--- title: After passing a forest of alders, they began to ascend, passing by s… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: After passing a forest of alders, they began to ascend, passing by some blocks of ice that had loosened themselves from the side of the mountain and lay across their path; they had to step over these ice-blocks or walk round them. Who acts: alders, ice. 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C. Andersen, II. the Journey to the New Home. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (alders, ice), 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:pg27200:53:33 # text = After passing a forest of alders, they began to ascend, passing by some blocks of ice that had loosened themselves from the side of the mountain and lay across their path; they had to step over these ice-blocks or walk round them. 1 After after SCONJ IN _ 2 mark _ _ 2 passing pass VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 9 advcl _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 forest forest NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 alders alder NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 8 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 9 began begin VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 10 to to PART TO _ 11 mark _ _ 11 ascend ascend VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 13 passing pass VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 11 advcl _ _ 14 by by ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 16 det _ _ 16 blocks block NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 obl _ _ 17 of of ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 18 ice ice NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nmod _ _ 19 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 21 nsubj _ _ 20 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 aux _ _ 21 loosened loosen VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 18 acl:relcl _ _ 22 themselves themselves PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 21 obj _ _ 23 from from ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 side side NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ _ 26 of of ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 mountain mountain NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 nmod _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 30 lay lay VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 21 conj _ _ 31 across across ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 33 nmod:poss _ _ 33 path path NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 34 ; ; PUNCT : _ 36 punct _ _ 35 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 36 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 conj _ _ 37 to to PART TO _ 38 mark _ _ 38 step step VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 36 xcomp _ _ 39 over over ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 40 these this DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 43 det _ _ 41 ice ice NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 42 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 41 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 43 blocks block NOUN NNS Number=Plur 38 obl _ _ 44 or or CCONJ CC _ 45 cc _ _ 45 walk walk VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 38 conj _ _ 46 round round ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 47 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 45 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **pass** | gerund | alders *= alder* *not said here* | a forest of alders | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1-3 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme forest=Trajectory | | 2 | **begin** | past | alders *= alder* | | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 3 | **ascend** | to-infinitive | alders *= alder* *not said here* | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1-3 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **pass** | gerund | alders *= alder* *not said here* | | | | | by some blocks of ice | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme by block=Location | | 5 | **loosen** | past · perfect | ice | alders *= alder* | | the side of the mountain | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent themselves=Patient | | 6 | **lay** | infinitive | ice *not said here* | | | blocks's path | | | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **have** | past | alders *= alder* | | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **step** | to-infinitive | alders *= alder* *not said here* | | | this ice blocks | | | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme over block=Trajectory | | 9 | **walk** | infinitive | alders *= alder* *not said here* | | | | | round blocks *= block* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme round they=Trajectory | 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 32](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/53/32/) - next →: [sentence 34](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/53/34/) - ↑ back to [II. the Journey to the New Home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/53/)