--- title: "Late in the autumn, when the days were short, and the mist sprinkle… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: "Late in the autumn, when the days were short, and the mist sprinkled cold drops on the berries and the leafless branches, I came back in fresh spirits, rushed through the air, swept the sky clear, and snapped off the dry twigs, which is certainly no great labor to do, yet it must be done. 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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 (days, mist, Gold gold, dry twigs), 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:pg27200:212:139 # text = "Late in the autumn, when the days were short, and the mist sprinkled cold drops on the berries and the leafless branches, I came back in fresh spirits, rushed through the air, swept the sky clear, and snapped off the dry twigs, which is certainly no great labor to do, yet it must be done. 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Late late ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 csubj _ _ 3 in in ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 autumn autumn NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 7 when when SCONJ WRB _ 11 mark _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 days day NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 nsubj _ _ 10 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 cop _ _ 11 short short ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 mist mist NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nsubj _ _ 16 sprinkled sprinkle VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 parataxis _ _ 17 cold cold ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 amod _ _ 18 drops drop NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 obj _ _ 19 on on ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 berries berry NOUN NNS Number=Plur 18 nmod _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 24 leafless leafless ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 amod _ _ 25 branches branch NOUN NNS Number=Plur 21 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 27 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 28 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 conj _ _ 29 back back ADV RB _ 28 advmod _ _ 30 in in ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 fresh fresh ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 32 amod _ _ 32 spirits spirit NOUN NNS Number=Plur 28 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 34 rushed rush VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 32 acl _ _ 35 through through ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 air air NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 39 swept sweep VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 conj _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 sky sky NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obj _ _ 42 clear clear ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 44 and and CCONJ CC _ 45 cc _ _ 45 snapped snap VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 39 parataxis _ _ 46 off off ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 47 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 48 dry dry ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 49 amod _ _ 49 twigs twig NOUN NNS Number=Plur 45 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 50 , , PUNCT , _ 56 punct _ _ 51 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 56 nsubj _ _ 52 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 56 cop _ _ 53 certainly certainly ADV RB _ 56 advmod _ _ 54 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 56 det _ _ 55 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 56 amod _ _ 56 labor labor NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 nmod _ _ 57 to to PART TO _ 58 mark _ _ 58 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 56 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 59 , , PUNCT , _ 64 punct _ _ 60 yet yet CCONJ CC _ 64 cc _ _ 61 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 64 nsubj:pass _ _ 62 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 64 aux _ _ 63 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 64 aux:pass _ _ 64 done do VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 11 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 65 . . PUNCT . _ 11 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** *in a quote* | past | the days | | | | | short *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **sprinkle** *in a quote* | past | the mist | cold drops | | the berries and the leafless branches | | | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent drop=Theme on berry=Destination | | 3 | **come back** *in a quote* | past | Gold gold *= gold* | | | fresh spirits | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in spirit=Location | | 4 | **rush** *in a quote* | participle | | fresh spirits *not said here* | | the air | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme through air=Trajectory | | 5 | **sweep** *in a quote* | past | Gold gold *= gold* *not said here* | the sky | | | | clear *property* | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme sky=Trajectory | | 6 | **snap** *in a quote* | past | | | | | | off the dry twigs | vn split-23.2 «NP V PP.co-patient»: agent=Patient off twig=Co-Patient | | 7 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | the dry twigs | no great labor | | | | certainly *property* | tree rules | | 8 | **do** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 9 | **do** *in a quote* | must · passive | | mist | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality | 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 138](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/212/138/) - next →: [sentence 140](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/212/140/) - ↑ back to [The Story of the Wind](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/212/)