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title: Then there was a terrible crash, as of a world crumbling to pieces,… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics
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# Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen, Anne Lisbeth, sentence 82

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Then there was a terrible crash, as of a world crumbling to pieces, and the angel-child was rising from the earth, and holding her by the sleeve so tightly that she felt herself lifted from the ground; but, on the other hand, something heavy hung to her feet and dragged her down, and it seemed as if hundreds of women were clinging to her, and crying, "If thou art to be saved, we must be saved too.

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**Who acts:** world, angel child, crash, it, hundreds · **What happens:** crumble, rise, hold, feel, lift, be · **To what, where:** earth, crash, ground, other hand, we · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is a sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. 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 (world, angel child, crash, it), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**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:pg27200:5:82
# text = Then there was a terrible crash, as of a world crumbling to pieces, and the angel-child was rising from the earth, and holding her by the sleeve so tightly that she felt herself lifted from the ground; but, on the other hand, something heavy hung to her feet and dragged her down, and it seemed as if hundreds of women were clinging to her, and crying, "If thou art to be saved, we must be saved too.
1	Then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	3	advmod	_	_
2	there	there	PRON	EX	PronType=Dem	3	expl	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	53	cop	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	terrible	terrible	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	crash	crash	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
8	as	as	ADP	IN	ExtPos=ADP	11	case	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	fixed	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	world	world	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	appos	_	_
12	crumbling	crumble	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	11	acl	_	_
13	to	to	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	pieces	piece	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	22	punct	_	_
16	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	22	cc	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
18	angel	angel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	18	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	22	nsubj	_	_
21	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	22	aux	_	_
22	rising	rise	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	advcl	_	_
23	from	from	ADP	IN	_	25	case	_	_
24	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	25	det	_	_
25	earth	earth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	22	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
26	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	28	punct	_	_
27	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	28	cc	_	_
28	holding	hold	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	22	advcl	_	_
29	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	28	obj	_	_
30	by	by	ADP	IN	_	32	case	_	_
31	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	32	det	_	_
32	sleeve	sleeve	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	28	obl	_	_
33	so	so	ADV	RB	_	34	advmod	_	_
34	tightly	tightly	ADV	RB	_	28	advmod	_	_
35	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	37	mark	_	_
36	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	37	nsubj	_	_
37	felt	feel	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	28	advcl	_	_
38	herself	herself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	37	obj	_	_
39	lifted	lift	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	37	xcomp	_	_
40	from	from	ADP	IN	_	42	case	_	_
41	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	42	det	_	_
42	ground	ground	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	39	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
43	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	53	punct	_	_
44	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	53	cc	_	SpaceAfter=No
45	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	44	punct	_	_
46	on	on	ADP	IN	_	49	case	_	_
47	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	49	det	_	_
48	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	49	amod	_	_
49	hand	hand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	53	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
50	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	51	punct	_	_
51	something	something	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	49	conj	_	_
52	heavy	heavy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	51	amod	_	_
53	hung	hang	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
54	to	to	ADP	IN	_	56	case	_	_
55	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	56	nmod:poss	_	_
56	feet	foot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	53	obl	_	_
57	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	58	cc	_	_
58	dragged	drag	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	53	conj	_	_
59	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	58	obj	_	_
60	down	down	ADP	RP	_	58	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
61	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	64	punct	_	_
62	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	64	cc	_	_
63	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	64	nsubj	_	_
64	seemed	seem	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	53	conj	_	_
65	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	71	mark	_	_
66	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	71	mark	_	_
67	hundreds	hundred	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	71	nsubj	_	_
68	of	of	ADP	IN	_	69	case	_	_
69	women	woman	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	67	nmod	_	_
70	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	71	aux	_	_
71	clinging	cling	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	64	xcomp	_	_
72	to	to	ADP	IN	_	73	case	_	_
73	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	71	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
74	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	76	punct	_	_
75	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	76	cc	_	_
76	crying	cry	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	64	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
77	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	76	punct	_	_
78	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	89	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
79	If	if	SCONJ	IN	_	81	mark	_	_
80	thou	thou	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	81	nsubj	_	_
81	art	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	89	advcl	_	_
82	to	to	PART	TO	_	84	mark	_	_
83	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	84	aux:pass	_	_
84	saved	save	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	81	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
85	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	81	punct	_	_
86	we	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	89	nsubj	_	_
87	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	89	aux	_	_
88	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	89	aux:pass	_	_
89	saved	save	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	76	conj	_	_
90	too	too	ADV	RB	_	89	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
91	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	53	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **crumble** | gerund | a world *not said here* |  |  |  |  | to pieces *result* | vn break-45.1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Patient to piece=Result |
| 2 | **rise** | past · progressive | the angel child |  |  | the earth |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from earth=Initial\_Location |
| 3 | **hold** | gerund | the angel child *not said here* | crash |  |  |  | by the sleeve; tightly *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent she=Theme by sleeve=Location |
| 4 | **feel** | past | crash | crash |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 5 | **lift** | participle | crash *not said here* |  |  | the ground |  |  | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent from ground=Destination |
| 6 | **is** | past |  |  |  | the other hand |  | to crash's feet; hang *property* | tree rules |
| 7 | **drag down** | past |  | crash |  |  |  |  | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme |
| 8 | **seem** | past | it |  |  |  |  |  | vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Theme clause=Attribute |
| 9 | **cling** *a condition, not said to happen* | past · progressive | hundreds of women |  | crash |  |  |  | vn cling-22.5 «NP V PP.co-theme»: agent=Theme to she=Co-Theme |
| 10 | **cry** *speech: express* | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 11 | **save** *in a quote* | to-infinitive · passive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP» |
| 12 | **save** *in a quote* | must · passive |  | we |  |  |  |  | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |

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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.

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**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.

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