--- title: The air was heavy and dark; there were no blossoms on the heath; the… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: The air was heavy and dark; there were no blossoms on the heath; the autumn winds whirled the yellow leaves towards the boatman's hut, in which strangers dwelt; but the little farm stood safely sheltered beneath the tall trees and the high ridge. Who acts: air, blossoms, autumn winds, strangers. 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C. Andersen, Ib and Little Christina. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (air, blossoms, autumn winds, strangers), 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:pg27200:51:210 # text = The air was heavy and dark; there were no blossoms on the heath; the autumn winds whirled the yellow leaves towards the boatman's hut, in which strangers dwelt; but the little farm stood safely sheltered beneath the tall trees and the high ridge. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 air air NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 4 heavy heavy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 6 dark dark ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 ; ; PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 8 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 9 expl _ _ 9 were be VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 10 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 11 det _ _ 11 blossoms blossom NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 nsubj _ _ 12 on on ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 heath heath NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ; ; PUNCT : _ 19 punct _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 17 autumn autumn NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 compound _ _ 18 winds wind NOUN NNS Number=Plur 19 nsubj _ _ 19 whirled whirl VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 21 yellow yellow ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 amod _ _ 22 leaves leaf NOUN NNS Number=Plur 19 obj _ _ 23 towards towards ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 boatman boatman NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 26 's 's PART POS _ 25 case _ _ 27 hut hut NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 29 in in ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 30 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 32 obl _ _ 31 strangers stranger NOUN NNS Number=Plur 32 nsubj _ _ 32 dwelt dwell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 33 ; ; PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 34 but but CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 36 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 amod _ _ 37 farm farm NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 nsubj _ _ 38 stood stand VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 39 safely safely ADV RB _ 38 advmod _ _ 40 sheltered shelter VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 38 xcomp _ _ 41 beneath beneath ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 43 tall tall ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 44 amod _ _ 44 trees tree NOUN NNS Number=Plur 40 obl _ _ 45 and and CCONJ CC _ 48 cc _ _ 46 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 47 high high ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 48 amod _ _ 48 ridge ridge NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 49 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | the air | | | | | heavy *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **be** | | the air *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **be** | past | no blossoms on the heath | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **whirl** | past | the autumn winds | the yellow leaves | | the boatman's hut | | | vn coil-9.6 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent leaf=Theme towards hut=Destination | | 5 | **dwell** | past | strangers | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in which=Location | | 6 | **stand** | past | the little farm | | | | | safely *property* | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 7 | **shelter** | participle | the little farm *not said here* | | | the tall trees and the high ridge | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme beneath tree=Location | 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 209](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/51/209/) - next →: [sentence 211](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/51/211/) - ↑ back to [Ib and Little Christina](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/51/)