--- title: And as he gazed on the uppermost lion, he thought of King Canute, wh… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: And as he gazed on the uppermost lion, he thought of King Canute, who chained great England to Denmark's throne; and he looked at the second lion, and thought of Waldemar, who untied Denmark and conquered the Vandals. Who acts: man, King Canute, Waldemar. 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C. Andersen, Holger Danske. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (man, King Canute, Waldemar), 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:pg27200:50:22 # text = And as he gazed on the uppermost lion, he thought of King Canute, who chained great England to Denmark's throne; and he looked at the second lion, and thought of Waldemar, who untied Denmark and conquered the Vandals. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 2 as as SCONJ IN _ 4 mark _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 gazed gaze VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 advcl _ _ 5 on on ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 uppermost uppermost ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 lion lion NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 10 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 11 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 12 of of ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 14 compound _ _ 14 Canute Canute PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 16 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 17 nsubj _ _ 17 chained chain VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 acl:relcl _ _ 18 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 amod _ _ 19 England England PROPN NNP Number=Sing 17 obj _ _ 20 to to ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 21 Denmark Denmark PROPN NNP Number=Sing 23 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 22 's 's PART POS _ 21 case _ _ 23 throne throne NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 24 ; ; PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 26 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 27 looked look VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 parataxis _ _ 28 at at ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 30 second second ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 31 amod _ _ 31 lion lion NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 34 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 conj _ _ 35 of of ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 36 Waldemar Waldemar PROPN NNP Number=Sing 34 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 38 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 39 nsubj _ _ 39 untied untie VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 acl:relcl _ _ 40 Denmark Denmark PROPN NNP Number=Sing 39 obj _ _ 41 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 42 conquered conquer VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 39 conj _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 Vandals Vandal PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 42 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 11 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **gaze** | past | man | | | | | on the uppermost lion | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent on lion=Theme | | 2 | **think** *speech: other* | past | man | | | | | of King Canute | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **chain** | past | King Canute | great England | | | | to Denmark's throne | vn tape-22.4 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: agent=Agent england=Patient to throne=Co-Patient | | 4 | **look** | past | man | | | | | at the second lion | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at lion=Theme | | 5 | **think** *speech: other* | past | man *not said here* | | | | | of Waldemar | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **untie** | past | Waldemar | Denmark | | | | | vn disassemble-23.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent denmark=Patient | | 7 | **conquer** | past | Waldemar *not said here* | the Vandals | | | | | vn subjugate-42.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent vandal=Patient | 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 21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/50/21/) - next →: [sentence 23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/50/23/) - ↑ back to [Holger Danske](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/50/)