--- title: He went on for some distance, and then he gave a great flap with his… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: He went on for some distance, and then he gave a great flap with his wings and flew on his course at a rapid rate, his head and neck bending proudly before him, while the sun's rays fell on his glossy plumage. Who acts: good, neck, rays, sun. 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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 (good, neck, rays, sun), 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:pg27200:85:54 # text = He went on for some distance, and then he gave a great flap with his wings and flew on his course at a rapid rate, his head and neck bending proudly before him, while the sun's rays fell on his glossy plumage. 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 on on ADP RP _ 2 compound:prt _ _ 4 for for ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 6 det _ _ 6 distance distance NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 9 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 11 advmod _ _ 10 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 11 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 12 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 13 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 amod _ _ 14 flap flap NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ _ 15 with with ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 17 nmod:poss _ _ 17 wings wing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 obl _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 19 flew fly VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 20 on on ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 22 nmod:poss _ _ 22 course course NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ _ 23 at at ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 24 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 25 rapid rapid ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 amod _ _ 26 rate rate NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 28 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 29 nmod:poss _ _ 29 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl:unmarked _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 31 neck neck NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 conj _ _ 32 bending bend VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 31 acl _ _ 33 proudly proudly ADV RB _ 32 advmod _ _ 34 before before ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 35 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 37 while while SCONJ IN _ 42 mark _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 sun sun NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 40 's 's PART POS _ 39 case _ _ 41 rays ray NOUN NNS Number=Plur 42 nsubj _ _ 42 fell fall VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 conj _ _ 43 on on ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 44 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 46 nmod:poss _ _ 45 glossy glossy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 46 amod _ _ 46 plumage plumage NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go on** | past | good | | | | | for some distance | vn function-105.2.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **give** | past | good | a great flap | | | then | with good's wings | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent flap=Theme | | 3 | **fly** | past | good *not said here* | good's head and neck | | good's course | | at a rapid rate | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on course=Location | | 4 | **bend** | gerund | neck *not said here* | | | | before good | proudly *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent before he=Location | | 5 | **fall** | past | the sun's rays | | | good's glossy plumage | | | vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme on plumage=Location | | 6 | **ray** | | the sun | | | | | | nom ray «phenomenon transitive»: 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 53](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/85/53/) - next →: [sentence 55](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/85/55/) - ↑ back to [The Marsh King's Daughter, part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/85/)