--- title: Away flew the beetle, straight through the open window of a large bu… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: Away flew the beetle, straight through the open window of a large building; there he sank down, tired and exhausted, exactly on the mane of the emperor's favorite horse, who was standing in his stable; and the beetle found himself at home again. Who acts: beetle, favorite horse. 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C. Andersen, The Beetle Who Went on His Travels. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (beetle, favorite horse), 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:pg27200:8:149 # text = Away flew the beetle, straight through the open window of a large building; there he sank down, tired and exhausted, exactly on the mane of the emperor's favorite horse, who was standing in his stable; and the beetle found himself at home again. 1 Away away ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 2 flew fly VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 beetle beetle NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 6 straight straight ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 7 through through ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 9 open open ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 window window NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 11 of of ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 12 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 13 large large ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 amod _ _ 14 building building NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ; ; PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 16 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 18 expl _ _ 17 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 18 sank sink VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 19 down down ADP RP _ 18 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 21 tired tired ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 xcomp _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 23 exhausted exhausted ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 25 exactly exactly ADV RB _ 28 advmod _ _ 26 on on ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 mane mane NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obl _ _ 29 of of ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 emperor emperor NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 32 's 's PART POS _ 31 case _ _ 33 favorite favorite ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 amod _ _ 34 horse horse NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 36 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 38 nsubj _ _ 37 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 38 aux _ _ 38 standing stand VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 34 acl _ _ 39 in in ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 41 nmod:poss _ _ 41 stable stable NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 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 beetle beetle NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 nsubj _ _ 46 found find VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 47 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 46 obj _ _ 48 at at ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 49 home home NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 obl _ _ 50 again again ADV RB _ 46 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 51 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fly** | past | | the beetle | | the open window of a large building | | away *property* | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V NP.theme PP»: agent=Agent beetle=Theme through window=Location | | 2 | **sink down** | past | beetle | | | the mane of the emperor's favorite horse; there | | tired *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 3 | **stand** | past · progressive | the emperor's favorite horse | | | beetle's stable | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in stable=Location | | 4 | **find** | past | the beetle | beetle | | home | again | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.source NP.asset»: agent=Agent himself=Theme at home=Asset | 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 148](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/8/148/) - next →: [sentence 150](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/8/150/) - ↑ back to [The Beetle Who Went on His Travels](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/8/)