--- title: Ah, yes; that is indeed a noble heart in the Danish arms," said the… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: Ah, yes; that is indeed a noble heart in the Danish arms," said the grandfather, and his spirit followed the second flame, which carried him out to sea, where cannons roared and the ships lay shrouded in smoke, and the flaming heart attached itself to the breast of Hvitfeldt in the form of the ribbo --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/50/26/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/) / [Holger Danske](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/50/) / 26 # Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen, Holger Danske, sentence 26 Ah, yes; that is indeed a noble heart in the Danish arms," said the grandfather, and his spirit followed the second flame, which carried him out to sea, where cannons roared and the ships lay shrouded in smoke, and the flaming heart attached itself to the breast of Hvitfeldt in the form of the ribbon of an order, as he blew himself and his ship into the air in order to save the fleet. **Who acts:** that, noble heart, spirit, second flame, cannons, flaming heart · **What happens:** be, say, follow, carry out, roar, shroud · **To what, where:** noble heart, Danish arms, grandfather, second flame, Denmark, ships · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. 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 (that, noble heart, spirit, second flame), 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:pg27200:50:26 # text = Ah, yes; that is indeed a noble heart in the Danish arms," said the grandfather, and his spirit followed the second flame, which carried him out to sea, where cannons roared and the ships lay shrouded in smoke, and the flaming heart attached itself to the breast of Hvitfeldt in the form of the ribbon of an order, as he blew himself and his ship into the air in order to save the fleet. 1 Ah ah INTJ UH _ 10 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 10 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 4 ; ; PUNCT : _ 3 punct _ _ 5 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 10 nsubj _ _ 6 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 cop _ _ 7 indeed indeed ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 8 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 9 noble noble ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 heart heart NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 nsubj _ _ 11 in in ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 13 Danish danish ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 amod _ _ 14 arms arm NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 16 " " PUNCT '' _ 10 punct _ _ 17 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 grandfather grandfather NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 22 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 23 nmod:poss _ _ 23 spirit spirit NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 nsubj _ _ 24 followed follow VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 conj _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 26 second second ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 27 amod _ _ 27 flame flame NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 29 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 30 nsubj _ _ 30 carried carry VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 acl:relcl _ _ 31 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 obj _ _ 32 out out ADP RP _ 30 compound:prt _ _ 33 to to ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 34 sea sea NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 36 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 38 advmod _ _ 37 cannons cannon NOUN NNS Number=Plur 38 nsubj _ _ 38 roared roar VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 parataxis _ _ 39 and and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 ships ship NOUN NNS Number=Plur 43 nsubj:pass _ _ 42 lay lie VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 43 aux:pass _ _ 43 shrouded shroud VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 38 conj _ _ 44 in in ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 45 smoke smoke NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 46 , , PUNCT , _ 51 punct _ _ 47 and and CCONJ CC _ 51 cc _ _ 48 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 50 det _ _ 49 flaming flaming NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 compound _ _ 50 heart heart NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 nsubj _ _ 51 attached attach VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 conj _ _ 52 itself itself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 51 obj _ _ 53 to to ADP IN _ 55 case _ _ 54 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 55 det _ _ 55 breast breast NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 obl _ _ 56 of of ADP IN _ 57 case _ _ 57 Hvitfeldt Hvitfeldt PROPN NNP Number=Sing 55 nmod _ _ 58 in in ADP IN _ 60 case _ _ 59 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 60 det _ _ 60 form form NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 obl _ _ 61 of of ADP IN _ 63 case _ _ 62 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 63 det _ _ 63 ribbon ribbon NOUN NN Number=Sing 60 nmod _ _ 64 of of ADP IN _ 66 case _ _ 65 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 66 det _ _ 66 order order NOUN NN Number=Sing 63 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 67 , , PUNCT , _ 70 punct _ _ 68 as as SCONJ IN _ 70 mark _ _ 69 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 70 nsubj _ _ 70 blew blow VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 conj _ _ 71 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 70 obj _ _ 72 and and CCONJ CC _ 74 cc _ _ 73 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 74 nmod:poss _ _ 74 ship ship NOUN NN Number=Sing 70 conj _ _ 75 into into ADP IN _ 77 case _ _ 76 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 77 det _ _ 77 air air NOUN NN Number=Sing 70 obl _ _ 78 in in ADP IN _ 79 case _ _ 79 order order NOUN NN Number=Sing 70 obl _ _ 80 to to PART TO _ 81 mark _ _ 81 save save VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 70 advcl _ _ 82 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 83 det _ _ 83 fleet fleet NOUN NN Number=Sing 81 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 84 . . PUNCT . _ 17 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | that | a noble heart | | the Danish arms | | indeed *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | past | a noble heart | the grandfather | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent grandfather=Topic | | 3 | **follow** *in a quote* | past | Denmark's spirit | the second flame | | | | | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent flame=Theme | | 4 | **carry out** *in a quote* | past | the second flame | Denmark | | | | to sea | vn act-114 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Eventuality | | 5 | **roar** *in a quote* | past | cannons | | | | | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **shroud** *in a quote* | past · passive | | the ships | | | | in smoke | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: subject=Destination in smoke=Theme | | 7 | **attach** *in a quote* | past | the flaming heart | spirit | | the form of the ribbon of a order | | to the breast of Hvitfeldt | vn shake-22.3-2-1 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent itself=Patient to breast=Co-Patient | | 8 | **blow** *in a quote* | past | Denmark | Denmark | | the air | | in order | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient PP.theme»: agent=Agent himself=Patient into air=Recipient in order=Topic | | 9 | **save** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | Denmark *not said here* | the fleet | | | | | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fleet=Theme | | 10 | **form** *in a quote* | | | the ribbon of a order | | | | | nom form «communication transitive»: of=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 25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/50/25/) - next →: [sentence 27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/50/27/) - ↑ back to [Holger Danske](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/50/)