--- title: He was quite giddy, I could have blown him down," said the Wind; "bu… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: He was quite giddy, I could have blown him down," said the Wind; "but I only fanned the glowing coals, and accompanied him through the door to the room where his daughter sat shivering. Who acts: fire, I, Wind, daughter. A sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. 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C. Andersen, The Story of the Wind. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (fire, I, Wind, daughter), 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:pg27200:212:133 # text = He was quite giddy, I could have blown him down," said the Wind; "but I only fanned the glowing coals, and accompanied him through the door to the room where his daughter sat shivering. 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 quite quite ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 giddy giddy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 6 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 7 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ _ 8 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 9 aux _ _ 9 blown blow VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 4 parataxis _ _ 10 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 obj _ _ 11 down down ADP RP _ 9 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 " " PUNCT '' _ 9 punct _ _ 14 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 Wind wind NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 ; ; PUNCT : _ 22 punct _ _ 18 " " PUNCT `` _ 22 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 19 but but CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 20 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 21 only only ADV RB _ 22 advmod _ _ 22 fanned fan VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 24 glowing glow VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 25 amod _ _ 25 coals coal NOUN NNS Number=Plur 22 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 28 accompanied accompany VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 conj _ _ 29 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 obj _ _ 30 through through ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 door door NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ _ 33 to to ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 room room NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ _ 36 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 39 advmod _ _ 37 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 38 nmod:poss _ _ 38 daughter daughter NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 nsubj _ _ 39 sat sit VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 35 acl:relcl _ _ 40 shivering shiver VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 39 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 41 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | fire | | | | | giddy *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **blow down** | could · perfect | I | fire | | | | | vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: agent=Agent he=Patient | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | past | the Wind | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **fan** | past | I | the glowing coals | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **glow** | gerund | | | | | | | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **accompany** | past | I *not said here* | fire | | the door | | to the room | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent he=Theme through door=Destination | | 7 | **sit** | past | fire's daughter | | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **shiver** | gerund | fire's daughter *not said here* | | | | | | vn body\_internal\_states-40.6 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | 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 132](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/212/132/) - next →: [sentence 134](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/212/134/) - ↑ back to [The Story of the Wind](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/212/)