--- title: It was a bitterly cold morning; clouds of mist were rising from bene… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: It was a bitterly cold morning; clouds of mist were rising from beneath, and Rudy stood on the lower step of the ladder as a fly rests on a piece of swinging straw, which a bird may have dropped from the edge of the nest it was building on some tall factory chimney; but the fly could fly away if the --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/58/32/) [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/) / [VII. the Eagle's Nest](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/58/) / 32 # Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen, VII. the Eagle's Nest, sentence 32 It was a bitterly cold morning; clouds of mist were rising from beneath, and Rudy stood on the lower step of the ladder as a fly rests on a piece of swinging straw, which a bird may have dropped from the edge of the nest it was building on some tall factory chimney; but the fly could fly away if the straw were shaken, Rudy could only break his neck. **Who acts:** foot, clouds, Rudy, fly · **What happens:** be, rise, stand, rest, swing, drop · **To what, where:** bitterly cold morning, piece, bird, edge, nest, tall factory chimney This is a sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. Andersen, VII. the Eagle's Nest. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (foot, clouds, Rudy, fly), 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:pg27200:58:32 # text = It was a bitterly cold morning; clouds of mist were rising from beneath, and Rudy stood on the lower step of the ladder as a fly rests on a piece of swinging straw, which a bird may have dropped from the edge of the nest it was building on some tall factory chimney; but the fly could fly away if the straw were shaken, Rudy could only break his neck. 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 4 bitterly bitterly ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 5 cold cold ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 morning morning NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 7 ; ; PUNCT : _ 8 punct _ _ 8 clouds cloud NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 nsubj _ _ 9 of of ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 mist mist NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nmod _ _ 11 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 aux _ _ 12 rising rise VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 6 acl:relcl _ _ 13 from from ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 beneath beneath ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 12 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 17 Rudy Rudy PROPN NNP Number=Sing 18 nsubj _ _ 18 stood stand VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 parataxis _ _ 19 on on ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 21 lower low ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 22 amod _ _ 22 step step NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obl _ _ 23 of of ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 ladder ladder NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 nmod _ _ 26 as as SCONJ IN _ 29 mark _ _ 27 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 fly fly NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 nsubj _ _ 29 rests rest VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 18 advcl _ _ 30 on on ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 piece piece NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obl _ _ 33 of of ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 swinging swing VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 35 amod _ _ 35 straw straw NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 37 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 42 obj _ _ 38 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 bird bird NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 nsubj:pass _ _ 40 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 42 aux _ _ 41 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 42 aux _ _ 42 dropped drop VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 32 acl _ _ 43 from from ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 edge edge NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obl _ _ 46 of of ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 47 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 48 nest nest NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 nmod _ _ 49 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 51 nsubj _ _ 50 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 51 aux _ _ 51 building build VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 48 acl:relcl _ _ 52 on on ADP IN _ 56 case _ _ 53 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 56 nsubj _ _ 54 tall tall ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 56 amod _ _ 55 factory factory NOUN NN Number=Sing 56 compound _ _ 56 chimney chimney NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 57 ; ; PUNCT : _ 62 punct _ _ 58 but but CCONJ CC _ 62 cc _ _ 59 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 60 det _ _ 60 fly fly NOUN NN Number=Sing 62 nsubj _ _ 61 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 62 aux _ _ 62 fly fly VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 parataxis _ _ 63 away away ADV RB _ 62 advmod _ _ 64 if if SCONJ IN _ 68 mark _ _ 65 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 66 det _ _ 66 straw straw NOUN NN Number=Sing 68 nsubj:pass _ _ 67 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 68 aux:pass _ _ 68 shaken shake VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 73 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 69 , , PUNCT , _ 68 punct _ _ 70 Rudy Rudy PROPN NNP Number=Sing 73 nsubj _ _ 71 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 73 aux _ _ 72 only only ADV RB _ 73 advmod _ _ 73 break break VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 62 parataxis _ _ 74 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 75 nmod:poss _ _ 75 neck neck NOUN NN Number=Sing 73 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 76 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | foot | a bitterly cold morning | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **rise** | past · progressive | clouds of mist | a bitterly cold morning *not said here* | | | | | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.patient V NP.extent PP.source PP.goal»: agent=Patient morning=Extent from beneath=Initial\_State | | 3 | **stand** | past | Rudy | | | | | on the lower step of the ladder | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on step=Location | | 4 | **rest** | present | a fly | | | a piece of swinging straw | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V NP.theme PP»: agent=Agent on piece=Location | | 5 | **swing** | gerund | | | | | | | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | | 6 | **drop** | may · perfect · passive | | a bird | | the edge of the nest | | | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP ADVP»: subject=Theme which=Destination | | 7 | **build** | past · progressive | foot | the nest *not said here* | | tall factory chimney | | | vn base-97.1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent nest=Theme on chimney=Source | | 8 | **fly away** | could | the fly | | | | | away *property* | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 9 | **shake** *a condition, not said to happen* | past · passive | | the straw | | | | | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: subject=Patient | | 10 | **break** | could | Rudy | Rudy's neck | | | | | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer neck=Patient | | 11 | **cloud** | | | mist | | | | | nom cloud «phenomenon transitive»: of=patient | | 12 | **step** | | | the ladder | | | | | nom step «act 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. 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 31](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/58/31/) - next →: [sentence 33](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/58/33/) - ↑ back to [VII. the Eagle's Nest](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/58/)