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title: And while the two were resting in each other's arms, the old stork f… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics
description: And while the two were resting in each other's arms, the old stork flew round and round them in narrowing circles, till at length he flew away swiftly to his nest, and fetched away the two suits of swan's feathers, which he had preserved there for many years. Who acts: two, old stork, beauty. A sent
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# Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen, The Marsh King's Daughter, part 5, sentence 43

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And while the two were resting in each other's arms, the old stork flew round and round them in narrowing circles, till at length he flew away swiftly to his nest, and fetched away the two suits of swan's feathers, which he had preserved there for many years.

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**Who acts:** two, old stork, beauty · **What happens:** rest, fly, round, narrow, fly away, fetch away · **To what, where:** other arms, arms, circles, length, nest, two suits

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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 5. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (two, old stork, beauty), 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:pg27200:87:43
# text = And while the two were resting in each other's arms, the old stork flew round and round them in narrowing circles, till at length he flew away swiftly to his nest, and fetched away the two suits of swan's feathers, which he had preserved there for many years.
1	And	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
2	while	while	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	6	nsubj	_	_
5	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
6	resting	rest	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	16	advcl	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
8	each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	11	det	_	_
9	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	's	's	PART	POS	_	9	case	_	_
11	arms	arm	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
14	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	stork	stork	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nsubj	_	_
16	flew	fly	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
17	round	round	ADV	RB	_	16	advmod	_	_
18	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	19	cc	_	_
19	round	round	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	16	conj	_	_
20	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	19	obj	_	_
21	in	in	SCONJ	IN	_	22	mark	_	_
22	narrowing	narrow	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	19	advcl	_	_
23	circles	circle	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	22	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	27	punct	_	_
25	till	till	ADP	IN	_	27	case	_	_
26	at	at	ADP	IN	_	27	case	_	_
27	length	length	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	obl	_	_
28	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	29	nsubj	_	_
29	flew	fly	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	27	acl:relcl	_	_
30	away	away	ADV	RB	_	29	advmod	_	_
31	swiftly	swiftly	ADV	RB	_	34	advmod	_	_
32	to	to	ADP	IN	_	34	case	_	_
33	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	34	nmod:poss	_	_
34	nest	nest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	29	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
35	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	37	punct	_	_
36	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	37	cc	_	_
37	fetched	fetch	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	16	conj	_	_
38	away	away	ADV	RB	_	37	advmod	_	_
39	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	41	det	_	_
40	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	41	nummod	_	_
41	suits	suit	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	37	obj	_	_
42	of	of	ADP	IN	_	45	case	_	_
43	swan	swan	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	45	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
44	's	's	PART	POS	_	43	case	_	_
45	feathers	feather	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	41	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
46	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	50	punct	_	_
47	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	50	nsubj:pass	_	_
48	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	50	nsubj	_	_
49	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	50	aux	_	_
50	preserved	preserve	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	45	acl	_	_
51	there	there	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	50	advmod	_	_
52	for	for	ADP	IN	_	54	case	_	_
53	many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	54	amod	_	_
54	years	year	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	50	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
55	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	16	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **rest** | past · progressive | the two |  |  | each other arms |  |  | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in arm=Location |
| 2 | **fly** | past | the old stork |  |  |  |  | round *property* | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **round** | infinitive | the old stork *not said here* | arms *= arm* |  |  | till length |  | vn bend-45.2 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent they=Patient |
| 4 | **narrow** | gerund | the old stork *not said here* | circles |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent circle=Patient |
| 5 | **fly away** | past | beauty | length *not said here* |  | beauty's nest |  | away *property* | vn drive-11.5-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent length=Theme to nest=Destination |
| 6 | **fetch away** | past | the old stork *not said here* | the two suits of swan's feathers |  |  |  | away *property* | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent suit=Theme |
| 7 | **preserve** | past · perfect · passive |  | swan's feathers |  | there | year |  | vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: subject=Beneficiary |

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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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