--- title: And high in the air flew the first stork, and the second followed; a… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: And high in the air flew the first stork, and the second followed; a lovely child sat on the back of each, and they sank down on the open field, kissed the earth, and kissed the quiet old man; and, as the mist from the mountain top, he vanished away and disappeared. 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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 (lovely child, birds, snow), 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:pg27200:214:158 # text = And high in the air flew the first stork, and the second followed; a lovely child sat on the back of each, and they sank down on the open field, kissed the earth, and kissed the quiet old man; and, as the mist from the mountain top, he vanished away and disappeared. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 2 high high ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 advcl _ _ 3 in in ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 air air NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 6 flew fly VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 8 first first ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 9 amod _ _ 9 stork stork NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 second second ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 14 obl:unmarked _ _ 14 followed follow VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 6 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ; ; PUNCT : _ 19 punct _ _ 16 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 17 lovely lovely ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 amod _ _ 18 child child NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 nsubj _ _ 19 sat sit VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 20 on on ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 back back NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ _ 23 of of ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 24 each each DET DT PronType=Tot 22 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 27 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 28 sank sink VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 conj _ _ 29 down down ADV RB _ 28 advmod _ _ 30 on on ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 32 open open ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 33 amod _ _ 33 field field NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 35 kissed kiss VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 conj _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 earth earth NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 39 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 40 kissed kiss VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 conj _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 42 quiet quiet ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 44 amod _ _ 43 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 44 amod _ _ 44 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 45 ; ; PUNCT , _ 57 punct _ _ 46 and and CCONJ CC _ 57 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 47 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 48 as as ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 49 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 50 det _ _ 50 mist mist NOUN NN Number=Sing 57 obl _ _ 51 from from ADP IN _ 54 case _ _ 52 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 54 det _ _ 53 mountain mountain NOUN NN Number=Sing 54 compound _ _ 54 top top NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 55 , , PUNCT , _ 50 punct _ _ 56 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 57 nsubj _ _ 57 vanished vanish VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 58 away away ADV RB _ 57 advmod _ _ 59 and and CCONJ CC _ 60 cc _ _ 60 disappeared disappear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 57 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 61 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fly** | past | | the first stork | | | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location stork=Theme | | 2 | **follow** | participle | | the second | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **sit** | past | a lovely child | | | the back of each | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on back=Location | | 4 | **sink down** | past | birds *= bird* | | | the open field | | down *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 5 | **kiss** | past | a lovely child *not said here* | the earth | | | | | vn marry-36.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent earth=Co-Agent | | 6 | **kiss** | past | a lovely child *not said here* | the quiet old man | | | | | vn marry-36.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent man=Co-Agent | | 7 | **vanish away** | past | snow | | | | | as the mist from the mountain top; away *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **disappear** | past | snow *not said here* | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=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 157](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/214/157/) - next →: [sentence 159](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/214/159/) - ↑ back to [The Story of the Year](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/214/)