--- title: One of the robbers raised his axe against him; but the young priest… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: One of the robbers raised his axe against him; but the young priest sprang on one side, and avoided the blow, which fell with great force on the horse's neck, so that the blood gushed forth, and the animal sunk to the ground. Who acts: One, young priest, blow, blood. 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C. Andersen, The Marsh King's Daughter, part 4. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (One, young priest, blow, blood), 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:pg27200:86:45 # text = One of the robbers raised his axe against him; but the young priest sprang on one side, and avoided the blow, which fell with great force on the horse's neck, so that the blood gushed forth, and the animal sunk to the ground. 1 One one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 5 nsubj _ _ 2 of of ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 robbers robber NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obl _ _ 5 raised raise VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 axe axe NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 8 against against ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ; ; PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 11 but but CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 13 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 amod _ _ 14 priest priest NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 nsubj _ _ 15 sprang spring VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 14 acl _ _ 16 on on ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 18 nummod _ _ 18 side side NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 21 avoided avoid VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 blow blow NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 25 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 26 nsubj _ _ 26 fell fall VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 acl:relcl _ _ 27 with with ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 amod _ _ 29 force force NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obl _ _ 30 on on ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 horse horse NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 33 's 's PART POS _ 32 case _ _ 34 neck neck NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 36 so so SCONJ IN ExtPos=SCONJ 40 mark _ _ 37 that that SCONJ IN _ 36 fixed _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 blood blood NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 nsubj _ _ 40 gushed gush VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 21 parataxis _ _ 41 forth forth ADV RB _ 40 advmod _ 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 animal animal NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 nsubj:pass _ _ 46 sunk sink VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 40 conj _ _ 47 to to ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 48 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 49 ground ground NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 50 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **raise** | past | One | priest's axe | | | | of the robbers; against priest | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location PP.destination»: agent=Agent axe=Theme of robber=Destination against he=Initial\_Location | | 2 | **spring** | gerund | the young priest *not said here* | | | one side | | | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on side=Trajectory | | 3 | **avoid** | past | the young priest | the blow | | | | | vn avoid-52 «NP V NP.location»: agent=Agent blow=Location | | 4 | **fall** | past | the blow | | | the horse's neck | | with great force | vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme on neck=Location | | 5 | **gush** | participle | the blood | | | | | forth *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **sink** | participle · passive | | the animal | | | | to the ground | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: subject=Patient | 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 44](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/86/44/) - next →: [sentence 46](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/86/46/) - ↑ back to [The Marsh King's Daughter, part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/86/)