--- title: The sun shone in upon them so beautifully, that the swallow asked he… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: The sun shone in upon them so beautifully, that the swallow asked her if she would go with him; she could sit on his back, he said, and he would fly away with her into the green woods. Who acts: sun, swallow, mole, ceiling. A sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. Andersen, Li --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/79/115/) [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/) / [Little Tiny or Thumbelina](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/79/) / 115 # Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen, Little Tiny or Thumbelina, sentence 115 The sun shone in upon them so beautifully, that the swallow asked her if she would go with him; she could sit on his back, he said, and he would fly away with her into the green woods. **Who acts:** sun, swallow, mole, ceiling · **What happens:** shine, ask, go, sit, say, fly away · **To what, where:** mole, back, green woods · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. Andersen, Little Tiny or Thumbelina. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (sun, swallow, mole, ceiling), 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:pg27200:79:115 # text = The sun shone in upon them so beautifully, that the swallow asked her if she would go with him; she could sit on his back, he said, and he would fly away with her into the green woods. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 sun sun NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 shone shine VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 in in ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 5 upon upon ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 obl _ _ 7 so so ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 8 beautifully beautifully ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 10 that that SCONJ IN _ 13 mark _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 swallow swallow NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nsubj _ _ 13 asked ask VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 14 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 iobj _ _ 15 if if SCONJ IN _ 18 mark _ _ 16 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 17 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 18 aux _ _ 18 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 13 ccomp _ _ 19 with with ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 20 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 21 ; ; PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 22 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 23 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 24 aux _ _ 24 sit sit VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 parataxis _ _ 25 on on ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 27 nmod:poss _ _ 27 back back NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 29 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 30 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 33 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 34 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 35 aux _ _ 35 fly fly VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 30 ccomp _ _ 36 away away ADV RB _ 35 advmod _ _ 37 with with ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 38 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 obl _ _ 39 into into ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 41 green green ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 42 amod _ _ 42 woods wood NOUN NNS Number=Plur 35 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **shine** | past | the sun | | | | | upon swallow; beautifully *property* | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme upon they=Location | | 2 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past | the swallow | | mole | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S»: agent=Agent she=Recipient clause=Topic | | 3 | **go** *a condition, not said to happen* | would | mole | | | | | with ceiling | vn help-72.1-2 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent with he=Beneficiary | | 4 | **sit** | could | mole | | | ceiling's back | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on back=Location | | 5 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | ceiling | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 6 | **fly away** | would | ceiling | | | | | into the green woods *result*; with mole; away *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme into wood=Result | 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 114](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/79/114/) - next →: [sentence 116](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/79/116/) - ↑ back to [Little Tiny or Thumbelina](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/79/)