--- title: "Yes, she is innocent," said the eldest brother; and then he related… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: "Yes, she is innocent," said the eldest brother; and then he related all that had taken place; and while he spoke there rose in the air a fragrance as from millions of roses. Who acts: swan, innocent, youngest. A sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. Andersen, The Wild Swans, --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/210/41/) [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/) / [The Wild Swans, part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/210/) / 41 # Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen, The Wild Swans, part 3, sentence 41 "Yes, she is innocent," said the eldest brother; and then he related all that had taken place; and while he spoke there rose in the air a fragrance as from millions of roses. **Who acts:** swan, innocent, youngest · **What happens:** be, say, relate, take, speak, rise · **To what, where:** that, fragrance, air · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. 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 (swan, innocent, youngest), 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:pg27200:210:41 # text = "Yes, she is innocent," said the eldest brother; and then he related all that had taken place; and while he spoke there rose in the air a fragrance as from millions of roses. 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 6 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 4 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 5 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 6 innocent innocent ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 " " PUNCT '' _ 6 punct _ _ 9 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 11 eldest eld ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 12 amod _ _ 12 brother brother NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ; ; PUNCT : _ 17 punct _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 15 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 17 advmod _ _ 16 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 17 related relate VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 conj _ _ 18 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 21 det:predet _ _ 19 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 21 nsubj:pass _ _ 20 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 aux _ _ 21 taken take VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 17 ccomp _ _ 22 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 23 ; ; PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 25 while while SCONJ IN _ 27 mark _ _ 26 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 27 spoke speak VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 advcl _ _ 28 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 27 advmod _ _ 29 rose rise VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 parataxis _ _ 30 in in ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 air air NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obl _ _ 33 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 fragrance fragrance NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obl:unmarked _ _ 35 as as ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 from from ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 37 millions million NOUN NNS Number=Plur 29 obl _ _ 38 of of ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 39 roses rose NOUN NNS Number=Plur 37 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 40 . . PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** *in a quote* | present | swan | | | | | innocent *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | innocent | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **relate** | past | youngest *= young* | | | | then | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **take** | past · perfect · passive | | that | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: subject=Theme place=Destination | | 5 | **speak** *speech: other* | past | youngest *= young* | | | there | | | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **rise** | past | | a fragrance | | the air | | as millions of roses | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in air=Location | 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/pg27200/210/40/) - next →: [sentence 42](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/210/42/) - ↑ back to [The Wild Swans, part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/210/)