--- title: The snow fell thicker than ever, the clouds lay beneath him; he look… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: The snow fell thicker than ever, the clouds lay beneath him; he looked back, there was no one to be seen, but he heard sounds of mocking laughter, which were not those of a human voice. Who acts: snow, clouds, one, mocking laughter. A sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. 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The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (snow, clouds, one, mocking laughter), 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:pg27200:56:29 # text = The snow fell thicker than ever, the clouds lay beneath him; he looked back, there was no one to be seen, but he heard sounds of mocking laughter, which were not those of a human voice. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 snow snow NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 fell fall VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 thicker thick ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 3 xcomp _ _ 5 than than ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 clouds cloud NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 nsubj _ _ 10 lay lie VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 11 beneath beneath ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ; ; PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 14 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 15 looked look VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 16 back back ADV RB _ 15 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 18 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 19 expl _ _ 19 was be VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 conj _ _ 20 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 21 det _ _ 21 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 nsubj _ _ 22 to to PART TO _ 24 mark _ _ 23 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 24 aux:pass _ _ 24 seen see VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 21 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 26 but but CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 27 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 28 heard hear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 29 sounds sound NOUN NNS Number=Plur 28 obj _ _ 30 of of ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 mocking mock VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 32 amod _ _ 32 laughter laughter NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 34 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 37 nsubj _ _ 35 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 37 cop _ _ 36 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 37 advmod _ _ 37 those that PRON DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 32 nmod _ _ 38 of of ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 39 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 40 human human ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 41 amod _ _ 41 voice voice NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fall** | past | the snow | | | | | thick *property* | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **lie** | past | the clouds | | | | | beneath snow | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent beneath he=Location | | 3 | **look back** | past | snow | | | | | | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | | 4 | **be** | past | no one | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **see** | to-infinitive · passive | no one *not said here* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V» | | 6 | **hear** | past | snow | sounds of mocking laughter | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer sound=Stimulus | | 7 | **mock** | gerund | | | | | | | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **not** **is a** | past | mocking laughter | those | | | | of a human voice | 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 28](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/56/28/) - next →: [sentence 30](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/56/30/) - ↑ back to [V. on the Way Home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/56/)