--- title: They dance on the green rampart, just on the place where, according… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: They dance on the green rampart, just on the place where, according to the old story, the ground always sank in, and where a sportive, frolicsome child had been lured by means of flowers, toys and sweetmeats into an open grave ready dug for it, and which was afterwards closed over the child; and fro --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/3/10/) [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/) / [By the Almshouse Window](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/3/) / 10 # Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen, By the Almshouse Window, sentence 10 They dance on the green rampart, just on the place where, according to the old story, the ground always sank in, and where a sportive, frolicsome child had been lured by means of flowers, toys and sweetmeats into an open grave ready dug for it, and which was afterwards closed over the child; and from that moment, the old story says, the ground gave way no longer, the mound remained firm and fast, and was quickly covered with the green turf. **Who acts:** cheeks, old story, ground, mound · **What happens:** dance, accord, sink in, lure, mean, close · **To what, where:** green rampart, sportive frolicsome child, open grave, way · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. Andersen, By the Almshouse Window. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (cheeks, old story, ground, mound), 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:pg27200:3:10 # text = They dance on the green rampart, just on the place where, according to the old story, the ground always sank in, and where a sportive, frolicsome child had been lured by means of flowers, toys and sweetmeats into an open grave ready dug for it, and which was afterwards closed over the child; and from that moment, the old story says, the ground gave way no longer, the mound remained firm and fast, and was quickly covered with the green turf. 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 dance dance VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 on on ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 green green ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 rampart rampart NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 8 just just ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ _ 9 on on ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 parataxis _ _ 12 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 23 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 14 according accord VERB VBG ExtPos=ADP|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 18 case _ _ 15 to to ADP IN _ 14 fixed _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 17 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 amod _ _ 18 story story NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 ground ground NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 conj _ _ 22 always always ADV RB PronType=Tot 23 advmod _ _ 23 sank sink VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 advcl _ _ 24 in in ADV RB _ 23 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 27 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 35 advmod _ _ 28 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 29 sportive sportive ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 32 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 31 frolicsome frolicsome ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 32 amod _ _ 32 child child NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 nsubj:pass _ _ 33 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 35 aux _ _ 34 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 35 aux:pass _ _ 35 lured lure VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 37 nsubj _ _ 36 by by ADP IN _ 35 obl _ _ 37 means mean VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 38 of of ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 39 flowers flower NOUN NNS Number=Plur 37 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 41 toys toy NOUN NNS Number=Plur 39 conj _ _ 42 and and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 43 sweetmeats sweetmeat NOUN NNS Number=Plur 39 conj _ _ 44 into into ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 45 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 46 open open ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 47 amod _ _ 47 grave grave NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obl _ _ 48 ready ready ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 49 amod _ _ 49 dug dug NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 conj _ _ 50 for for ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 51 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 49 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 52 , , PUNCT , _ 57 punct _ _ 53 and and CCONJ CC _ 57 cc _ _ 54 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 57 nsubj:pass _ _ 55 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 57 aux:pass _ _ 56 afterwards afterwards ADV RB _ 57 advmod _ _ 57 closed close VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 37 conj _ _ 58 over over ADP IN _ 60 case _ _ 59 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 60 det _ _ 60 child child NOUN NN Number=Sing 57 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 61 ; ; PUNCT : _ 70 punct _ _ 62 and and CCONJ CC _ 70 cc _ _ 63 from from ADP IN _ 65 case _ _ 64 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 65 det _ _ 65 moment moment NOUN NN Number=Sing 70 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 66 , , PUNCT , _ 65 punct _ _ 67 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 69 det _ _ 68 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 69 amod _ _ 69 story story NOUN NN Number=Sing 70 nsubj _ _ 70 says say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 71 , , PUNCT , _ 74 punct _ _ 72 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 73 det _ _ 73 ground ground NOUN NN Number=Sing 74 nsubj _ _ 74 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 70 ccomp _ _ 75 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 74 obj _ _ 76 no no ADV RB _ 77 advmod _ _ 77 longer long ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 74 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 78 , , PUNCT , _ 81 punct _ _ 79 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 80 det _ _ 80 mound mound NOUN NN Number=Sing 81 nsubj _ _ 81 remained remain VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 74 conj _ _ 82 firm firm ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 81 xcomp _ _ 83 and and CCONJ CC _ 84 cc _ _ 84 fast fast ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 82 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 85 , , PUNCT , _ 89 punct _ _ 86 and and CCONJ CC _ 89 cc _ _ 87 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 89 aux:pass _ _ 88 quickly quickly ADV RB _ 89 advmod _ _ 89 covered cover VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 74 conj _ _ 90 with with ADP IN _ 93 case _ _ 91 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 93 det _ _ 92 green green ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 93 amod _ _ 93 turf turf NOUN NN Number=Sing 89 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 94 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **dance** | present | cheeks *= cheek* | | | the green rampart | | | vn modes\_of\_being\_with\_motion-47.3 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on rampart=Location | | 2 | **accord** | gerund | | | | | | | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **sink in** | past | the old story and the ground | | | | | always *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 4 | **lure** | past · perfect · passive | | a sportive frolicsome child | | | | | vn lure-59.3 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | | 5 | **mean** | present | | | | a open grave and ready dug for dug | | of flowers and toys and sweetmeats | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **close** | past · passive | | | | | | over the child; afterwards *property* | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | | 7 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | the old story | | | | moment | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 8 | **give** | past | the ground | way | | | | long *property* | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent way=Theme | | 9 | **remain** | past | the mound | | | | | firm *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 10 | **cover** | past · passive | the ground *not said here* | | | | | with the green turf; quickly *property* | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: with turf=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 9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/3/9/) - next →: [sentence 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/3/11/) - ↑ back to [By the Almshouse Window](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/3/)