--- title: Young hunters, and young maidens--men and women who had sunk in the… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: Young hunters, and young maidens--men and women who had sunk in the deep chasms of the glaciers--stood before him here in lifelike forms, with eyes open and smiles on their lips; and far beneath them could be heard the chiming of the church bells of buried villages, where the villagers knelt beneath --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/66/36/) [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/) / [XV. the Conclusion](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/66/) / 36 # Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen, XV. the Conclusion, sentence 36 Young hunters, and young maidens--men and women who had sunk in the deep chasms of the glaciers--stood before him here in lifelike forms, with eyes open and smiles on their lips; and far beneath them could be heard the chiming of the church bells of buried villages, where the villagers knelt beneath the vaulted arches of churches in which ice-blocks formed the organ pipes, and the mountain stream the music. **Who acts:** young maidens, Young hunters, villagers, ice blocks, mountain · **What happens:** sink, stand, smile, hear, chime, bury · **To what, where:** deep chasms, lifelike forms, lips, hunters, organ pipes, music This is a sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. Andersen, XV. the Conclusion. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (young maidens, Young hunters, villagers, ice blocks), 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:pg27200:66:36 # text = Young hunters, and young maidens--men and women who had sunk in the deep chasms of the glaciers--stood before him here in lifelike forms, with eyes open and smiles on their lips; and far beneath them could be heard the chiming of the church bells of buried villages, where the villagers knelt beneath the vaulted arches of churches in which ice-blocks formed the organ pipes, and the mountain stream the music. 1 Young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 2 hunters hunter NOUN NNS Number=Plur 22 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 5 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 maidens maiden NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 -- -- PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 conj _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 10 women woman NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 conj _ _ 11 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 13 nsubj _ _ 12 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 aux _ _ 13 sunk sink VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 6 parataxis _ _ 14 in in ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 16 deep deep ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 amod _ _ 17 chasms chasm NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 obl _ _ 18 of of ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 glaciers glacier NOUN NNS Number=Plur 17 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 21 -- -- PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 22 stood stand VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 23 before before ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 24 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 obl _ _ 25 here here ADV RB PronType=Dem 22 advmod _ _ 26 in in ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 lifelike lifelike ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 amod _ _ 28 forms form NOUN NNS Number=Plur 22 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 30 with with SCONJ IN _ 32 mark _ _ 31 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 32 nsubj _ _ 32 open open ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 parataxis _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 34 smiles smile VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 32 conj _ _ 35 on on ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 37 nmod:poss _ _ 37 lips lip NOUN NNS Number=Plur 34 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 38 ; ; PUNCT : _ 45 punct _ _ 39 and and CCONJ CC _ 45 cc _ _ 40 far far ADV RB Degree=Pos 45 advmod _ _ 41 beneath beneath ADP IN _ 45 mark _ _ 42 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 45 nsubj _ _ 43 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 45 aux _ _ 44 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 45 aux:pass _ _ 45 heard hear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 22 parataxis _ _ 46 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 47 chiming chime VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 45 advcl _ _ 48 of of ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 49 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 51 det _ _ 50 church church NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 compound _ _ 51 bells bell NOUN NNS Number=Plur 47 obl _ _ 52 of of ADP IN _ 54 case _ _ 53 buried bury VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 54 amod _ _ 54 villages village NOUN NNS Number=Plur 51 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 55 , , PUNCT , _ 59 punct _ _ 56 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 59 advmod _ _ 57 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 58 det _ _ 58 villagers villager NOUN NNS Number=Plur 59 nsubj _ _ 59 knelt kneel VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 54 acl:relcl _ _ 60 beneath beneath ADP IN _ 63 case _ _ 61 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 63 det _ _ 62 vaulted vault VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 63 amod _ _ 63 arches arch NOUN NNS Number=Plur 71 obl _ _ 64 of of ADP IN _ 65 case _ _ 65 churches church NOUN NNS Number=Plur 71 obl _ _ 66 in in ADP IN _ 67 case _ _ 67 which which DET WDT PronType=Int 70 det _ _ 68 ice ice NOUN NN Number=Sing 70 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 69 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 68 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 70 blocks block NOUN NNS Number=Plur 71 nsubj _ _ 71 formed form VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 59 advcl _ _ 72 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 74 det _ _ 73 organ organ NOUN NN Number=Sing 74 compound _ _ 74 pipes pipe NOUN NNS Number=Plur 71 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 75 , , PUNCT , _ 79 punct _ _ 76 and and CCONJ CC _ 79 cc _ _ 77 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 78 det _ _ 78 mountain mountain NOUN NN Number=Sing 79 nsubj _ _ 79 stream stream VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 45 conj _ _ 80 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 81 det _ _ 81 music music NOUN NN Number=Sing 79 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 82 . . PUNCT . _ 22 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sink** | past · perfect | young maidens and men and women | | | the deep chasms of the glaciers | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 2 | **stand** | past | Young hunters and young maidens and men and women | | | lifelike forms; here | before Rudy | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent before he=Location | | 3 | **smile** | present | Young hunters and young maidens and men and women *not said here* | | | eyes's lips | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **hear** | could · passive | | hunters *= hunter* | | | | far *property* | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: subject=Stimulus | | 5 | **chime** | gerund | | | | | | of the church bells of buried villages | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **bury** | participle | | | | | | | vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **kneel** | past | the villagers | | | | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **vault** | participle | | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 9 | **form** | past | which ice blocks | the organ pipes | | | | beneath the vaulted arches; of churches | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location pipe=Theme | | 10 | **stream** | infinitive | the mountain | the music | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location music=Theme | 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 35](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/66/35/) - next →: [sentence 37](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/66/37/) - ↑ back to [XV. the Conclusion](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/66/)