--- title: Towards evening, she heard at the grating the flutter of a swan's wi… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: Towards evening, she heard at the grating the flutter of a swan's wing, it was her youngest brother--he had found his sister, and she sobbed for joy, although she knew that very likely this would be the last night she would have to live. Who acts: Eliza, soul, wind, this. 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C. Andersen, The Wild Swans, part 3. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Eliza, soul, wind, this), 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:pg27200:210:14 # text = Towards evening, she heard at the grating the flutter of a swan's wing, it was her youngest brother--he had found his sister, and she sobbed for joy, although she knew that very likely this would be the last night she would have to live. 1 Towards toward NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 compound _ _ 2 evening evening NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 4 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 heard hear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 at at ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 grating grating NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 flutter flutter NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 appos _ _ 11 of of ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 12 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 swan swan NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 14 's 's PART POS _ 13 case _ _ 15 wing wing NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 17 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 18 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 cop _ _ 19 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 21 nmod:poss _ _ 20 youngest young ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 21 amod _ _ 21 brother brother NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 22 -- -- PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 23 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 24 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 aux _ _ 25 found find VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 21 acl:relcl _ _ 26 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 27 nmod:poss _ _ 27 sister sister NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 30 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 31 sobbed sob VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 32 for for ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 33 joy joy NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 35 although although SCONJ IN _ 37 mark _ _ 36 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 37 knew know VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 conj _ _ 38 that that SCONJ IN _ 49 mark _ _ 39 very very ADV RB _ 40 advmod _ _ 40 likely likely ADV RB _ 46 advmod _ _ 41 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 46 nsubj _ _ 42 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 46 aux _ _ 43 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 46 cop _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 45 last last ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 46 amod _ _ 46 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 obl:unmarked _ _ 47 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 49 nsubj _ _ 48 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 49 aux _ _ 49 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 37 ccomp _ _ 50 to to PART TO _ 51 mark _ _ 51 live live VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 49 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 52 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hear** | past | Eliza | | | the grating | evening | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer | | 2 | **is a** | past | soul | Eliza's youngest brother | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **find** | past · perfect | wind | wind's sister | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sister=Topic | | 4 | **sob** | past | Eliza | | | | | for joy | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **know** | past | Eliza | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 6 | **is a** | would | this | the last night | | | | likely *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **have** | would | Eliza | | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **live** | to-infinitive | Eliza *not said here* | | | | | | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 9 | **flutter** | | a swan's wing | | | | | | nom flutter «act intransitive»: of=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 13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/210/13/) - next →: [sentence 15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/210/15/) - ↑ back to [The Wild Swans, part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/210/)