--- title: "It was on the evening of the first day of May," the Wind continued,… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: "It was on the evening of the first day of May," the Wind continued, "I came from the west, and had seen the ships overpowered with the waves, when all on board persisted or were cast shipwrecked on the coast of Jutland. Who acts: display, Wind, whir, ships. 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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 (display, Wind, whir, ships), 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:pg27200:212:21 # text = "It was on the evening of the first day of May," the Wind continued, "I came from the west, and had seen the ships overpowered with the waves, when all on board persisted or were cast shipwrecked on the coast of Jutland. 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 4 on on ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 evening evening NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 ccomp _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 9 first first ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 10 amod _ _ 10 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nmod _ _ 11 of of ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 May May PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 " " PUNCT `` _ 17 punct _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 Wind Wind PROPN NNP Number=Sing 17 nsubj _ _ 17 continued continue VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 19 " " PUNCT `` _ 21 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 20 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 21 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 conj _ _ 22 from from ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 west west NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 27 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 aux _ _ 28 seen see VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 17 conj _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 ships ship NOUN NNS Number=Plur 31 nsubj _ _ 31 overpowered overpower VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 ccomp _ _ 32 with with ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 waves wave NOUN NNS Number=Plur 31 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 36 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 37 advmod _ _ 37 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 34 nmod _ _ 38 on on SCONJ IN _ 40 mark _ _ 39 board board ADP IN _ 40 mark _ _ 40 persisted persist VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 37 acl _ _ 41 or or CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 42 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 43 aux:pass _ _ 43 cast cast VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 40 conj _ _ 44 shipwrecked shipwreck VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 43 xcomp _ _ 45 on on ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 46 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 47 coast coast NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obl _ _ 48 of of ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 49 Jutland Jutland PROPN NNP Number=Sing 47 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 50 . . PUNCT . _ 17 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** *in a quote* | past | display | | | | on the evening; day | | tree rules | | 2 | **continue** | past | the Wind | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **come** *in a quote* | past | whir | | | the west | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from west=Initial\_Location | | 4 | **see** *in a quote* | past · perfect | the Wind *not said here* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 5 | **overpower** *in a quote* | past | the ships | | | | | with the waves all | tree rules | | 6 | **persist** *in a quote* | participle | | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **cast** *in a quote* | past · passive | | | | | | | vn characterize-29.2 «NP V NP to be ADJ»: clause=Attribute | | 8 | **shipwreck** *in a quote* | participle | | | | the coast of Jutland | | | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=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. 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 20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/212/20/) - next →: [sentence 22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/212/22/) - ↑ back to [The Story of the Wind](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/212/)