--- title: Then, from a hole in the wall, gushed forth in song the swelling tho… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: Then, from a hole in the wall, gushed forth in song the swelling thoughts of the bird as he issued from his hiding place to perform his first good deed on earth,--and in heaven it was well known who that bird was. Who acts: sun. A sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. 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C. Andersen, The Girl Who Trod on the Loaf. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (sun), 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:pg27200:37:89 # text = Then, from a hole in the wall, gushed forth in song the swelling thoughts of the bird as he issued from his hiding place to perform his first good deed on earth,--and in heaven it was well known who that bird was. 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 10 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 from from ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 hole hole NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ _ 6 in in ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 wall wall NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 10 gushed gush VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 11 forth forth ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 12 in in ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 song song NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 15 swelling swelling NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 compound _ _ 16 thoughts thought NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 nmod _ _ 17 of of ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 bird bird NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nmod _ _ 20 as as SCONJ IN _ 22 mark _ _ 21 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 22 issued issue VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 advcl _ _ 23 from from ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 24 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 26 nmod:poss _ _ 25 hiding hiding NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 compound _ _ 26 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obl _ _ 27 to to PART TO _ 28 mark _ _ 28 perform perform VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 22 advcl _ _ 29 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 32 nmod:poss _ _ 30 first first ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 32 amod _ _ 31 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 32 amod _ _ 32 deed deed NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obj _ _ 33 on on ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 34 earth earth NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 36 -- -- PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 38 in in ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 39 heaven heaven NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obl _ _ 40 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 nsubj:pass _ _ 41 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 43 aux:pass _ _ 42 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 43 advmod _ _ 43 known know VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 22 conj _ _ 44 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 47 nsubj _ _ 45 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 46 det _ _ 46 bird bird NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 nsubj _ _ 47 was be VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 43 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 10 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **gush** | participle | | | | a hole in the wall | then | in song the swelling thoughts of the bird; forth *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in song=Location | | 2 | **issue** | past | sun | | | sun's hiding place | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **perform** | to-infinitive | sun *not said here* | sun's first good deed | | earth | | | vn performance-26.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent deed=Theme | | 4 | **know** | past · passive | | bird | | heaven | | well *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **be** | past | | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **think** | | | the bird | | | | | nom thought «cognition transitive»: of=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 88](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/37/88/) - next →: [sentence 90](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/37/90/) - ↑ back to [The Girl Who Trod on the Loaf](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/37/)