--- title: By her side were statues, in which the spirit of life breathed in st… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: By her side were statues, in which the spirit of life breathed in stone; figures of men, one of whom whetted his sword, and was named the Grinder; wrestling gladiators formed another group, the sword had been sharpened for them, and they strove for the goddess of beauty. 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C. Andersen, The Metal Pig. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (wrestling gladiators, gladiators), 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:pg27200:89:27 # text = By her side were statues, in which the spirit of life breathed in stone; figures of men, one of whom whetted his sword, and was named the Grinder; wrestling gladiators formed another group, the sword had been sharpened for them, and they strove for the goddess of beauty. 1 By by ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 3 nmod:poss _ _ 3 side side NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 4 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 5 statues statue NOUN NNS Number=Plur 36 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 7 in in ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 10 obl _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 spirit spirit NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 appos _ _ 11 of of ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nmod _ _ 13 breathed breathe VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 12 acl _ _ 14 in in ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 15 stone stone NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 ; ; PUNCT : _ 17 punct _ _ 17 figures figure NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 appos _ _ 18 of of ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 19 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 17 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 21 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 17 conj _ _ 22 of of SCONJ IN _ 24 mark _ _ 23 whom whom PRON WP PronType=Rel 24 nsubj _ _ 24 whetted whet VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 acl:relcl _ _ 25 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 26 nmod:poss _ _ 26 sword sword NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 29 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 aux:pass _ _ 30 named name VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 24 conj _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 Grinder grinder NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 33 ; ; PUNCT : _ 36 punct _ _ 34 wrestling wrestle VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 35 amod _ _ 35 gladiators gladiator NOUN NNS Number=Plur 36 nsubj _ _ 36 formed form VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 37 another another DET DT PronType=Ind 38 det _ _ 38 group group NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 sword sword NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 nsubj:pass _ _ 42 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 44 aux _ _ 43 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 44 aux:pass _ _ 44 sharpened sharpen VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 36 conj _ _ 45 for for ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 46 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 44 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 47 , , PUNCT , _ 50 punct _ _ 48 and and CCONJ CC _ 50 cc _ _ 49 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 50 nsubj _ _ 50 strove strive VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 conj _ _ 51 for for ADP IN _ 53 case _ _ 52 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 53 det _ _ 53 goddess goddess NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 obl _ _ 54 of of ADP IN _ 55 case _ _ 55 beauty beauty NOUN NN Number=Sing 53 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 56 . . PUNCT . _ 36 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | | statues | | | | by immortality's side | tree rules | | 2 | **breathe** | participle | | life *not said here* | | stone | | | vn breathe-40.1.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **whet** | past | | world's sword | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **name** | past · passive | | the Grinder | | | | | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: grinder=Theme | | 5 | **wrestle** | gerund | | | | | | | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **form** | past | wrestling gladiators | another group | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location group=Theme | | 7 | **sharpen** | past · perfect · passive | | the sword | | | | for gladiators *= gladiator* | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: subject=Patient | | 8 | **strive** | past | gladiators *= gladiator* | | | | | for the goddess of beauty | tree rules | | 9 | **figure** | | | men | | | | | nom figure «communication transitive»: of=patient | 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 26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/89/26/) - next →: [sentence 28](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/89/28/) - ↑ back to [The Metal Pig](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/89/)