--- title: The birds sang, and the people came out of the book, and spoke to El… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: The birds sang, and the people came out of the book, and spoke to Eliza and her brothers; but, as the leaves turned over, they darted back again to their places, that all might be in order. Who acts: birds, people, leaves, all. A sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. 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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 (birds, people, leaves, all), 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:pg27200:208:47 # text = The birds sang, and the people came out of the book, and spoke to Eliza and her brothers; but, as the leaves turned over, they darted back again to their places, that all might be in order. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 birds bird NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 3 sang sing VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 nsubj _ _ 8 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 9 out out ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 10 of of ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 book book NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 15 spoke speak VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 conj _ _ 16 to to ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 17 Eliza Eliza PROPN NNP Number=Sing 15 obl _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 19 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 20 nmod:poss _ _ 20 brothers brother NOUN NNS Number=Plur 17 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 21 ; ; PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 22 but but CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 24 as as SCONJ IN _ 27 mark _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 leaves leaf NOUN NNS Number=Plur 27 nsubj _ _ 27 turned turn VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 advcl _ _ 28 over over ADP RP _ 27 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 30 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 31 darted dart VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 32 back back ADV RB _ 33 advmod _ _ 33 again again ADV RB _ 31 advmod _ _ 34 to to ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 36 nmod:poss _ _ 36 places place NOUN NNS Number=Plur 31 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 38 that that SCONJ IN _ 43 mark _ _ 39 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 43 nsubj _ _ 40 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 43 aux _ _ 41 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 43 cop _ _ 42 in in ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 43 order order NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sing** *speech: express* | past | the birds | | | | | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP.location V PP.theme»: agent=Location | | 2 | **come out** | past | the people | the book | | | | | vn become-109.1 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Patient book=Result | | 3 | **speak** *speech: other* | past | the people *not said here* | | Eliza and book's brothers | | | | vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent to eliza=Co-Agent | | 4 | **turn over** | past | the leaves | | | | | | vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **dart** | past | people | | | people's places | again | | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme to place=Destination | | 6 | **is** | might | all | | | order | | | tree rules | 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 46](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/208/46/) - next →: [sentence 48](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/208/48/) - ↑ back to [The Wild Swans, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/208/)