--- title: A torn flag upon the ground, the tricolor was waving above the bayon… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: A torn flag upon the ground, the tricolor was waving above the bayonets, and on the throne lay the poor lad with the pale glorified countenance, his eyes turned towards the sky, his limbs writhing in the death agony, his breast bare, and his poor tattered clothing half hidden by the rich velvet embr --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/96/27/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/) / [Fifth Evening](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/96/) / 27 # Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen, Fifth Evening, sentence 27 A torn flag upon the ground, the tricolor was waving above the bayonets, and on the throne lay the poor lad with the pale glorified countenance, his eyes turned towards the sky, his limbs writhing in the death agony, his breast bare, and his poor tattered clothing half hidden by the rich velvet embroidered with silver lilies. **Who acts:** torn flag, eyes, limbs, poor · **What happens:** tear, wave, lie, glorify, turn, writhe · **To what, where:** bayonets, poor lad, throne, sky, death agony, half This is a sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. Andersen, Fifth Evening. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (torn flag, eyes, limbs, poor), 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:pg27200:96:27 # text = A torn flag upon the ground, the tricolor was waving above the bayonets, and on the throne lay the poor lad with the pale glorified countenance, his eyes turned towards the sky, his limbs writhing in the death agony, his breast bare, and his poor tattered clothing half hidden by the rich velvet embroidered with silver lilies. 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 torn tear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 amod _ _ 3 flag flag NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ _ 4 upon upon ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 ground ground NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 tricolor tricolor NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ _ 10 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ _ 11 waving wave VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 12 above above ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 bayonets bayonet NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 17 on on ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 throne throne NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl _ _ 20 lay lie VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 parataxis _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 22 poor poor ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 amod _ _ 23 lad lad NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obj _ _ 24 with with ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 26 pale pale ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 amod _ _ 27 glorified glorify VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 28 amod _ _ 28 countenance countenance NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 30 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 31 nmod:poss _ _ 31 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 32 nsubj _ _ 32 turned turn VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 conj _ _ 33 towards towards ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 sky sky NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 37 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 38 nmod:poss _ _ 38 limbs limb NOUN NNS Number=Plur 28 conj _ _ 39 writhing writhe VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 38 acl _ _ 40 in in ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 42 death death NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 compound _ _ 43 agony agony NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 44 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 45 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 46 nmod:poss _ _ 46 breast breast NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 conj _ _ 47 bare bare ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 46 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 48 , , PUNCT , _ 52 punct _ _ 49 and and CCONJ CC _ 52 cc _ _ 50 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 51 nmod:poss _ _ 51 poor poor ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 52 nsubj _ _ 52 tattered tatter VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 conj _ _ 53 clothing clothe VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 52 xcomp _ _ 54 half half NOUN NN Number=Sing|NumForm=Word|NumType=Frac 53 obj _ _ 55 hidden hide VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 54 acl _ _ 56 by by ADP IN _ 59 case _ _ 57 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 59 det _ _ 58 rich rich ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 59 amod _ _ 59 velvet velvet NOUN NN Number=Sing 55 obl _ _ 60 embroidered embroider VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 59 acl _ _ 61 with with ADP IN _ 63 case _ _ 62 silver silver NOUN NN Number=Sing 63 compound _ _ 63 lilies lily NOUN NNS Number=Plur 60 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 64 . . PUNCT . _ 11 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tear** | participle | | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **wave** | past · progressive | a torn flag upon the ground | | | the bayonets | | | vn modes\_of\_being\_with\_motion-47.3 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme above bayonet=Location | | 3 | **lie** | past | | the poor lad | | the throne | | with the pale glorified countenance and tricolor's limbs and tricolor's breast | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location lad=Theme | | 4 | **glorify** | participle | | | | | | | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **turn** | past | tricolor's eyes | | | the sky | | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme towards sky=Trajectory | | 6 | **writhe** | gerund | tricolor's limbs *not said here* | | | the death agony | | | vn modes\_of\_being\_with\_motion-47.3 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in agony=Location | | 7 | **tatter** | past | tricolor's poor | | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **clothe** | gerund | tricolor's poor *not said here* | half | | | | | vn dress-41.1.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent half=Patient | | 9 | **hide** | participle | | half *not said here* | | | | by the rich velvet | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent by velvet=Location | | 10 | **embroider** | participle | | the rich velvet *not said here* | | | | with silver lilies | vn image\_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.destination PP.theme»: agent=Agent with lily=Theme | 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/pg27200/96/26/) - next →: [sentence 28](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/96/28/) - ↑ back to [Fifth Evening](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/96/)