--- title: Bombshells tore away the flesh in red strips; bombshells lit up into… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: Bombshells tore away the flesh in red strips; bombshells lit up into a terrible glow the strawheaps to which the wounded had dragged themselves, to lie untended for many hours, perhaps for all the hours they had to live. Who acts: Bombshells. 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C. Andersen, The Golden Treasure. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Bombshells), 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:pg27200:39:77 # text = Bombshells tore away the flesh in red strips; bombshells lit up into a terrible glow the strawheaps to which the wounded had dragged themselves, to lie untended for many hours, perhaps for all the hours they had to live. 1 Bombshells bombshell NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nsubj _ _ 2 tore tore VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 away away ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 flesh flesh NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 6 in in ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 red red ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 strips strip NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 ; ; PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 10 bombshells bombshell NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 parataxis _ _ 11 lit lit VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 10 acl _ _ 12 up up ADP RP _ 11 compound:prt _ _ 13 into into ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 14 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 15 terrible terrible ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 amod _ _ 16 glow glow NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 strawheaps strawheap NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 nmod _ _ 19 to to ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 20 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 24 obl _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 wounded wounded ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 nsubj:pass _ _ 23 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 aux _ _ 24 dragged drag VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 18 acl:relcl _ _ 25 themselves themselves PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 24 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 27 to to PART TO _ 28 mark _ _ 28 lie lie VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 29 untended untended ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 xcomp _ _ 30 for for ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 32 amod _ _ 32 hours hour NOUN NNS Number=Plur 29 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 34 perhaps perhaps ADV RB _ 40 advmod _ _ 35 for for ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 36 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 38 det:predet _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 hours hour NOUN NNS Number=Plur 40 obl _ _ 39 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 40 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 conj _ _ 41 to to PART TO _ 42 mark _ _ 42 live live VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 40 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tore away** | past | Bombshells | the flesh | | red strips | | away *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **lit up** | participle | | bombshells *not said here* | | a terrible glow the strawheaps | | | tree rules | | 3 | **drag** | past · perfect · passive | | the wounded | | | | to the strawheaps | tree rules | | 4 | **lie** | to-infinitive | | | | | | untended *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **have** | past | Bombshells *= bombshell* | | | | hour | perhaps *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **live** | to-infinitive | Bombshells *= bombshell* *not said here* | | | | | | vn exist-47.1-1 «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 76](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/39/76/) - next →: [sentence 78](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/39/78/) - ↑ back to [The Golden Treasure](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/39/)