--- title: The glaciers stand here so close together it might almost be said th… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: The glaciers stand here so close together it might almost be said they are hand-in-hand; and each is a crystal palace for the Ice Maiden, whose power and will it is to seize and imprison the unwary traveller. Who acts: glaciers, each, wind. 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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 (glaciers, each, wind), 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:pg27200:53:45 # text = The glaciers stand here so close together it might almost be said they are hand-in-hand; and each is a crystal palace for the Ice Maiden, whose power and will it is to seize and imprison the unwary traveller. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 glaciers glacier NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 3 stand stand VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 here here ADV RB PronType=Dem 3 advmod _ _ 5 so so ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ _ 6 close close ADV RB Degree=Pos 7 advmod _ _ 7 together together ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ _ 8 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 9 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 12 aux _ _ 10 almost almost ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ _ 11 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 12 aux:pass _ _ 12 said say VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 advcl _ _ 13 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 14 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 19 cop _ _ 15 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 16 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 19 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 17 in in ADP IN _ 19 case _ SpaceAfter=No 18 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 17 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 19 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 20 ; ; PUNCT : _ 26 punct _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 22 each each DET DT PronType=Tot 26 nsubj _ _ 23 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 26 cop _ _ 24 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 25 crystal crystal ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 amod _ _ 26 palace palace NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 parataxis _ _ 27 for for ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 29 Ice Ice PROPN NNP Number=Sing 30 compound _ _ 30 Maiden Maiden PROPN NNP Number=Sing 26 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 32 whose whose PRON WP$ Poss=Yes|PronType=Rel 33 nmod:poss _ _ 33 power power NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 conj _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 35 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 39 aux _ _ 36 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 37 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 39 cop _ _ 38 to to PART TO _ 39 mark _ _ 39 seize seize VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 conj _ _ 40 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 41 imprison imprison VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 39 conj _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 43 unwary unwary ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 44 amod _ _ 44 traveller traveller NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stand** | present | the glaciers | | | here | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | might · passive | | wind | | | | almost, together *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: subject=Topic | | 3 | **is** | present | glaciers *= glacier* | | | hand hand | | | tree rules | | 4 | **is a** | present | each | a crystal palace and a crystal palace and a crystal palace's power's power | | | | for the Ice Maiden | tree rules | | 5 | **is** | future | wind | | | | | seize *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **imprison** | infinitive | wind *not said here* | the unwary traveller | | | | | vn confine-92 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent traveller=Theme | 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/pg27200/53/44/) - next →: [sentence 46](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/53/46/) - ↑ back to [II. the Journey to the New Home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/53/)