--- title: The sun was shining, the birds were singing, and the confirmed child… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: The sun was shining, the birds were singing, and the confirmed children sang too, holding each other by the hand, for they had no position yet, and they were all equal in the eyes of God. Who acts: sun, birds, confirmed children. A sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. 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The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (sun, birds, confirmed children), 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:pg27200:9:26 # text = The sun was shining, the birds were singing, and the confirmed children sang too, holding each other by the hand, for they had no position yet, and they were all equal in the eyes of God. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 sun sun NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 shining shine VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 birds bird NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 nsubj _ _ 8 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ _ 9 singing sing VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 4 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 13 confirmed confirm VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 14 amod _ _ 14 children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 15 nsubj _ _ 15 sang sing VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 conj _ _ 16 too too ADV RB _ 15 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 18 holding hold VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 4 advcl _ _ 19 each each DET DT ExtPos=PRON|PronType=Rcp 18 obj _ _ 20 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 fixed _ _ 21 by by ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 25 for for ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 27 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 28 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 29 det _ _ 29 position position NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obj _ _ 30 yet yet ADV RB _ 27 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 33 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 34 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 cop _ _ 35 all all ADV RB _ 36 advmod _ _ 36 equal equal ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 conj _ _ 37 in in ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 36 obl _ _ 40 of of ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 41 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 39 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **shine** | past · progressive | the sun | | | | | | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **sing** *speech: express* | past · progressive | the birds | | | | | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP.location V PP.theme»: agent=Location | | 3 | **confirm** | participle | | | | | | | vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot | | 4 | **sing** *speech: express* | past | the confirmed children | | | | | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP.location V PP.theme»: agent=Location | | 5 | **hold** | gerund | the sun *not said here* | each | | | | by the hand | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent each=Theme by hand=Location | | 6 | **have** | past | birds *= bird* | no position | | | yet | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent position=Patient | | 7 | **is** | past | birds *= bird* | | | the eyes of God | | all, equal *property* | tree rules | 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 25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/9/25/) - next →: [sentence 27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/9/27/) - ↑ back to [The Bell](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/9/)