--- title: Then the sun set, the clouds were as red as fire; it became quiet in… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: Then the sun set, the clouds were as red as fire; it became quiet in the wood; he sank down on his knees, sang an evening hymn and said: "I shall never find what I am looking for! Who acts: clouds, sun set, son. A sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. 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Andersen, The Bell. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (clouds, sun set, son), 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:pg27200:9:60 # text = Then the sun set, the clouds were as red as fire; it became quiet in the wood; he sank down on his knees, sang an evening hymn and said: "I shall never find what I am looking for! 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 15 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 sun sun NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 compound _ _ 4 set set NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 clouds cloud NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 nsubj _ _ 8 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 cop _ _ 9 as as ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 10 red red ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 conj _ _ 11 as as ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 fire fire NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ; ; PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 14 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 15 became become VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 16 quiet quiet ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 xcomp _ _ 17 in in ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 wood wood NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 20 ; ; PUNCT : _ 22 punct _ _ 21 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 22 sank sink VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 advcl _ _ 23 down down ADP RP _ 22 compound:prt _ _ 24 on on ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 26 nmod:poss _ _ 26 knees knee NOUN NNS Number=Plur 22 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 28 sang sing VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 conj _ _ 29 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 30 evening evening NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 compound _ _ 31 hymn hymn NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obj _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 33 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 34 : : PUNCT : _ 39 punct _ _ 35 " " PUNCT `` _ 39 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 36 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 37 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 39 aux _ _ 38 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 39 advmod _ _ 39 find find VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 33 ccomp _ _ 40 what what PRON WP PronType=Rel 43 obl _ _ 41 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 43 nsubj _ _ 42 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 43 aux _ _ 43 looking look VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 39 ccomp _ _ 44 for for ADP IN _ 43 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 45 ! ! PUNCT . _ 15 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | the clouds | | | | | as fire; red *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **become** | past | the sun set | | | | then | in the wood *result*; quiet *property* | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient in wood=Result | | 3 | **sink down** | past | son | | | son's knees | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 4 | **sing** *speech: express* | past | son *not said here* | a evening hymn | | | | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location hymn=Theme | | 5 | **say** *speech: express* | past | son *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 6 | **not** **find** *in a quote* | shall | son | | | | | | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 7 | **look** *in a quote* | present · progressive | son | | | | | | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | 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 59](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/9/59/) - next →: [sentence 61](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/9/61/) - ↑ back to [The Bell](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/9/)