--- title: But now he was more inclined to hear Rudy's adventures while hunting… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: But now he was more inclined to hear Rudy's adventures while hunting and travelling, and to listen to his descriptions of the difficulties the chamois-hunter has to overcome on the mountain-tops, or of the dangerous snow-drifts which the wind and weather cause to cling to the edges of the rocks, or --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/57/17/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/) / [VI. the Visit to the Mill](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/57/) / 17 # Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen, VI. the Visit to the Mill, sentence 17 But now he was more inclined to hear Rudy's adventures while hunting and travelling, and to listen to his descriptions of the difficulties the chamois-hunter has to overcome on the mountain-tops, or of the dangerous snow-drifts which the wind and weather cause to cling to the edges of the rocks, or to lie in the form of a frail bridge over the abyss beneath. **Who acts:** Rudy, chamois hunter, wind, dangerous snow drifts · **What happens:** be, hear, hunt, travel, listen, have · **To what, where:** adventures, mountain tops, dangerous snow drifts, form, difficulties, frail bridge This is a sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. Andersen, VI. the Visit to the Mill. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Rudy, chamois hunter, wind, dangerous snow drifts), 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:pg27200:57:17 # text = But now he was more inclined to hear Rudy's adventures while hunting and travelling, and to listen to his descriptions of the difficulties the chamois-hunter has to overcome on the mountain-tops, or of the dangerous snow-drifts which the wind and weather cause to cling to the edges of the rocks, or to lie in the form of a frail bridge over the abyss beneath. 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 2 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 6 advmod _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 5 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 6 advmod _ _ 6 inclined inclined ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 7 to to PART TO _ 8 mark _ _ 8 hear hear VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 xcomp _ _ 9 Rudy Rudy PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 10 's 's PART POS _ 9 case _ _ 11 adventures adventure NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 obj _ _ 12 while while SCONJ IN _ 13 mark _ _ 13 hunting hunt VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 8 advcl _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 15 travelling travel VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 13 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 18 to to PART TO _ 19 mark _ _ 19 listen listen VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 conj _ _ 20 to to ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 22 nmod:poss _ _ 22 descriptions description NOUN NNS Number=Plur 19 obl _ _ 23 of of ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 difficulties difficulty NOUN NNS Number=Plur 22 nmod _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 27 chamois chamois NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 28 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 27 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 29 hunter hunter NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 nsubj _ _ 30 has have VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 25 parataxis _ _ 31 to to PART TO _ 32 mark _ _ 32 overcome overcome VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 30 xcomp _ _ 33 on on ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 35 mountain mountain NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 36 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 35 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 37 tops top NOUN NNS Number=Plur 32 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 39 or or CCONJ CC _ 45 cc _ _ 40 of of ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 42 dangerous dangerous ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 45 amod _ _ 43 snow snow NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 44 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 43 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 45 drifts drift NOUN NNS Number=Plur 32 obl _ _ 46 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 51 obj _ _ 47 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 48 wind wind NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 nsubj _ _ 49 and and CCONJ CC _ 50 cc _ _ 50 weather weather NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 conj _ _ 51 cause cause VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 45 acl:relcl _ _ 52 to to PART TO _ 53 mark _ _ 53 cling cling VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 51 xcomp _ _ 54 to to ADP IN _ 56 case _ _ 55 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 56 det _ _ 56 edges edge NOUN NNS Number=Plur 53 obl _ _ 57 of of ADP IN _ 59 case _ _ 58 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 59 det _ _ 59 rocks rock NOUN NNS Number=Plur 56 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 60 , , PUNCT , _ 63 punct _ _ 61 or or CCONJ CC _ 63 cc _ _ 62 to to PART TO _ 63 mark _ _ 63 lie lie VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 53 conj _ _ 64 in in ADP IN _ 66 case _ _ 65 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 66 det _ _ 66 form form NOUN NN Number=Sing 63 obl _ _ 67 of of ADP IN _ 70 case _ _ 68 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 70 det _ _ 69 frail frail ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 70 amod _ _ 70 bridge bridge NOUN NN Number=Sing 66 nmod _ _ 71 over over ADP IN _ 73 case _ _ 72 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 73 det _ _ 73 abyss abyss NOUN NN Number=Sing 63 obl _ _ 74 beneath beneath ADV RB _ 63 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 75 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | Rudy | | | | now | inclined *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **hear** | to-infinitive | Rudy *not said here* | Rudy's adventures | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer adventure=Stimulus | | 3 | **hunt** | gerund | Rudy *not said here* | | | | | | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **travel** | gerund | Rudy *not said here* | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **listen** | to-infinitive | Rudy *not said here* | | | | | to Rudy's descriptions of the difficulties | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to description=Theme | | 6 | **have** | present | the chamois hunter | | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **overcome** | to-infinitive | the chamois hunter *not said here* | | | the mountain tops | | of the dangerous snow drifts | vn exceed-90 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot | | 8 | **cause** | present | the wind and weather | the dangerous snow drifts | | | | | tree rules | | 9 | **cling** | to-infinitive | the dangerous snow drifts *not said here* | | | | | to the edges of the rocks | vn cling-22.5 «NP V PP.co-theme»: agent=Theme to edge=Co-Theme | | 10 | **lie** | to-infinitive | the dangerous snow drifts *not said here* | | | the form of a frail bridge | | over the abyss; beneath *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in form=Location | | 11 | **adventure** | | Rudy | | | | | | nom adventure «act transitive»: poss=agent | | 12 | **describe** | | Rudy | the difficulties | | | | | nom description «communication transitive»: poss=agent of=patient | | 13 | **form** | | | a frail bridge | | | | | nom form «communication transitive»: of=patient | 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. 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