--- title: The ruler of the year appeared with hair white as snow, but he knew… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: The ruler of the year appeared with hair white as snow, but he knew it not; he thought snow-flakes falling from the sky covered his head, as they decked the green fields with a thin, white covering of snow. Who acts: ruler, snow, snow flakes, flakes. 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C. Andersen, The Story of the Year. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (ruler, snow, snow flakes, flakes), 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:pg27200:214:132 # text = The ruler of the year appeared with hair white as snow, but he knew it not; he thought snow-flakes falling from the sky covered his head, as they decked the green fields with a thin, white covering of snow. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 ruler ruler NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 year year NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ 6 appeared appear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 with with ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 hair hair NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 9 white white ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 obl _ _ 10 as as ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 snow snow NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 13 but but CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 14 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 15 knew know VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 parataxis _ _ 16 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 obj _ _ 17 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 15 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 18 ; ; PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 19 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 20 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 parataxis _ _ 21 snow snow NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 22 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 21 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 23 flakes flake NOUN NNS Number=Plur 28 nsubj _ _ 24 falling fall VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 23 acl _ _ 25 from from ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 sky sky NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl _ _ 28 covered cover VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 ccomp _ _ 29 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 30 nmod:poss _ _ 30 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 32 as as SCONJ IN _ 34 mark _ _ 33 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 34 decked deck VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 conj _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 36 green green ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 amod _ _ 37 fields field NOUN NNS Number=Plur 34 obj _ _ 38 with with ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 39 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 40 thin thin ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 43 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 42 white white ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 43 amod _ _ 43 covering covering NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obl _ _ 44 of of ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 45 snow snow NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **appear** | past | the ruler of the year | | | | | with white; as snow | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **not** **know** | past | snow | ruler | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus | | 3 | **think** *speech: other* | past | snow | | | | | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 4 | **fall** | gerund | snow flakes *not said here* | | | the sky | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from sky=Initial\_Location | | 5 | **cover** | past | snow flakes | snow's head | | | | | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme head=Destination | | 6 | **deck** | past | flakes *= flake* | the green fields | | | | with a thin white covering of snow | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent field=Destination with covering=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 131](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/214/131/) - next →: [sentence 133](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/214/133/) - ↑ back to [The Story of the Year](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/214/)