--- title: A bard, who was a kind of musician as well as warrior, and who had b… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: A bard, who was a kind of musician as well as warrior, and who had been with the Viking in his expedition, and knew what to sing about, gave them one of his best songs, in which they heard all their warlike deeds praised, and every wonderful action brought forward with honor. 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C. Andersen, The Marsh King's Daughter, 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 (bard, wrongs, wonderful action, Viking), 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:pg27200:84:18 # text = A bard, who was a kind of musician as well as warrior, and who had been with the Viking in his expedition, and knew what to sing about, gave them one of his best songs, in which they heard all their warlike deeds praised, and every wonderful action brought forward with honor. 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 bard bard NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 4 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 7 nsubj _ _ 5 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 kind kind NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 appos _ _ 8 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 musician musician NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nmod _ _ 10 as as ADV RB ExtPos=CCONJ 13 cc _ _ 11 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 10 fixed _ _ 12 as as ADP IN _ 10 fixed _ _ 13 warrior warrior NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 16 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 27 nsubj _ _ 17 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 aux _ _ 18 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 27 cop _ _ 19 with with ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 Viking Viking PROPN NNP Number=Sing 27 obl _ _ 22 in in ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 24 nmod:poss _ _ 24 expedition expedition NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 27 knew know VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 28 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 30 obj _ _ 29 to to PART TO _ 30 mark _ _ 30 sing sing VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 27 xcomp _ _ 31 about about ADV RB _ 30 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 33 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 conj _ _ 34 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 iobj _ _ 35 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 33 obj _ _ 36 of of ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 37 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 39 nmod:poss _ _ 38 best good ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 39 amod _ _ 39 songs song NOUN NNS Number=Plur 35 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 41 in in ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 42 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 44 obl _ _ 43 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 44 nsubj _ _ 44 heard hear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 33 parataxis _ _ 45 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 48 det:predet _ _ 46 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 48 nmod:poss _ _ 47 warlike warlike ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 48 amod _ _ 48 deeds deed NOUN NNS Number=Plur 44 obj _ _ 49 praised praise VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 48 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 50 , , PUNCT , _ 55 punct _ _ 51 and and CCONJ CC _ 55 cc _ _ 52 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 54 det _ _ 53 wonderful wonderful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 54 amod _ _ 54 action action NOUN NN Number=Sing 55 nsubj _ _ 55 brought bring VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 44 conj _ _ 56 forward forward ADV RB _ 55 advmod _ _ 57 with with ADP IN _ 58 case _ _ 58 honor honor NOUN NN Number=Sing 55 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 59 . . PUNCT . _ 27 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | a bard | a kind as warrior | | | | of musician | tree rules | | 2 | **is** | past · perfect | a bard | | | | | with the Viking in Viking's expedition; know *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **sing** *speech: express* | to-infinitive | a bard *not said here* | | | | | about *property* | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location what=Theme | | 4 | **give** | past | a bard *not said here* | one of Viking's best songs | wrongs *= wrong* | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent they=Recipient one=Theme | | 5 | **hear** | past | wrongs *= wrong* | wrongs's warlike deeds | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer deed=Stimulus | | 6 | **praise** | participle | | wrongs's warlike deeds *not said here* | | | | | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **bring forward** | past | every wonderful action | | | | | with honor; forward *property* | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **sing** | | Viking | | | | | | nom song «communication intransitive»: poss=agent | 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 17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/84/17/) - next →: [sentence 19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/84/19/) - ↑ back to [The Marsh King's Daughter, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/84/)