--- title: "King Waldemar's wild chase was just then rushing over the moor, and… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: "King Waldemar's wild chase was just then rushing over the moor, and when the great lords heard of the festivities that were going on, they sent a couple of handsome dogs, which hunt on the spoor of the wind, as a present; and these might carry two or three of the Will-o'-the-Wisps. 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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 (wild chase, great lords, that, lords), 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:pg27200:211:202 # text = "King Waldemar's wild chase was just then rushing over the moor, and when the great lords heard of the festivities that were going on, they sent a couple of handsome dogs, which hunt on the spoor of the wind, as a present; and these might carry two or three of the Will-o'-the-Wisps. 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 compound _ _ 3 Waldemar Waldemar PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 4 's 's PART POS _ 3 case _ _ 5 wild wild ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 chase chase NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _ 7 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 aux _ _ 8 just just ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 9 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 10 advmod _ _ 10 rushing rush VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 30 advcl _ _ 11 over over ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 moor moor NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 16 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 20 advmod _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 18 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 amod _ _ 19 lords lord NOUN NNS Number=Plur 20 nsubj _ _ 20 heard hear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 10 conj _ _ 21 of of ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 festivities festivity NOUN NNS Number=Plur 20 obj _ _ 24 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 26 nsubj _ _ 25 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 aux _ _ 26 going go VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 23 csubj _ _ 27 on on ADP RP _ 26 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 29 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 30 sent send VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 31 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 couple couple NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obj _ _ 33 of of ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 handsome handsome ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 amod _ _ 35 dogs dog NOUN NNS Number=Plur 32 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 37 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 38 nsubj _ _ 38 hunt hunt VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 35 acl:relcl _ _ 39 on on ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 spoor spoor NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obl _ _ 42 of of ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 wind wind NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 45 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 46 as as ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 47 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 48 present present NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 49 ; ; PUNCT : _ 53 punct _ _ 50 and and CCONJ CC _ 53 cc _ _ 51 these this PRON DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 53 nsubj _ _ 52 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 53 aux _ _ 53 carry carry VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 30 advcl _ _ 54 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 53 obj _ _ 55 or or CCONJ CC _ 56 cc _ _ 56 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 54 conj _ _ 57 of of ADP IN _ 66 case _ _ 58 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 66 det _ _ 59 Will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 66 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 60 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 66 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 61 o of ADP IN Abbr=Yes 66 case _ SpaceAfter=No 62 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 66 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 63 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 66 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 64 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 66 det _ SpaceAfter=No 65 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 64 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 66 Wisps wisp NOUN NNS Number=Plur 56 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 67 . . PUNCT . _ 30 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **rush** *in a quote* | past · progressive | King Waldemar's wild chase | | | the moor | then | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme over moor=Trajectory | | 2 | **hear** *in a quote* | participle | the great lords | the festivities | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer festivity=Stimulus | | 3 | **go on** *in a quote* | past · progressive | that | | | | | | vn function-105.2.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **send** *in a quote* | past | lords *= lord* | a couple of handsome dogs | | | | | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent couple=Theme | | 5 | **hunt** *in a quote* | present | handsome dogs | | | the spoor of the wind | | | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V PP.theme PP.location»: agent=Agent on spoor=Location | | 6 | **carry** *in a quote* | might | these | two | | | | | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent two=Theme | | 7 | **chase** *in a quote* | | King Waldemar | | | | | | nom chase «act transitive»: poss=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. 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