andersen, In th --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/205/20/) [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 the Uttermost Parts of the Sea](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/205/) / 20 # Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen, In the Uttermost Parts of the Sea, sentence 20 The red hips gleamed on the hedges, and the starling which hung in the green cage outside the window of the peasant's hut, which was his home, whistled the tune which he had taught him. **Who acts:** starling, hut, red hips · **What happens:** gleam, hang, be, whistle, teach · **To what, where:** red hips, hedges, green cage, home, tune, starling This is a sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. Andersen, In the Uttermost Parts of the Sea. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (starling, hut, red hips), 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:pg27200:205:20 # text = The red hips gleamed on the hedges, and the starling which hung in the green cage outside the window of the peasant's hut, which was his home, whistled the tune which he had taught him. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 red red ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 hips hip NOUN NNS Number=Plur 32 nsubj _ _ 4 gleamed gleam VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 acl _ _ 5 on on ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 hedges hedge NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 starling starling NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 nsubj _ _ 12 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 13 nsubj _ _ 13 hung hang VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 acl:relcl _ _ 14 in in ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 16 green green ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 amod _ _ 17 cage cage NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ _ 18 outside outside ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 window window NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ _ 21 of of ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 peasant peasant NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 24 's 's PART POS _ 23 case _ _ 25 hut hut NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 27 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 30 nsubj _ _ 28 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 cop _ _ 29 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 30 nmod:poss _ _ 30 home home NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 32 whistled whistle VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 tune tune NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obj _ _ 35 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 38 nsubj:pass _ _ 36 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj:pass _ _ 37 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 38 aux _ _ 38 taught teach VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 34 acl:relcl _ _ 39 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 40 . . PUNCT . _ 32 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **gleam** | participle | | the red hips *not said here* | | the hedges | | | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on hedge=Location | | 2 | **hang** | past | the starling | | | the green cage | | outside the window of the peasant's hut | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in cage=Location | | 3 | **is a** | past | the peasant's hut | starling's home | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **whistle** | past | the red hips | the tune | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tune=Topic | | 5 | **teach** *speech: other* | past · perfect · passive | | the tune | starling | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: subject=Recipient he=Topic | 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 19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/205/19/) - next →: [sentence 21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/205/21/) - ↑ back to [In the Uttermost Parts of the Sea](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/205/)