--- title: We are only acquainted with one of the two longest and oldest storie… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: We are only acquainted with one of the two longest and oldest stories which the storks relate--it is about Moses, who was exposed by his mother on the banks of the Nile, and was found by the king's daughter, who gave him a good education, and he afterwards became a great man; but where he was buried --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/83/3/) [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/) / [The Marsh King's Daughter, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/83/) / 3 # Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen, The Marsh King's Daughter, part 1, sentence 3 We are only acquainted with one of the two longest and oldest stories which the storks relate--it is about Moses, who was exposed by his mother on the banks of the Nile, and was found by the king's daughter, who gave him a good education, and he afterwards became a great man; but where he was buried is still unknown. **Who acts:** storks, youngest, mother, daughter, king · **What happens:** acquaint, relate, be, expose, find, give · **To what, where:** We, two longest oldest stories, Moses, banks, good education, king This is a sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. Andersen, The Marsh King's Daughter, part 1. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (storks, youngest, mother, daughter), 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:pg27200:83:3 # text = We are only acquainted with one of the two longest and oldest stories which the storks relate--it is about Moses, who was exposed by his mother on the banks of the Nile, and was found by the king's daughter, who gave him a good education, and he afterwards became a great man; but where he was buried is still unknown. 1 We we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux:pass _ _ 3 only only ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 acquainted acquaint VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 5 with with ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 4 obl _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 9 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 13 nummod _ _ 10 longest long ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 13 amod _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 12 oldest old ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 13 amod _ _ 13 stories story NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nmod _ _ 14 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 17 obj _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 storks stork NOUN NNS Number=Plur 17 nsubj _ _ 17 relate relate VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 13 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 18 -- -- PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 19 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 20 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 22 cop _ _ 21 about about ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 22 Moses Moses PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 24 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 26 nsubj _ _ 25 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 aux:pass _ _ 26 exposed expose VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 22 acl _ _ 27 by by ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 29 nmod:poss _ _ 29 mother mother NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obl _ _ 30 on on ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 banks bank NOUN NNS Number=Plur 26 obl _ _ 33 of of ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 Nile Nile PROPN NNP Number=Sing 32 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 38 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 39 aux:pass _ _ 39 found find VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 parataxis _ _ 40 by by ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 43 's 's PART POS _ 42 case _ _ 44 daughter daughter NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 45 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 46 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 47 nsubj _ _ 47 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 39 conj _ _ 48 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 47 iobj _ _ 49 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 51 det _ _ 50 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 51 amod _ _ 51 education education NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 52 , , PUNCT , _ 56 punct _ _ 53 and and CCONJ CC _ 56 cc _ _ 54 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 56 nsubj _ _ 55 afterwards afterwards ADV RB _ 56 advmod _ _ 56 became become VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 47 conj _ _ 57 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 59 det _ _ 58 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 59 amod _ _ 59 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 56 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 60 ; ; PUNCT , _ 68 punct _ _ 61 but but CCONJ CC _ 68 cc _ _ 62 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 65 advmod _ _ 63 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 65 nsubj:pass _ _ 64 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 65 aux:pass _ _ 65 buried bury VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 61 advcl _ _ 66 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 68 cop _ _ 67 still still ADV RB _ 68 advmod _ _ 68 unknown unknown ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 69 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **acquaint** *speech: other* | present · passive | | We | | | | with one of the two longest oldest stories | vn tell-37.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient | | 2 | **relate** | present | the storks | the two longest oldest stories | | | | | vn involve-107.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent which=Theme | | 3 | **is** | present | youngest *= young* | | | | | about Moses | tree rules | | 4 | **expose** | past · passive | Moses's mother | Moses | | the banks of the Nile | | | vn indicate-78 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot subject=Topic | | 5 | **find** | past · passive | the king's daughter | | | | | | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **give** | past | | a good education | king | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient education=Theme | | 7 | **become** | past | king | a great man | | | | afterwards *property* | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient | | 8 | **bury** | past · passive | | king | | | | | vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 9 | **is** | present | | | | | still | unknown *property* | tree rules | 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 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/83/2/) - next →: [sentence 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/83/4/) - ↑ back to [The Marsh King's Daughter, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/83/)