--- title: The swans flapped their wings and arched their necks as if to offer… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: The swans flapped their wings and arched their necks as if to offer her a greeting, and the Viking's wife spread out her arms towards them, as if she accepted it, and smiled through her tears. Who acts: swans, wife. A sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. 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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 (swans, wife), 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:pg27200:87:95 # text = The swans flapped their wings and arched their necks as if to offer her a greeting, and the Viking's wife spread out her arms towards them, as if she accepted it, and smiled through her tears. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 swans swan NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 3 flapped flap VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 5 wings wing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obj _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 arched arch VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 8 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 9 necks neck NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 obj _ _ 10 as as SCONJ IN _ 13 mark _ _ 11 if if SCONJ IN _ 13 mark _ _ 12 to to PART TO _ 13 mark _ _ 13 offer offer VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 advcl _ _ 14 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 obj _ _ 15 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 greeting greeting NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 Viking Viking PROPN NNP Number=Sing 22 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 21 's 's PART POS _ 20 case _ _ 22 wife wife NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 nsubj _ _ 23 spread spread VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 24 out out ADP RP _ 23 compound:prt _ _ 25 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 26 nmod:poss _ _ 26 arms arm NOUN NNS Number=Plur 23 obj _ _ 27 towards towards ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 28 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 30 as as SCONJ IN _ 33 mark _ _ 31 if if SCONJ IN _ 33 mark _ _ 32 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 33 accepted accept VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 conj _ _ 34 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 37 smiled smile VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 38 through through ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 40 nmod:poss _ _ 40 tears tear NOUN NNS Number=Plur 37 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 41 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **flap** | past | the swans | circles's wings | | | | | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wing=Patient | | 2 | **arch** | past | the swans *not said here* | wings's necks | | | | | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent neck=Patient | | 3 | **offer** | to-infinitive | the swans *not said here* | a greeting | wife | | | | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.goal NP»: agent=Agent she=Goal greeting=Theme | | 4 | **spread out** | past | the Viking's wife | wife's arms | | | | towards wings *= wing* | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location arm=Theme | | 5 | **accept** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | wife | swan | | | | | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | | 6 | **smile** | past | | | | wife's tears | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=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. 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