--- title: The sea, the great majestic sea, which was rolling its long waves ag… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: The sea, the great majestic sea, which was rolling its long waves against the shore, stretched out before him, and the sun was standing like a large bright altar and there where sea and heaven met--all melted together in the most glowing colours; the wood was singing, and his heart too. 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C. 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 (great majestic sea, sun, sea, wood), 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:pg27200:9:66 # text = The sea, the great majestic sea, which was rolling its long waves against the shore, stretched out before him, and the sun was standing like a large bright altar and there where sea and heaven met--all melted together in the most glowing colours; the wood was singing, and his heart too. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 sea sea NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 nsubj:pass _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 5 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 6 majestic majestic ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 sea sea NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 9 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 11 nsubj _ _ 10 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ _ 11 rolling roll VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 7 acl _ _ 12 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 14 nmod:poss _ _ 13 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 amod _ _ 14 waves wave NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 obj _ _ 15 against against ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 shore shore NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 19 stretched stretch VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 20 out out ADP RP _ 19 compound:prt _ _ 21 before before ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 22 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 sun sun NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 nsubj _ _ 27 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 aux _ _ 28 standing stand VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 19 conj _ _ 29 like like ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 30 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 31 large large ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 33 amod _ _ 32 bright bright ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 33 amod _ _ 33 altar altar NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 35 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 40 expl _ _ 36 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 40 advmod _ _ 37 sea sea NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 nsubj _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 39 heaven heaven NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 conj _ _ 40 met meet VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 41 -- -- PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 42 all all ADV RB _ 43 advmod _ _ 43 melted melt VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 19 conj _ _ 44 together together ADV RB _ 43 advmod _ _ 45 in in ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 46 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 47 most most ADV RBS Degree=Sup 48 advmod _ _ 48 glowing glow VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 49 amod _ _ 49 colours colour NOUN NNS Number=Plur 43 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 50 ; ; PUNCT : _ 54 punct _ _ 51 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 52 det _ _ 52 wood wood NOUN NN Number=Sing 54 nsubj _ _ 53 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 54 aux _ _ 54 singing sing VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 19 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 55 , , PUNCT , _ 58 punct _ _ 56 and and CCONJ CC _ 58 cc _ _ 57 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 58 nmod:poss _ _ 58 heart heart NOUN NN Number=Sing 54 obj _ _ 59 too too ADV RB _ 58 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 60 . . PUNCT . _ 19 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **roll** | past · progressive | the great majestic sea | sea's long waves | | the shore | | | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent wave=Theme against shore=Trajectory | | 2 | **stretch out** | participle · passive | | the sea | | | before sun | | vn bend-45.2 «NP V NP.patient»: subject=Patient | | 3 | **stand** | past · progressive | the sun | | | | | like a large bright altar | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **meet** | past | sea and heaven | | | there | | | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **melt** | participle | | | | the glowing colours | | all, together *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 6 | **glow** | gerund | | | | | | | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **sing** *speech: express* | past · progressive | the wood | sun's heart | | | | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location heart=Theme | | 8 | **wave** | | sea | | | | | | nom wave «event transitive»: poss=agent | 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 65](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/9/65/) - next →: [sentence 67](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/9/67/) - ↑ back to [The Bell](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/9/)