--- title: When she awoke, the sun was high in the heavens; yet she could not s… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: When she awoke, the sun was high in the heavens; yet she could not see him, for the lofty trees spread their branches thickly over her head; but his beams were glancing through the leaves here and there, like a golden mist. Who acts: leaf, sun, lofty trees, beams. 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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 (leaf, sun, lofty trees, beams), 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:pg27200:208:48 # text = When she awoke, the sun was high in the heavens; yet she could not see him, for the lofty trees spread their branches thickly over her head; but his beams were glancing through the leaves here and there, like a golden mist. 1 When when ADV WRB PronType=Int 3 advmod _ _ 2 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 awoke awake VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 sun sun NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 7 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 cop _ _ 8 high high ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 conj _ _ 9 in in ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 heavens heaven NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ; ; PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 13 yet yet CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 14 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 15 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 17 aux _ _ 16 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 17 advmod _ _ 17 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 conj _ _ 18 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 20 for for SCONJ IN _ 24 mark _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 22 lofty lofty ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 amod _ _ 23 trees tree NOUN NNS Number=Plur 24 nsubj _ _ 24 spread spread VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 17 advcl _ _ 25 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 26 nmod:poss _ _ 26 branches branch NOUN NNS Number=Plur 24 obj _ _ 27 thickly thickly ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 xcomp _ _ 28 over over ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 30 nmod:poss _ _ 30 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 31 ; ; PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 32 but but CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 33 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 34 nmod:poss _ _ 34 beams beam NOUN NNS Number=Plur 36 nsubj _ _ 35 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 aux _ _ 36 glancing glance VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 3 advcl _ _ 37 through through ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 leaves leaf NOUN NNS Number=Plur 36 obl _ _ 40 here here ADV RB PronType=Dem 36 advmod _ _ 41 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 42 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 40 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 44 like like ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 45 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 46 golden golden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 47 amod _ _ 47 mist mist NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **awake** | past | leaf | | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **is** | past | the sun | | | the heavens | | high *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **not** **see** | could | leaf | sun | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus | | 4 | **spread** | present | the lofty trees | heavens's branches | | | | thickly *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location branch=Theme | | 5 | **glance** | past · progressive | tree's beams | | | here | | like a golden mist; through the leaves | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent through leaf=Theme | | 6 | **beam** | | tree | | | | | | nom beam «communication transitive»: poss=agent | 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 47](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/208/47/) - next →: [sentence 49](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/208/49/) - ↑ back to [The Wild Swans, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/208/)