--- title: At length the ship groaned and creaked; the thick planks gave way un… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: At length the ship groaned and creaked; the thick planks gave way under the lashing of the sea as it broke over the deck; the mainmast snapped asunder like a reed; the ship lay over on her side; and the water rushed in. Who acts: ship, thick planks, mainmast, water. 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C. Andersen, The Little Mermaid, part 2. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (ship, thick planks, mainmast, water), 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:pg27200:76:7 # text = At length the ship groaned and creaked; the thick planks gave way under the lashing of the sea as it broke over the deck; the mainmast snapped asunder like a reed; the ship lay over on her side; and the water rushed in. 1 At at ADP IN _ 2 case _ _ 2 length length NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 ship ship NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 groaned groan VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 creaked creak VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ; ; PUNCT : _ 12 punct _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 10 thick thick ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 planks plank NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 nsubj _ _ 12 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 13 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obj _ _ 14 under under ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 lashing lashing NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ _ 17 of of ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 sea sea NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nmod _ _ 20 as as SCONJ IN _ 22 mark _ _ 21 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 22 broke break VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 advcl _ _ 23 over over ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 deck deck NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 26 ; ; PUNCT : _ 29 punct _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 mainmast mainmast NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 nsubj _ _ 29 snapped snap VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 30 asunder asunder NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obj _ _ 31 like like ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 reed reed NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 34 ; ; PUNCT : _ 37 punct _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 ship ship NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 nsubj _ _ 37 lay lie VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 conj _ _ 38 over over ADV RB _ 37 advmod _ _ 39 on on ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 41 nmod:poss _ _ 41 side side NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 42 ; ; PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 43 and and CCONJ CC _ 46 cc _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 nsubj _ _ 46 rushed rush VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 conj _ _ 47 in in ADP RP _ 46 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **groan** | past | the ship | | | | | at length | vn animal\_sounds-38 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Agent at length=Stimulus | | 2 | **creak** | past | the ship *not said here* | | | | | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **give** | past | the thick planks | way | | the lashing of the sea | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent way=Theme | | 4 | **break** | past | ship | | | the deck | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme over deck=Location | | 5 | **snap** | past | the mainmast | asunder | | | | like a reed | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location asunder=Theme | | 6 | **lie over** | past | the ship | | | mainmast's side | | over *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on side=Location | | 7 | **rush in** | participle | the water | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «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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