--- title: And the old grandfather talked of the Danish lions and the Danish he… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: And the old grandfather talked of the Danish lions and the Danish hearts, emblems of strength and gentleness, and explained quite clearly that there is another strength than that which lies in a sword, and he pointed to a shelf where lay a number of old books, and amongst them a collection of Holber --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/50/45/) [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/) / 45 # Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen, Holger Danske, sentence 45 And the old grandfather talked of the Danish lions and the Danish hearts, emblems of strength and gentleness, and explained quite clearly that there is another strength than that which lies in a sword, and he pointed to a shelf where lay a number of old books, and amongst them a collection of Holberg's plays, which are much read and are so clever and amusing that it is easy to fancy we have known the people of those days, who are described in them. **Who acts:** old grandfather, strength, grandfather, we, Holberg · **What happens:** talk, explain, be, lie, point, lay · **To what, where:** sword, shelf, number, plays, people, days · **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 (old grandfather, strength, grandfather, we), 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:pg27200:50:45 # text = And the old grandfather talked of the Danish lions and the Danish hearts, emblems of strength and gentleness, and explained quite clearly that there is another strength than that which lies in a sword, and he pointed to a shelf where lay a number of old books, and amongst them a collection of Holberg's plays, which are much read and are so clever and amusing that it is easy to fancy we have known the people of those days, who are described in them. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 grandfather grandfather NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 talked talk VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 8 Danish danish ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 lions lion NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obl _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 12 Danish danish ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 13 hearts heart NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 15 emblems emblem NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 conj _ _ 16 of of ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 17 strength strength NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nmod _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 19 gentleness gentleness NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 22 explained explain VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 23 quite quite ADV RB _ 24 advmod _ _ 24 clearly clearly ADV RB _ 22 advmod _ _ 25 that that SCONJ IN _ 27 mark _ _ 26 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 27 expl _ _ 27 is be VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 22 ccomp _ _ 28 another another DET DT PronType=Ind 29 det _ _ 29 strength strength NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 nsubj _ _ 30 than than ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 31 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 29 nmod _ _ 32 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 33 nsubj _ _ 33 lies lie VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 29 acl:relcl _ _ 34 in in ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 sword sword NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 39 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 40 pointed point VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 41 to to ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 42 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 shelf shelf NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obl _ _ 44 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 45 advmod _ _ 45 lay lay VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 43 acl:relcl _ _ 46 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 47 number number NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 obj _ _ 48 of of ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 49 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 50 amod _ _ 50 books book NOUN NNS Number=Plur 47 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 51 , , PUNCT , _ 54 punct _ _ 52 and and CCONJ CC _ 54 cc _ _ 53 amongst amongst ADP IN _ 54 case _ _ 54 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 obl _ _ 55 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 56 det _ _ 56 collection collection NOUN NN Number=Sing 54 appos _ _ 57 of of ADP IN _ 60 case _ _ 58 Holberg Holberg PROPN NNP Number=Sing 60 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 59 's 's PART POS _ 58 case _ _ 60 plays play NOUN NNS Number=Plur 56 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 61 , , PUNCT , _ 65 punct _ _ 62 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 65 nsubj:pass _ _ 63 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 65 aux:pass _ _ 64 much much ADV RB _ 65 advmod _ _ 65 read read VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 60 acl:relcl _ _ 66 and and CCONJ CC _ 69 cc _ _ 67 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 69 cop _ _ 68 so so ADV RB _ 69 advmod _ _ 69 clever clever ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 65 conj _ _ 70 and and CCONJ CC _ 71 cc _ _ 71 amusing amusing ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 69 conj _ _ 72 that that SCONJ IN _ 75 mark _ _ 73 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 75 expl _ _ 74 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 75 cop _ _ 75 easy easy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 69 conj _ _ 76 to to PART TO _ 77 mark _ _ 77 fancy fancy NOUN NN Number=Sing 75 ccomp _ _ 78 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 80 nsubj _ _ 79 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 80 aux _ _ 80 known know VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 77 acl:relcl _ _ 81 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 82 det _ _ 82 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 80 obj _ _ 83 of of ADP IN _ 85 case _ _ 84 those that DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 85 det _ _ 85 days day NOUN NNS Number=Plur 82 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 86 , , PUNCT , _ 89 punct _ _ 87 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 89 nsubj:pass _ _ 88 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 89 aux:pass _ _ 89 described describe VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 85 acl:relcl _ _ 90 in in ADP IN _ 91 case _ _ 91 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 89 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 92 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **talk** | past | the old grandfather | | | | | of the Danish lions and the Danish hearts and emblems of strength and gentleness; amongst books *= book* | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **explain** *speech: assert* | past | the old grandfather *not said here* | | | | | clearly *property* | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **be** | present | another strength than that | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **lie** | present | another strength than that | | | a sword | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in sword=Location | | 5 | **point** | past | grandfather | | a shelf | | | | vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to shelf=Recipient | | 6 | **lay** | present | | a number of old books | | | | | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent number=Result | | 7 | **read** | present · passive | | Holberg's plays | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic | | 8 | **is** | present | | | | | | clever *property* | tree rules | | 9 | **be** | | | | | | | | tree rules | | 10 | **is** | present | | | | | | easy *property* | tree rules | | 11 | **know** | present · perfect | we | the people of that days | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer people=Stimulus | | 12 | **describe** | present · passive | | that days | | | | in people | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: subject=Theme | | 13 | **play** | | Holberg | | | | | | nom play «communication intransitive»: poss=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 44](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/50/44/) - next →: [sentence 46](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/50/46/) - ↑ back to [Holger Danske](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/50/)