--- title: She stood all day on the roof waiting for him, and most likely she i… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: She stood all day on the roof waiting for him, and most likely she is waiting there still; while he wanders through the world telling fairy tales, but none of them so amusing as the one he related about the matches. Who acts: bride, son, world. 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C. Andersen, The Flying Trunk. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (bride, son, world), 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:pg27200:35:108 # text = She stood all day on the roof waiting for him, and most likely she is waiting there still; while he wanders through the world telling fairy tales, but none of them so amusing as the one he related about the matches. 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 stood stand VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 4 det _ _ 4 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl:unmarked _ _ 5 on on ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 roof roof NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 8 waiting wait VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 2 advcl _ _ 9 for for ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 13 most most ADV RBS Degree=Sup 14 advmod _ _ 14 likely likely ADV RB _ 17 advmod _ _ 15 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 16 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 17 aux _ _ 17 waiting wait VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 2 advcl _ _ 18 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 17 advmod _ _ 19 still still ADV RB _ 17 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 20 ; ; PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 21 while while SCONJ IN _ 23 mark _ _ 22 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 23 wanders wander VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 24 through through ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 world world NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ _ 27 telling tell VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 26 acl _ _ 28 fairy fairy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 amod _ _ 29 tales tale NOUN NNS Number=Plur 27 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 31 but but CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 32 none none PRON NN PronType=Neg 36 nsubj _ _ 33 of of ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 34 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 nmod _ _ 35 so so ADV RB _ 36 advmod _ _ 36 amusing amusing ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 conj _ _ 37 as as ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl _ _ 40 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj _ _ 41 related relate VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 39 acl:relcl _ _ 42 about about ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 matches match NOUN NNS Number=Plur 41 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stand** | past | bride | | | the roof | day | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on roof=Location | | 2 | **wait** | gerund | bride *not said here* | | | | | for son | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **wait** | present · progressive | bride | | | there | still | likely *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **wander** | present | son | | | the world | | | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme through world=Trajectory | | 5 | **tell** *speech: assert* | gerund | the world *not said here* | fairy tales | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent tale=Recipient | | 6 | **relate** | past | son | the one *not said here* | | | | about the matches | vn involve-107.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent one=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 107](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/35/107/) - next →: [The Shepherd's Story of the…, 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/36/1/) - ↑ back to [The Flying Trunk](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/35/)