--- title: It was a bright day when she came to herself, and two men were raisi… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: It was a bright day when she came to herself, and two men were raising her up; but she was not lying in the churchyard, but on the sea-shore, where she had dug a deep hole in the sand, and cut her hand with a piece of broken glass, whose sharp stern was stuck in a little block of painted wood. 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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 (voice, name, two men, sharp stern), 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:pg27200:5:162 # text = It was a bright day when she came to herself, and two men were raising her up; but she was not lying in the churchyard, but on the sea-shore, where she had dug a deep hole in the sand, and cut her hand with a piece of broken glass, whose sharp stern was stuck in a little block of painted wood. 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 bright bright ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 6 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 8 advmod _ _ 7 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 8 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 acl:relcl _ _ 9 to to ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 herself herself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 13 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 14 nummod _ _ 14 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 nsubj _ _ 15 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 aux _ _ 16 raising raise VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 8 advcl _ _ 17 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 obj _ _ 18 up up ADP RP _ 16 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 19 ; ; PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 20 but but CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 21 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 22 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 aux _ _ 23 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 24 advmod _ _ 24 lying lie VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 8 advcl _ _ 25 in in ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 churchyard churchyard NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 29 but but CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 30 on on ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 32 sea sea NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 33 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 32 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 34 shore shore NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 36 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 39 advmod _ _ 37 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 38 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 39 aux _ _ 39 dug dig VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 34 acl:relcl _ _ 40 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 41 deep deep ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 42 amod _ _ 42 hole hole NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obj _ _ 43 in in ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 sand sand NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 46 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 47 and and CCONJ CC _ 48 cc _ _ 48 cut cut VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 parataxis _ _ 49 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 50 nmod:poss _ _ 50 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 obj _ _ 51 with with ADP IN _ 53 case _ _ 52 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 53 det _ _ 53 piece piece NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 obl _ _ 54 of of ADP IN _ 56 case _ _ 55 broken break VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 56 amod _ _ 56 glass glass NOUN NN Number=Sing 53 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 57 , , PUNCT , _ 62 punct _ _ 58 whose whose PRON WP$ Poss=Yes|PronType=Rel 60 nmod:poss _ _ 59 sharp sharp ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 60 amod _ _ 60 stern stern NOUN NN Number=Sing 62 nsubj _ _ 61 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 62 cop _ _ 62 stuck stuck ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 53 conj _ _ 63 in in ADP IN _ 66 case _ _ 64 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 66 det _ _ 65 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 66 amod _ _ 66 block block NOUN NN Number=Sing 62 obl _ _ 67 of of ADP IN _ 69 case _ _ 68 painted paint VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 69 amod _ _ 69 wood wood NOUN NN Number=Sing 66 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 70 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | voice | a bright day | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **come** | past | name | | name | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to herself=Initial\_Location | | 3 | **raise up** | past · progressive | two men | name | | | | | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme | | 4 | **not** **lie** | past · progressive | name | | | the churchyard | | on the sea shore | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in churchyard=Location | | 5 | **dig** | past · perfect | name | a deep hole | | the sand | | | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent hole=Theme in sand=Location | | 6 | **cut** | past | | name's hand | | | | with a piece of broken glass | vn cut-21.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hand=Patient with piece=Instrument | | 7 | **break** | participle | | | | | | | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient | | 8 | **is** | past | sharp stern | | | a little block of painted wood | | stuck *property* | tree rules | | 9 | **paint** | participle | | | | | | | vn image\_impression-25.1 «NP V»: agent=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 161](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/5/161/) - next →: [sentence 163](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/5/163/) - ↑ back to [Anne Lisbeth](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/5/)