--- title: Suddenly the chamois made a spring, and his uncle fired and struck t… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: Suddenly the chamois made a spring, and his uncle fired and struck the animal with the deadly bullet; while the young kid rushed away, as if for a long life he had been accustomed to danger and practised flight. Who acts: chamois, uncle. A sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. 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Andersen, III. the Uncle. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (chamois, uncle), 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:pg27200:54:36 # text = Suddenly the chamois made a spring, and his uncle fired and struck the animal with the deadly bullet; while the young kid rushed away, as if for a long life he had been accustomed to danger and practised flight. 1 Suddenly suddenly ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 chamois chamois NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 spring spring NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 9 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ _ 10 uncle uncle NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ _ 11 fired fire VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 13 struck strike VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 conj _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 animal animal NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obj _ _ 16 with with ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 18 deadly deadly ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 amod _ _ 19 bullet bullet NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 20 ; ; PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 21 while while SCONJ IN _ 24 mark _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 23 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 amod _ _ 24 kid kid NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 25 rushed rush VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 24 acl _ _ 26 away away ADV RB _ 25 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 28 as as ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 29 if if SCONJ IN _ 33 mark _ _ 30 for for ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 31 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 32 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 33 amod _ _ 33 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ _ 34 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 35 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 37 aux _ _ 36 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 37 aux:pass _ _ 37 accustomed accustom VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 33 acl:relcl _ _ 38 to to ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 39 danger danger NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obl _ _ 40 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 41 practised practise VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 42 amod _ _ 42 flight flight NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 24 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** | past | the chamois | the young kid | | | spring | suddenly *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset | | 2 | **fire** | past | Rudy's uncle | | | | | | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **strike** | past | Rudy's uncle *not said here* | the animal | | | | with the deadly bullet | vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent animal=Patient with bullet=Instrument | | 4 | **rush away** | participle | | the young kid *not said here* | | | | as a long life; away *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **accustom** | past · perfect · passive | | uncle | | | | to danger and practised flight | tree rules | | 6 | **practise** | participle | | | | | | | tree rules | 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 35](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/54/35/) - next →: [sentence 37](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/54/37/) - ↑ back to [III. the Uncle](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/54/)