--- title: The storks were coming home; and the old stork pair, although tired… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: The storks were coming home; and the old stork pair, although tired with the journey and requiring rest, did not fail to fly down at once to the balustrades of the verandah, for they knew already what feast was being celebrated. Who acts: storks, balustrades. 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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 (storks, balustrades), 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:pg27200:88:61 # text = The storks were coming home; and the old stork pair, although tired with the journey and requiring rest, did not fail to fly down at once to the balustrades of the verandah, for they knew already what feast was being celebrated. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 storks stork NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 nsubj _ _ 3 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 cop _ _ 4 coming come VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 3 advcl _ _ 5 home home ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ; ; PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 9 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 10 stork stork NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 compound _ _ 11 pair pair NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 13 although although SCONJ IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 tired tired ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 15 with with ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 journey journey NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obl _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 19 requiring require VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 14 conj _ _ 20 rest rest NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 22 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 aux _ _ 23 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 24 advmod _ _ 24 fail fail VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 conj _ _ 25 to to PART TO _ 26 mark _ _ 26 fly fly VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 24 xcomp _ _ 27 down down ADV RB _ 26 advmod _ _ 28 at at ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 29 once once ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 26 obl _ _ 30 to to ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 balustrades balustrade NOUN NNS Number=Plur 26 obl _ _ 33 of of ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 verandah verandah NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 37 for for SCONJ IN _ 39 mark _ _ 38 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 39 knew know VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 parataxis _ _ 40 already already ADV RB _ 41 advmod _ _ 41 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 39 obj _ _ 42 feast feast NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 nsubj:pass _ _ 43 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 45 aux:pass _ _ 44 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 45 aux:pass _ _ 45 celebrated celebrate VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 41 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 11 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** | gerund | the storks *not said here* | | | | | home *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **is a** | past | the storks | the old stork pair | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **require** | gerund | the storks *not said here* | rest | | | | | vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme rest=Precondition | | 4 | **not** **fail** | past · do-support | the storks *not said here* | | | | | | vn succeed-74-3-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 5 | **fly down** | to-infinitive | the storks *not said here* | | | | | to the balustrades of the verandah; down *property* | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at once=Location | | 6 | **know** | past | balustrades *= balustrade* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer what=Stimulus | | 7 | **celebrate** | past · passive | | feast | | | | | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | 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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