--- title: Then the learned men hastened to note down, in flying characters, th… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: Then the learned men hastened to note down, in flying characters, the story of the two princesses, and spoke of the arrival of the health-giving flower as a mighty event, which had been a blessing to the house and the land. Who acts: learned men, mighty event, giving flower. 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C. Andersen, The Marsh King's Daughter, part 6. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (learned men, mighty event, giving flower), 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:pg27200:88:2 # text = Then the learned men hastened to note down, in flying characters, the story of the two princesses, and spoke of the arrival of the health-giving flower as a mighty event, which had been a blessing to the house and the land. 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 5 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 learned learn VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 amod _ _ 4 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj _ _ 5 hastened hasten VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 7 note note VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 xcomp _ _ 8 down down ADP RP _ 7 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 10 in in ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 flying fly VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 12 amod _ _ 12 characters character NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 story story NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 appos _ _ 16 of of ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 18 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 19 nummod _ _ 19 princesses princess NOUN NNS Number=Plur 15 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 22 spoke speak VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 23 of of ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 arrival arrival NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obl _ _ 26 of of ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 28 health health NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 29 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 28 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 30 giving give VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 31 amod _ _ 31 flower flower NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 nmod _ _ 32 as as ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 33 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 34 mighty mighty ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 amod _ _ 35 event event NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 37 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 41 nsubj _ _ 38 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 41 aux _ _ 39 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 41 cop _ _ 40 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 blessing blessing NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 conj _ _ 42 to to ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 nmod _ _ 45 and and CCONJ CC _ 47 cc _ _ 46 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 47 land land NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **learn** | participle | | | | | | | vn learn-14-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **hasten** | participle | the learned men | | | | then | | tree rules | | 3 | **note down** | to-infinitive | the learned men *not said here* | | | flying characters | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **fly** | gerund | | | | | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **speak** *speech: other* | past | the learned men *not said here* | | | | | of the arrival of the giving flower; as a mighty event and a blessing and the land | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **give** | gerund | | | | | | | vn break\_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient | | 7 | **is a** | past · perfect | a mighty event and a blessing and the land | a blessing | | | | to the house | tree rules | | 8 | **arrive** | | the giving flower | | | | | | nom arrival «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 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/88/1/) - next →: [sentence 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/88/3/) - ↑ back to [The Marsh King's Daughter, part 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/88/)