--- title: The light of hundreds of glow-worms shone amidst the grass and the m… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: The light of hundreds of glow-worms shone amidst the grass and the moss, like green fire; and if she touched a twig with her hand, ever so lightly, the brilliant insects fell down around her, like shooting-stars. Who acts: light, brilliant insects. 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C. Andersen, The Wild Swans, part 1. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (light, brilliant insects), 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:pg27200:208:41 # text = The light of hundreds of glow-worms shone amidst the grass and the moss, like green fire; and if she touched a twig with her hand, ever so lightly, the brilliant insects fell down around her, like shooting-stars. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 light light NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 hundreds hundred NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nmod _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 6 glow glow NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 7 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 worms worm NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nmod _ _ 9 shone shine VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 10 amidst amidst ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 grass grass NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 moss moss NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 17 like like ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 green green ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 amod _ _ 19 fire fire NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 20 ; ; PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 22 if if SCONJ IN _ 24 mark _ _ 23 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 24 touched touch VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 parataxis _ _ 25 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 twig twig NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obj _ _ 27 with with ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 29 nmod:poss _ _ 29 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 31 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 24 advmod _ _ 32 so so ADV RB _ 33 advmod _ _ 33 lightly lightly ADV RB _ 24 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 36 brilliant brilliant ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 amod _ _ 37 insects insect NOUN NNS Number=Plur 38 nsubj _ _ 38 fell fall VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 conj _ _ 39 down down ADV RB _ 38 advmod _ _ 40 around around ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 41 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 43 like like ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 44 shooting shooting NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 45 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 44 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 46 stars star NOUN NNS Number=Plur 38 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **shine** | past | the light of hundreds of glow worms | | | | | amidst the grass and the moss; like green fire | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **touch** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | light | a twig | | | ever | with light's hand; lightly *property* | vn touch-20-1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent twig=Experiencer with hand=Instrument | | 3 | **fall down** | past | the brilliant insects | | | | | around light; like shooting stars; down *property* | vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme around she=Location | | 4 | **light** | | | hundreds of glow worms | | | | | nom light «phenomenon transitive»: of=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 40](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/208/40/) - next →: [sentence 42](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/208/42/) - ↑ back to [The Wild Swans, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/208/)