--- title: It was yet spring, some were sitting on their eggs, others had alrea… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: It was yet spring, some were sitting on their eggs, others had already hatched their young broods; but how they fluttered about and cried out when the axe sounded through the forest, blow upon blow! Who acts: nest, some, others, axe. A sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. 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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 (nest, some, others, axe), 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:pg27200:212:45 # text = It was yet spring, some were sitting on their eggs, others had already hatched their young broods; but how they fluttered about and cried out when the axe sounded through the forest, blow upon blow! 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|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 yet yet ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 spring spring NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 6 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 8 nsubj _ _ 7 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 8 sitting sit VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 4 acl _ _ 9 on on ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 11 nmod:poss _ _ 11 eggs egg NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 13 others other NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 nsubj:pass _ _ 14 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 aux _ _ 15 already already ADV RB _ 16 advmod _ _ 16 hatched hatch VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 conj _ _ 17 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 19 nmod:poss _ _ 18 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 amod _ _ 19 broods brood NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 20 ; ; PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 21 but but CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 22 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 24 advmod _ _ 23 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 24 fluttered flutter VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 parataxis _ _ 25 about about ADV RB _ 24 advmod _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 27 cried cry VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 conj _ _ 28 out out ADP RP _ 27 compound:prt _ _ 29 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 32 advmod _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 axe axe NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 nsubj _ _ 32 sounded sound VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 advcl _ _ 33 through through ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 forest forest NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 37 blow blow VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 27 conj _ _ 38 upon upon ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 39 blow blow NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 40 ! ! PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | nest | spring | | | yet | | tree rules | | 2 | **sit** | past · progressive | some | spring *not said here* | | birds's eggs | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V NP.theme PP»: agent=Agent spring=Theme on egg=Location | | 3 | **hatch** | past · perfect · passive | | others | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **flutter** | past | others *= other* | | | | | about *property* | vn modes\_of\_being\_with\_motion-47.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **cry out** *speech: express* | past | others *= other* *not said here* | | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **sound** | past | the axe | | | the forest | | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme through forest=Location | | 7 | **blow** | infinitive | others *= other* *not said here* | | | | | upon blow | vn split-23.2 «NP V apart»: agent=Patient | 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 44](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/212/44/) - next →: [sentence 46](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/212/46/) - ↑ back to [The Story of the Wind](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/212/)