--- title: On the raised mound which she had made as a grave for the dead pries… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: On the raised mound which she had made as a grave for the dead priest, she found the cross made of the branches of a tree, the last work of him who now lay dead and cold beneath it. Who acts: flock, last work, priest. A sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. 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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 (flock, last work, priest), 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:pg27200:86:74 # text = On the raised mound which she had made as a grave for the dead priest, she found the cross made of the branches of a tree, the last work of him who now lay dead and cold beneath it. 1 On on ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 raised raise VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 amod _ _ 4 mound mound NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obl _ _ 5 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 8 nsubj:pass _ _ 6 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 7 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 8 made make VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 acl:relcl _ _ 9 as as ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 grave grave NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ 12 for for ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 14 dead dead ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 amod _ _ 15 priest priest NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 17 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 18 found find VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 cross cross NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obj _ _ 21 made make VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 20 acl _ _ 22 of of ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 branches branch NOUN NNS Number=Plur 21 obl _ _ 25 of of ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 30 last last ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 amod _ _ 31 work work NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 conj _ _ 32 of of ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 33 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nmod _ _ 34 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 36 nsubj _ _ 35 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 36 advmod _ _ 36 lay lay VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 31 parataxis _ _ 37 dead dead ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 xcomp _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 39 cold cold ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 conj _ _ 40 beneath beneath ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 41 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 18 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **raise** | participle | | | | | | | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **make** | past · perfect · passive | | the raised mound | | | | as a grave; for the dead priest | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP P.asset»: subject=Product for priest=Asset | | 3 | **find** | past | flock | the cross and the last work of priest | | the raised mound | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cross=Topic | | 4 | **make** | participle | | the cross and the last work of priest *not said here* | | | | of the branches of a tree | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset | | 5 | **lay** | present | the last work of priest | | | | now | dead *property* | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **work** | | priest | | | | | | nom work «act intransitive»: of=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 73](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/86/73/) - next →: [sentence 75](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/86/75/) - ↑ back to [The Marsh King's Daughter, part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/86/)