--- title: While they were both in pleasant mood, wending their way homewards,… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: While they were both in pleasant mood, wending their way homewards, and the uncle whistling the tune of a song he had learnt in his young days, they suddenly heard a peculiar sound which seemed to come from the top of the mountain. Who acts: danger, pleasant mood, uncle, peculiar sound. 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C. 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 (danger, pleasant mood, uncle, peculiar sound), 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:pg27200:54:38 # text = While they were both in pleasant mood, wending their way homewards, and the uncle whistling the tune of a song he had learnt in his young days, they suddenly heard a peculiar sound which seemed to come from the top of the mountain. 1 While while SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 2 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 3 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 4 both both ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 5 in in ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 pleasant pleasant ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 mood mood NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 9 wending wend VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 7 acl _ _ 10 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 12 nmod:poss _ _ 11 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 compound _ _ 12 homewards homeward NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 uncle uncle NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 conj _ _ 17 whistling whistle VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 16 acl _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 tune tune NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obj _ _ 20 of of ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 song song NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 nmod _ _ 23 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 24 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 aux _ _ 25 learnt learn VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 22 acl:relcl _ _ 26 in in ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 27 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 29 nmod:poss _ _ 28 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 amod _ _ 29 days day NOUN NNS Number=Plur 25 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 31 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 32 suddenly suddenly ADV RB _ 33 advmod _ _ 33 heard hear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 34 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 35 peculiar peculiar NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 compound _ _ 36 sound sound NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obj _ _ 37 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 38 nsubj _ _ 38 seemed seem VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 acl:relcl _ _ 39 to to PART TO _ 40 mark _ _ 40 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 38 xcomp _ _ 41 from from ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 top top NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obl _ _ 44 of of ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 45 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 mountain mountain NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 33 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | danger | | | pleasant mood and the uncle | | both *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **wend** | gerund | pleasant mood and the uncle *not said here* | danger's way homewards | | | | | vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial\_Location homeward=Theme | | 3 | **whistle** | gerund | the uncle *not said here* | the tune of a song | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tune=Topic | | 4 | **learn** | past · perfect | uncle | a song *not said here* | | | day | | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent song=Topic | | 5 | **hear** | past | danger | a peculiar sound | | | | suddenly *property* | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer sound=Stimulus | | 6 | **seem** | past | a peculiar sound | | | | | | vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Theme clause=Attribute | | 7 | **come** | to-infinitive | a peculiar sound *not said here* | | | the top of the mountain | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from top=Initial\_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 37](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/54/37/) - next →: [sentence 39](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/54/39/) - ↑ back to [III. the Uncle](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/54/)