--- title: The tendrils of the peas hung down over the boxes; and the rose-tree… — Andersen's Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: The tendrils of the peas hung down over the boxes; and the rose-trees shot up long branches, twined round the windows, and then bent towards each other: it was almost like a triumphant arch of foliage and flowers. Who acts: tendrils, rose trees, window. A sentence of «Andersen's Fairy Tales» by H. C --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/11/30/) [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/) / [Andersen's Fairy Tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/) / [The Snow Queen, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/11/) / 30 # Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Snow Queen, part 1, sentence 30 The tendrils of the peas hung down over the boxes; and the rose-trees shot up long branches, twined round the windows, and then bent towards each other: it was almost like a triumphant arch of foliage and flowers. **Who acts:** tendrils, rose trees, window · **What happens:** hang down, shoot up, twine, bend, be · **To what, where:** boxes, long branches, windows, each This is a sentence of «Andersen's Fairy Tales» by H. C. Andersen, The Snow Queen, part 1. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (tendrils, rose trees, window), 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:pg1597:11:30 # text = The tendrils of the peas hung down over the boxes; and the rose-trees shot up long branches, twined round the windows, and then bent towards each other: it was almost like a triumphant arch of foliage and flowers. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 tendrils tendril NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nsubj _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 peas pea NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nmod _ _ 6 hung hang VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 down down ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 8 over over ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 boxes box NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ; ; PUNCT : _ 17 punct _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 14 rose rose NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 15 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 14 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 16 trees tree NOUN NNS Number=Plur 17 nsubj _ _ 17 shot shoot VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 parataxis _ _ 18 up up ADP RP _ 17 compound:prt _ _ 19 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 amod _ _ 20 branches branch NOUN NNS Number=Plur 17 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 22 twined twine VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 20 acl _ _ 23 round round ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 windows window NOUN NNS Number=Plur 22 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 28 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 29 advmod _ _ 29 bent bend VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 conj _ _ 30 towards towards ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 31 each each DET DT ExtPos=PRON|PronType=Rcp 29 obl _ _ 32 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 fixed _ SpaceAfter=No 33 : : PUNCT : _ 40 punct _ _ 34 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 35 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 40 cop _ _ 36 almost almost ADV RB _ 40 advmod _ _ 37 like like ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 38 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 39 triumphant triumphant ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 40 amod _ _ 40 arch arch NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 41 of of ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 42 foliage foliage NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 nmod _ _ 43 and and CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 44 flowers flower NOUN NNS Number=Plur 42 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hang down** | past | the tendrils of the peas | | | the boxes | | down *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent over box=Location | | 2 | **shoot up** | past | the rose trees | long branches | | | | | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent branch=Patient | | 3 | **twine** | participle | | long branches *not said here* | | the windows | | | vn coil-9.6 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme round window=Destination | | 4 | **bend** | past | the rose trees *not said here* | | | each | then | | vn meander-47.7-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme towards each=Location | | 5 | **is** | past | window | | | | | like a triumphant arch; of foliage and flowers; almost *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:** «Andersen's Fairy Tales» by H. C. Andersen, Project Gutenberg book 1597 (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 29](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/11/29/) - next →: [sentence 31](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/11/31/) - ↑ back to [The Snow Queen, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/11/)