--- title: "The Will-o'-the-Wisp may run about in the country and through the w… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: "The Will-o'-the-Wisp may run about in the country and through the world, if it is not afraid of falling into the sea, or of being blown out by a heavy storm. Who acts: Wisp, moon, heavy storm. 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 (Wisp, moon, heavy storm), 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:pg27200:211:176 # text = "The Will-o'-the-Wisp may run about in the country and through the world, if it is not afraid of falling into the sea, or of being blown out by a heavy storm. 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 3 Will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 10 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 4 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 o of ADP IN Abbr=Yes 10 case _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ SpaceAfter=No 9 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 Wisp wisp NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nsubj _ _ 11 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 12 aux _ _ 12 run run VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 13 about about ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ _ 14 in in ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 country country NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 18 through through ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 world world NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 22 if if SCONJ IN _ 26 mark _ _ 23 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 24 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 26 cop _ _ 25 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 26 advmod _ _ 26 afraid afraid ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 conj _ _ 27 of of SCONJ IN _ 28 mark _ _ 28 falling fall VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 26 advcl _ _ 29 into into ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 sea sea NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 33 or or CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 34 of of SCONJ IN _ 36 mark _ _ 35 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 36 aux:pass _ _ 36 blown blow VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 12 conj _ _ 37 out out ADP RP _ 36 compound:prt _ _ 38 by by ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 39 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 40 heavy heavy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 41 amod _ _ 41 storm storm NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 12 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **run about** *in a quote* | may | the Wisp | | | the country and the world | | about *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in country=Trajectory | | 2 | **not** **is** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | present | moon | | | | | afraid *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **fall** *in a quote* | gerund | moon *not said here* | | | | | into the sea *result* | vn become-109.1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient into sea=Result | | 4 | **blow out** *in a quote* | gerund · passive | a heavy storm | | | | | | vn split-23.2 «NP V apart»: agent=Patient | 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 175](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/211/175/) - next →: [sentence 177](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/211/177/) - ↑ back to [The Will-o-the Wisp Is in the Town, Says the Moor Woman](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/211/)