--- title: They are embracing each other, and one little one stretches out his… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: They are embracing each other, and one little one stretches out his hand towards another who stands below him, and points to himself, as if he were saying, "I am going to heaven." Who acts: Florentine, one little one, Angiolo. A sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. 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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 (Florentine, one little one, Angiolo), 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:pg27200:89:34 # text = They are embracing each other, and one little one stretches out his hand towards another who stands below him, and points to himself, as if he were saying, "I am going to heaven." 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 embracing embrace VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 4 each each DET DT ExtPos=PRON|PronType=Rcp 3 obj _ _ 5 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 fixed _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 8 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 10 nummod _ _ 9 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ _ 11 stretches stretch VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 12 out out ADP RP _ 11 compound:prt _ _ 13 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 14 nmod:poss _ _ 14 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ _ 15 towards towards SCONJ IN _ 18 mark _ _ 16 another another DET DT PronType=Ind 18 obj _ _ 17 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 18 nsubj _ _ 18 stands stand VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 advcl _ _ 19 below below ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 20 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 23 points point NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl _ _ 24 to to ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 25 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 23 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 27 as as SCONJ IN _ 31 mark _ _ 28 if if SCONJ IN _ 31 mark _ _ 29 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 30 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 aux _ _ 31 saying say VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 3 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 33 " " PUNCT `` _ 36 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 34 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 35 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 36 aux _ _ 36 going go VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 31 ccomp _ _ 37 to to ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 38 heaven heaven NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 39 . . PUNCT . _ 36 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 40 " " PUNCT '' _ 36 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **embrace** | present · progressive | Florentine | each | | | | points to Angiolo *obl* | vn marry-36.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent each=Co-Agent | | 2 | **stretch out** | present | one little one | Angiolo's hand | | | | | vn bend-45.2 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent hand=Patient | | 3 | **stand** | present | | another | | | | below Angiolo | vn put\_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent another=Theme below he=Destination | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* *a condition, not said to happen* | past · progressive | Angiolo | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 5 | **go** *in a quote* | present · progressive | Angiolo | | | heaven | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to heaven=Initial\_Location | 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 33](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/89/33/) - next →: [sentence 35](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/89/35/) - ↑ back to [The Metal Pig](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/89/)