--- title: They shone like glow-worms; they already began to hop, and increased… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: They shone like glow-worms; they already began to hop, and increased in size every moment, so that before a quarter of an hour had elapsed, each of them looked just as large as his father or his uncle. Who acts: Wisps, each. A sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. 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C. Andersen, The Will-o-the Wisp Is in the Town, Says the Moor Woman. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Wisps, each), 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:pg27200:211:174 # text = They shone like glow-worms; they already began to hop, and increased in size every moment, so that before a quarter of an hour had elapsed, each of them looked just as large as his father or his uncle. 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 shone shine VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 like like ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 4 glow glow NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 5 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 worms worm NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 ; ; PUNCT : _ 10 punct _ _ 8 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 9 already already ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 10 began begin VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 11 to to PART TO _ 12 mark _ _ 12 hop hop VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 15 increased increase VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 10 parataxis _ _ 16 in in ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 17 size size NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ _ 18 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 19 det _ _ 19 moment moment NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 21 so so SCONJ IN _ 30 mark _ _ 22 that that SCONJ IN _ 30 mark _ _ 23 before before ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 quarter quarter NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl _ _ 26 of of ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 hour hour NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 nmod _ _ 29 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 aux _ _ 30 elapsed elapse VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 15 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 32 each each DET DT PronType=Tot 35 nsubj _ _ 33 of of ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 34 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 nmod _ _ 35 looked look VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 conj _ _ 36 just just ADV RB _ 38 advmod _ _ 37 as as ADV RB _ 38 advmod _ _ 38 large large ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 xcomp _ _ 39 as as ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 41 nmod:poss _ _ 41 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obl _ _ 42 or or CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 43 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 44 nmod:poss _ _ 44 uncle uncle NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **shine** | past | Wisps *= wisp* | | | | | like glow worms | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **begin** | past | Wisps *= wisp* | | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 3 | **hop** | to-infinitive | Wisps *= wisp* *not said here* | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **increase** | participle | | | | size | moment | | vn caused\_calibratable\_cos-45.6.2-1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient | | 5 | **elapse** | past · perfect | | | | | before a quarter of a hour | | tree rules | | 6 | **look** | past | each | | | | | large *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus | 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. 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