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title: The two suit of swan's plumage, which I and the young ones dragged o… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics
description: The two suit of swan's plumage, which I and the young ones dragged over here from the land of the Nile, are of no use; trouble enough it was to us to bring them here in three journeys, and now they are lying at the bottom of the nest; and if a fire should happen to break out, and the wooden house be
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# Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen, The Marsh King's Daughter, part 3, sentence 40

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The two suit of swan's plumage, which I and the young ones dragged over here from the land of the Nile, are of no use; trouble enough it was to us to bring them here in three journeys, and now they are lying at the bottom of the nest; and if a fire should happen to break out, and the wooden house be burnt down, they would be destroyed."

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**Who acts:** plumage, two suit, trouble, suits, fire · **What happens:** one, drag, be, lie, happen, break out · **To what, where:** young ones, land, three journeys, use, bottom, wooden house

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This is a sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. Andersen, The Marsh King's Daughter, part 3. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (plumage, two suit, trouble, suits), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**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:pg27200:85:40
# text = The two suit of swan's plumage, which I and the young ones dragged over here from the land of the Nile, are of no use; trouble enough it was to us to bring them here in three journeys, and now they are lying at the bottom of the nest; and if a fire should happen to break out, and the wooden house be burnt down, they would be destroyed."
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	3	nummod	_	_
3	suit	suit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	28	nsubj	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	swan	swan	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	's	's	PART	POS	_	5	case	_	_
7	plumage	plumage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
9	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	14	nsubj	_	_
10	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	14	nsubj	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	young	young	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	ones	one	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	appos	_	_
15	dragged	drag	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	14	acl	_	_
16	over	over	ADV	RB	_	17	advmod	_	_
17	here	here	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	15	advmod	_	_
18	from	from	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
19	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
20	land	land	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obl	_	_
21	of	of	ADP	IN	_	23	case	_	_
22	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	23	det	_	_
23	Nile	Nile	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	20	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
25	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	28	cop	_	_
26	of	of	ADP	IN	_	28	case	_	_
27	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	28	det	_	_
28	use	use	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
29	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	30	punct	_	_
30	trouble	trouble	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	28	conj	_	_
31	enough	enough	ADV	RB	_	30	advmod	_	_
32	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	37	nsubj	_	_
33	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	37	cop	_	_
34	to	to	SCONJ	IN	_	37	mark	_	_
35	us	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	37	nsubj	_	_
36	to	to	PART	TO	_	37	mark	_	_
37	bring	bring	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	28	parataxis	_	_
38	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	37	obj	_	_
39	here	here	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	37	advmod	_	_
40	in	in	ADP	IN	_	42	case	_	_
41	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	42	nummod	_	_
42	journeys	journey	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	37	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
43	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	48	punct	_	_
44	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	48	cc	_	_
45	now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	48	advmod	_	_
46	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	48	nsubj	_	_
47	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	48	aux	_	_
48	lying	lie	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	28	acl	_	_
49	at	at	ADP	IN	_	51	case	_	_
50	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	51	det	_	_
51	bottom	bottom	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	48	obl	_	_
52	of	of	ADP	IN	_	54	case	_	_
53	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	54	det	_	_
54	nest	nest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	51	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
55	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	61	punct	_	_
56	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	61	cc	_	_
57	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	61	mark	_	_
58	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	59	det	_	_
59	fire	fire	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	61	nsubj	_	_
60	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	61	aux	_	_
61	happen	happen	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	28	parataxis	_	_
62	to	to	PART	TO	_	63	mark	_	_
63	break	break	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	61	advcl	_	_
64	out	out	ADP	RP	_	63	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
65	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	71	punct	_	_
66	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	71	cc	_	_
67	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	69	det	_	_
68	wooden	wooden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	69	amod	_	_
69	house	house	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	71	nsubj:pass	_	_
70	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	71	aux:pass	_	_
71	burnt	burnt	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	61	parataxis	_	_
72	down	down	ADP	RP	_	71	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
73	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	77	punct	_	_
74	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	77	nsubj:pass	_	_
75	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	77	aux	_	_
76	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	77	aux:pass	_	_
77	destroyed	destroy	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	71	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
78	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	28	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
79	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	28	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **one** |  | swan's plumage |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **drag** | participle |  | the young ones *not said here* |  | the land of the Nile; here |  |  | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent from land=Initial\_Location |
| 3 | **is** | present | the two suit of swan's plumage |  |  |  |  | of no use and trouble | tree rules |
| 4 | **is** | past | trouble |  |  | three journeys; here |  | bring *property* | tree rules |
| 5 | **lie** | present · progressive | suits *= suit* | no use and trouble *not said here* |  | the bottom of the nest | now |  | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location use=Theme |
| 6 | **happen** *a condition, not said to happen* | should | a fire |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 7 | **break out** | to-infinitive | a fire *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient |
| 8 | **burnt down** | infinitive · passive |  | the wooden house |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 9 | **destroy** | would · passive |  | suits *= suit* |  |  |  |  | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |

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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.

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**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.

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