--- title: "The bells are ringing for the new-born year," said the ruler, "soon… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: "The bells are ringing for the new-born year," said the ruler, "soon will a new ruler and his bride be born, and I shall go to rest with my wife in yonder light-giving star." Who acts: bells, ruler. A sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. Andersen, The Story of the Year, with --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/214/134/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/) / [The Story of the Year](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/214/) / 134 # Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen, The Story of the Year, sentence 134 "The bells are ringing for the new-born year," said the ruler, "soon will a new ruler and his bride be born, and I shall go to rest with my wife in yonder light-giving star." **Who acts:** bells, ruler · **What happens:** ring, bear, say, go, rest, give · **To what, where:** new ruler, giving star · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. 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 (bells, ruler), 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:pg27200:214:134 # text = "The bells are ringing for the new-born year," said the ruler, "soon will a new ruler and his bride be born, and I shall go to rest with my wife in yonder light-giving star." 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 bells bell NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj _ _ 4 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 ringing ring VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 14 ccomp _ _ 6 for for ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 8 new new ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 9 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 born bear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 11 amod _ _ 11 year year NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 " " PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ 14 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 ruler ruler NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 18 " " PUNCT `` _ 28 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 19 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 28 advmod _ _ 20 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 28 aux _ _ 21 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 22 new new ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 amod _ _ 23 ruler ruler NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 nsubj:pass _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 25 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 26 nmod:poss _ _ 26 bride bride NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 conj _ _ 27 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 28 aux:pass _ _ 28 born bear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 14 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 31 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 32 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 33 aux _ _ 33 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 14 ccomp _ _ 34 to to PART TO _ 35 mark _ _ 35 rest rest VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 33 xcomp _ _ 36 with with ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 38 nmod:poss _ _ 38 wife wife NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl _ _ 39 in in ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 40 yonder yonder ADV RB _ 44 advmod _ _ 41 light light NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 42 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 41 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 43 giving give VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 44 amod _ _ 44 star star NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 33 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 46 " " PUNCT '' _ 33 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ring** *in a quote* | present · progressive | the bells | | | | year | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **bear** *in a quote* | participle | | | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the ruler | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **bear** *in a quote* | future · passive | | a new ruler and snow's bride | | | | soon *property* | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | | 5 | **go** *in a quote* | shall | the ruler *= ruler* | | | | | | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 6 | **rest** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | the ruler *= ruler* *not said here* | | | giving star | | with my wife | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in star=Location | | 7 | **give** *in a quote* | gerund | | | | | | | vn break\_down-45.8 «NP V»: 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 133](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/214/133/) - next →: [sentence 135](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/214/135/) - ↑ back to [The Story of the Year](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/214/)