--- title: A grave! dig me a grave!" still sounded in her ears; she was fearful… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: A grave! dig me a grave!" still sounded in her ears; she was fearful that the cock might crow, and the first red streak appear in the east, before she had finished her work; and then she would be lost. Who acts: grave, name, cock, first red streak. 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C. Andersen, Anne Lisbeth. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (grave, name, cock, first red streak), 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:pg27200:5:157 # text = A grave! dig me a grave!" still sounded in her ears; she was fearful that the cock might crow, and the first red streak appear in the east, before she had finished her work; and then she would be lost. 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 grave grave NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 ! ! PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ 4 dig dig VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 4 obj _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 grave grave NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ! ! PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 " " PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ 10 still still ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ _ 11 sounded sound VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 advcl _ _ 12 in in ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 14 nmod:poss _ _ 14 ears ear NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ; ; PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 16 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 17 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 cop _ _ 18 fearful fearful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 conj _ _ 19 that that SCONJ IN _ 23 mark _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 cock cock NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 nsubj _ _ 22 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 23 aux _ _ 23 crow crow VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 18 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 27 first first ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 29 amod _ _ 28 red red ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 amod _ _ 29 streak streak NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 nsubj _ _ 30 appear appear VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 31 in in ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 east east NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 35 before before SCONJ IN _ 38 mark _ _ 36 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 37 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 38 aux _ _ 38 finished finish VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 30 advcl _ _ 39 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 40 nmod:poss _ _ 40 work work NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 41 ; ; PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 42 and and CCONJ CC _ 47 cc _ _ 43 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 47 advmod _ _ 44 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 47 nsubj _ _ 45 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 47 aux _ _ 46 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 47 aux:pass _ _ 47 lost lose VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **dig** | infinitive | a grave | | me | | | | vn create-26.4-1-1 «NP V NP.beneficiary NP»: agent=Agent i=Beneficiary grave=Result | | 2 | **sound** *in a quote* | past | a grave *not said here* | | | name's ears | still | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in ear=Location | | 3 | **is** *in a quote* | past | name | | | | | fearful *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **crow** *in a quote* | might | the cock | | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **appear** *in a quote* | present | the first red streak | | | the east | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in east=Location | | 6 | **finish** *in a quote* | past · perfect | name | name's work | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Affector work=Eventuality | | 7 | **lose** *in a quote* | would · passive | | name | | | then | | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality | | 8 | **work** *in a quote* | | name | | | | | | nom work «act intransitive»: poss=agent | 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 156](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/5/156/) - next →: [sentence 158](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/5/158/) - ↑ back to [Anne Lisbeth](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/5/)