--- title: He described everything so clearly, that those who listened could se… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: He described everything so clearly, that those who listened could see it all; they could see the saw-mills going, the men-servants and the maidens singing songs, and dancing a rattling dance,--when all at once the old goblin gave the old elfin maiden a kiss, such a tremendous kiss, and yet they were --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/31/64/) [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 Elfin Hill](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/31/) / 64 # Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen, The Elfin Hill, sentence 64 He described everything so clearly, that those who listened could see it all; they could see the saw-mills going, the men-servants and the maidens singing songs, and dancing a rattling dance,--when all at once the old goblin gave the old elfin maiden a kiss, such a tremendous kiss, and yet they were almost strangers to each other. **Who acts:** Father, those, bells, saw mills, men, maidens · **What happens:** describe, listen, see, go, servant, sing · **To what, where:** everything, foam, saw mills, songs, rattling dance, old elfin maiden This is a sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. Andersen, The Elfin Hill. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Father, those, bells, saw mills), 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:pg27200:31:64 # text = He described everything so clearly, that those who listened could see it all; they could see the saw-mills going, the men-servants and the maidens singing songs, and dancing a rattling dance,--when all at once the old goblin gave the old elfin maiden a kiss, such a tremendous kiss, and yet they were almost strangers to each other. 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 described describe VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 everything everything PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Tot 2 obj _ _ 4 so so ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 clearly clearly ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 7 that that SCONJ IN _ 12 mark _ _ 8 those that PRON DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 12 nsubj _ _ 9 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 10 nsubj _ _ 10 listened listen VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 acl:relcl _ _ 11 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 12 aux _ _ 12 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 conj _ _ 13 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 obj _ _ 14 all all ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ; ; PUNCT : _ 18 punct _ _ 16 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 17 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 18 aux _ _ 18 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 conj _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 20 saw saw NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 21 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 20 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 22 mills mill NOUN NNS Number=Plur 18 obj _ _ 23 going go VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 22 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 28 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 27 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 26 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 28 servants servant NOUN NNS Number=Plur 18 obl _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 maidens maiden NOUN NNS Number=Plur 28 conj _ _ 32 singing sing VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 31 acl _ _ 33 songs song NOUN NNS Number=Plur 32 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 36 dancing dance VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 18 advcl _ _ 37 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 38 rattling rattling NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 compound _ _ 39 dance dance NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 41 -- -- PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 42 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 43 advmod _ _ 43 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 36 obl _ _ 44 at at SCONJ IN _ 49 mark _ _ 45 once once SCONJ IN _ 49 mark _ _ 46 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 47 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 48 amod _ _ 48 goblin goblin NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 nsubj _ _ 49 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 43 acl:relcl _ _ 50 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 53 det _ _ 51 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 53 amod _ _ 52 elfin elfin NOUN NN Number=Sing 53 compound _ _ 53 maiden maiden NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 obj _ _ 54 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 55 det _ _ 55 kiss kiss NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 56 , , PUNCT , _ 60 punct _ _ 57 such such DET PDT PronType=Ind 60 det:predet _ _ 58 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 60 det _ _ 59 tremendous tremendous ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 60 amod _ _ 60 kiss kiss NOUN NN Number=Sing 55 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 61 , , PUNCT , _ 67 punct _ _ 62 and and CCONJ CC _ 67 cc _ _ 63 yet yet ADV RB _ 67 advmod _ _ 64 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 67 nsubj _ _ 65 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 67 cop _ _ 66 almost almost ADV RB _ 67 advmod _ _ 67 strangers stranger NOUN NNS Number=Plur 49 iobj _ _ 68 to to ADP IN _ 69 case _ _ 69 each each DET DT ExtPos=PRON|PronType=Rcp 67 obl _ _ 70 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 69 fixed _ SpaceAfter=No 71 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **describe** | past | Father | everything | | | | clearly *property* | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent everything=Theme | | 2 | **listen** | past | | | | | | | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **see** | could | those | foam | | | | all *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus | | 4 | **see** | could | bells *= bell* | the saw mills | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer mill=Stimulus | | 5 | **go** | gerund | the saw mills *not said here* | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **servant** | | the men | | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **sing** *speech: express* | gerund | the maidens *not said here* | songs | | | | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location song=Theme | | 8 | **dance** | gerund | bells *= bell* *not said here* | a rattling dance | | | | all *obl* | vn modes\_of\_being\_with\_motion-47.3 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location dance=Theme | | 9 | **give** | past | the old goblin | the old elfin maiden | | | | | tree rules | | 10 | **is a** | past | bells *= bell* | strangers | | | yet | to each; almost *property* | tree rules | 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 63](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/31/63/) - next →: [sentence 65](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/31/65/) - ↑ back to [The Elfin Hill](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/31/)