--- title: Then they ceased, and all around became still; not a bird could be h… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: Then they ceased, and all around became still; not a bird could be heard, they were all at rest, even the owl had not left her hiding place; deep silence reigned on the margin of the wood by the sea-shore. Who acts: bells. A sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. 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The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (bells), 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:pg27200:5:91 # text = Then they ceased, and all around became still; not a bird could be heard, they were all at rest, even the owl had not left her hiding place; deep silence reigned on the margin of the wood by the sea-shore. 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 3 advmod _ _ 2 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 ceased cease VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 6 all all ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 7 around around ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 8 became become VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 9 still still ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ; ; PUNCT : _ 16 punct _ _ 11 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 13 advmod _ _ 12 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 bird bird NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nsubj:pass _ _ 14 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 16 aux _ _ 15 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 16 aux:pass _ _ 16 heard hear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 18 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 19 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 cop _ _ 20 all all ADV RB _ 22 advmod _ _ 21 at at ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 22 rest rest NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 24 even even ADV RB _ 26 advmod _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 owl owl NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 nsubj:pass _ _ 27 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 aux _ _ 28 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 29 advmod _ _ 29 left leave VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 16 parataxis _ _ 30 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 32 nmod:poss _ _ 31 hiding hiding NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 compound _ _ 32 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 33 ; ; PUNCT : _ 35 punct _ _ 34 deep deep ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 amod _ _ 35 silence silence NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 parataxis _ _ 36 reigned reign VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 35 acl _ _ 37 on on ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 margin margin NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl _ _ 40 of of ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 wood wood NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 nmod _ _ 43 by by ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 45 sea sea NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 46 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 45 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 47 shore shore NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **cease** | past | bells *= bell* | | | | then | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | | 2 | **become** | past | bells *= bell* *not said here* | | | | still | all, around *property* | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient | | 3 | **hear** | could · passive | | a bird | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: subject=Stimulus | | 4 | **is** | past | bells *= bell* | | | rest | | all *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **not** **leave** | past · perfect · passive | | the owl | | | | | vn sustain-55.6-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Theme place=Attribute | | 6 | **reign** | participle | | deep silence *not said here* | | the margin of the wood | | by the sea shore | tree rules | 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 90](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/5/90/) - next →: [sentence 92](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/5/92/) - ↑ back to [Anne Lisbeth](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/5/)