--- title: A white streak of foam followed in the wake of the boat, which, in a… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: A white streak of foam followed in the wake of the boat, which, in a few minutes, carried them both to the little island, where they went on shore; but there was only just room enough for two to dance. Who acts: white streak, oars. A sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. 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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 (white streak, oars), 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:pg27200:66:9 # text = A white streak of foam followed in the wake of the boat, which, in a few minutes, carried them both to the little island, where they went on shore; but there was only just room enough for two to dance. 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 white white ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 streak streak NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 nsubj _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 foam foam NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ 6 followed follow VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 acl _ _ 7 in in ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 wake wake NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 10 of of ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 boat boat NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 14 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 19 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 16 in in ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 17 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 18 few few ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 amod _ _ 19 minutes minute NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 21 carried carry VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 22 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 obj _ _ 23 both both DET DT PronType=Tot 22 appos _ _ 24 to to ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 26 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 amod _ _ 27 island island NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 29 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 31 advmod _ _ 30 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 31 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 acl:relcl _ _ 32 on on ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 33 shore shore NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 34 ; ; PUNCT : _ 40 punct _ _ 35 but but CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 36 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 37 expl _ _ 37 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 40 cop _ _ 38 only only ADV RB _ 40 advmod _ _ 39 just just ADV RB _ 40 advmod _ _ 40 room room NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 conj _ _ 41 enough enough ADV RB _ 40 advmod _ _ 42 for for ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 43 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 21 obl _ _ 44 to to PART TO _ 45 mark _ _ 45 dance dance VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 21 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 21 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **follow** | participle | | a white streak of foam *not said here* | | the wake of the boat | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in wake=Location | | 2 | **carry** | past | a white streak of foam | oars *= oar* | | the little island | | for two | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent they=Theme to island=Destination | | 3 | **go** | past | oars *= oar* | | | shore | | | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme on shore=Location | | 4 | **is a** | past | a white streak of foam *not said here* | room | | | | enough *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **dance** | to-infinitive | a white streak of foam *not said here* | | | | | | vn modes\_of\_being\_with\_motion-47.3 «NP V»: agent=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. 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