--- title: They assumed the shapes of antediluvian animals, of eagles hovering… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: They assumed the shapes of antediluvian animals, of eagles hovering in the air, of frogs leaping over a marsh, and then sunk down upon the rushing stream and appeared to sail upon it, although floating in the air. Who acts: clouds, eagles, frogs. A sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/65/4/) [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/) / [XIV. Night Visions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/65/) / 4 # Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen, XIV. Night Visions, sentence 4 They assumed the shapes of antediluvian animals, of eagles hovering in the air, of frogs leaping over a marsh, and then sunk down upon the rushing stream and appeared to sail upon it, although floating in the air. **Who acts:** clouds, eagles, frogs · **What happens:** assume, hover, leap, sunk down, rush, appear · **To what, where:** shapes, air, marsh This is a sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. Andersen, XIV. Night Visions. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (clouds, eagles, frogs), 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:pg27200:65:4 # text = They assumed the shapes of antediluvian animals, of eagles hovering in the air, of frogs leaping over a marsh, and then sunk down upon the rushing stream and appeared to sail upon it, although floating in the air. 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 assumed assume 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 shapes shape NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 antediluvian antediluvian ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 animals animal NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 9 of of ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 eagles eagle NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 nmod _ _ 11 hovering hover VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 10 acl _ _ 12 in in ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 air air NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 16 of of ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 17 frogs frog NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 conj _ _ 18 leaping leap VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 17 acl _ _ 19 over over ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 marsh marsh NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 24 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 25 advmod _ _ 25 sunk sunk VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 conj _ _ 26 down down ADV RB _ 25 advmod _ _ 27 upon upon ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 29 rushing rush VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 30 amod _ _ 30 stream stream NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 32 appeared appear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 33 to to PART TO _ 34 mark _ _ 34 sail sail VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 32 xcomp _ _ 35 upon upon ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 36 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 38 although although SCONJ IN _ 39 mark _ _ 39 floating float VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 34 conj _ _ 40 in in ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 air air NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **assume** | past | clouds *= cloud* | the shapes of antediluvian animals of eagles and frogs | | | | | vn adopt-93.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent shape=Theme | | 2 | **hover** | gerund | eagles *not said here* | | | the air | | | vn modes\_of\_being\_with\_motion-47.3 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in air=Location | | 3 | **leap** | gerund | frogs *not said here* | | | a marsh | | | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme over marsh=Trajectory | | 4 | **sunk down** | infinitive | clouds *= cloud* *not said here* | | | | then | upon the rushing stream; down *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **rush** | gerund | | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **appear** | past | clouds *= cloud* *not said here* | | | | | | vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Theme clause=Attribute | | 7 | **sail** | to-infinitive | clouds *= cloud* *not said here* | | | | | upon stream | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **float** | gerund | clouds *= cloud* *not said here* | | | the air | | | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in air=Trajectory | 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 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/65/3/) - next →: [sentence 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/65/5/) - ↑ back to [XIV. Night Visions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/65/)