--- title: Gold! gold!' he shouted, again holding the glass aloft, that it migh… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: Gold! gold!' he shouted, again holding the glass aloft, that it might flash in the sunshine; but his hand trembled, and the alchymic glass fell from it, clattering to the ground, and brake in a thousand pieces. Who acts: Gold gold, gold, hand, alchymic glass. 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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 (Gold gold, gold, hand, alchymic glass), 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:pg27200:212:137 # text = Gold! gold!' he shouted, again holding the glass aloft, that it might flash in the sunshine; but his hand trembled, and the alchymic glass fell from it, clattering to the ground, and brake in a thousand pieces. 1 Gold gold NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 2 ! ! PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ 3 gold gold NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 ! ! PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ 6 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 7 shouted shout VERB VBD Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 9 again again ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 10 holding hold VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 7 advcl _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 glass glass NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ _ 13 aloft aloft ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 15 that that SCONJ IN _ 18 mark _ _ 16 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 17 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 18 aux _ _ 18 flash flash VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 conj _ _ 19 in in ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 sunshine sunshine NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 22 ; ; PUNCT : _ 26 punct _ _ 23 but but CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 24 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 25 nmod:poss _ _ 25 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 nsubj _ _ 26 trembled tremble VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 30 alchymic alchymic ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 amod _ _ 31 glass glass NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 nsubj _ _ 32 fell fall VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 conj _ _ 33 from from ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 34 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 36 clattering clatter VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 32 advcl _ _ 37 to to ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 ground ground NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 41 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 42 brake brake NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obl _ _ 43 in in ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 44 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 thousand thousand NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 46 nummod _ _ 46 pieces piece NOUN NNS Number=Plur 42 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **shout** *speech: express* | past | Gold gold | | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **hold** | gerund | Gold gold *not said here* | the glass | | | again | aloft *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent glass=Theme | | 3 | **flash** | might | gold | | | the sunshine | | | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in sunshine=Location | | 4 | **tremble** | past | fire's hand | brake in thousand pieces | | | | | vn modes\_of\_being\_with\_motion-47.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **fall** | past | the alchymic glass | | | hand | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from it=Initial\_Location | | 6 | **clatter** | gerund | the alchymic glass *not said here* | | | | | to the ground | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | 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 136](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/212/136/) - next →: [sentence 138](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/212/138/) - ↑ back to [The Story of the Wind](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/212/)