--- title: They saw her vanish through the wicket gate into the churchyard, and… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: They saw her vanish through the wicket gate into the churchyard, and when they came nearer they saw the ghouls sitting on the tombstone, as Eliza had seen them, and the king turned away his head, for he thought she was with them--she whose head had rested on his breast that very evening. 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" **Who acts:** tears, ghouls, Eliza, king, that · **What happens:** see, vanish, come, sit, turn away, think · **To what, where:** wicket gate, ghouls, tombstone, head, Eliza, breast · **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 (tears, ghouls, Eliza, king), 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:pg27200:210:9 # text = They saw her vanish through the wicket gate into the churchyard, and when they came nearer they saw the ghouls sitting on the tombstone, as Eliza had seen them, and the king turned away his head, for he thought she was with them--she whose head had rested on his breast that very evening. " 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ _ 4 vanish vanish VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 xcomp _ _ 5 through through ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 wicket wicket NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 compound _ _ 8 gate gate NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 9 into into ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 churchyard churchyard NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 14 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 16 advmod _ _ 15 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 16 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 advcl _ _ 17 nearer near ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 16 advmod _ _ 18 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 19 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 ghouls ghoul NOUN NNS Number=Plur 19 obj _ _ 22 sitting sit VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 21 acl _ _ 23 on on ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 tombstone tombstone NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 27 as as SCONJ IN _ 30 mark _ _ 28 Eliza Eliza PROPN NNP Number=Sing 30 nsubj _ _ 29 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 aux _ _ 30 seen see VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 19 conj _ _ 31 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 nsubj _ _ 36 turned turn VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 37 away away ADP RP _ 36 compound:prt _ _ 38 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 39 nmod:poss _ _ 39 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 41 for for SCONJ IN _ 43 mark _ _ 42 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 nsubj _ _ 43 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 conj _ _ 44 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 47 nsubj _ _ 45 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 47 cop _ _ 46 with with ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 47 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 48 -- -- PUNCT , _ 53 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 49 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 53 nsubj _ _ 50 whose whose PRON WP$ Poss=Yes|PronType=Rel 51 nmod:poss _ _ 51 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 53 nsubj:pass _ _ 52 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 53 aux _ _ 53 rested rest VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 parataxis _ _ 54 on on ADP IN _ 56 case _ _ 55 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 56 nmod:poss _ _ 56 breast breast NOUN NN Number=Sing 53 obl _ _ 57 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 59 nsubj _ _ 58 very very ADV RB _ 59 advmod _ _ 59 evening evening NOUN NN Number=Sing 56 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 60 . . PUNCT . _ 53 punct _ _ 61 " " PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **see** | past | tears *= tear* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 2 | **vanish** | infinitive | tears *= tear* *not said here* | | | the wicket gate | | into the churchyard | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **come** | past | tears *= tear* | | | | | near *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **see** | past | tears *= tear* | the ghouls | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer ghoul=Stimulus | | 5 | **sit** | gerund | the ghouls *not said here* | | | the tombstone | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on tombstone=Location | | 6 | **see** | past · perfect | Eliza | ghouls *= ghoul* | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer they=Stimulus | | 7 | **turn away** | past | the king | king's head | | | | | vn banish-10.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent head=Theme | | 8 | **think** *speech: other* | past | king | | | | | | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 9 | **is** | past | Eliza | | | | | with tears *= tear* | tree rules | | 10 | **rest** | past · perfect · passive | | Eliza | | king's breast | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V NP.theme PP»: subject=Theme on breast=Location | | 11 | **evening** | | that | | | | | | 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 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/210/8/) - next →: [sentence 10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/210/10/) - ↑ back to [The Wild Swans, part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/210/)