--- title: They saw the implements of torture, the deadly dungeons, the rusty f… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: They saw the implements of torture, the deadly dungeons, the rusty fetters in the rocky walls, the stone benches for those condemned to death, the trap-doors through which the unhappy creatures were hurled upon iron spikes, and impaled alive. Who acts: others, stone. A sentence of «Fairy Tales of Ha --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/61/28/) [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/) / [X. the Godmother](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/61/) / 28 # Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen, X. the Godmother, sentence 28 They saw the implements of torture, the deadly dungeons, the rusty fetters in the rocky walls, the stone benches for those condemned to death, the trap-doors through which the unhappy creatures were hurled upon iron spikes, and impaled alive. **Who acts:** others, stone · **What happens:** see, bench, condemn, hurl, impale · **To what, where:** implements, those, unhappy creatures, trap doors This is a sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. Andersen, X. the Godmother. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (others, stone), 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:pg27200:61:28 # text = They saw the implements of torture, the deadly dungeons, the rusty fetters in the rocky walls, the stone benches for those condemned to death, the trap-doors through which the unhappy creatures were hurled upon iron spikes, and impaled alive. 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 implements implement NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 torture torture NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 9 deadly deadly ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 dungeons dungeon NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 13 rusty rusty ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 amod _ _ 14 fetters fetter NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 conj _ _ 15 in in ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 17 rocky rocky ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 amod _ _ 18 walls wall NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 stone stone NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 nsubj _ _ 22 benches bench VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 23 for for ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 24 those that PRON DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 22 obj _ _ 25 condemned condemn VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 24 acl _ _ 26 to to ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 27 death death NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 30 trap trap NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 31 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 30 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 32 doors door NOUN NNS Number=Plur 22 obl _ _ 33 through through ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 34 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 39 obl _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 36 unhappy unhappy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 amod _ _ 37 creatures creature NOUN NNS Number=Plur 39 nsubj:pass _ _ 38 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 39 aux:pass _ _ 39 hurled hurl VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 32 acl:relcl _ _ 40 upon upon ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 iron iron NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 compound _ _ 42 spikes spike NOUN NNS Number=Plur 39 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 44 and and CCONJ CC _ 45 cc _ _ 45 impaled impale VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 conj _ _ 46 alive alive ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 45 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **see** | past | others *= other* | the implements of torture and the deadly dungeons and the rusty fetters in the rocky walls | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer implement=Stimulus | | 2 | **bench** | present | the stone | those | | | | the trap doors *obl* | vn pocket-9.10 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent that=Theme | | 3 | **condemn** | participle | | | | | | to death | vn suspect-81 «NP V PP.theme S\_ING»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **hurl** | past · passive | | the unhappy creatures | | the trap doors | | upon iron spikes | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: subject=Theme through which=Destination | | 5 | **impale** | participle | others *= other* *not said here* | | | | | alive *property* | vn poke-19 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | 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 27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/61/27/) - next →: [sentence 29](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/61/29/) - ↑ back to [X. the Godmother](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/61/)