--- title: She then sat down and wept; but her hot tears fell just where a rose… — Andersen's Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: She then sat down and wept; but her hot tears fell just where a rose-bush had sunk; and when her warm tears watered the ground, the tree shot up suddenly as fresh and blooming as when it had been swallowed up. Who acts: Gerda, hot tears, warm tears, tree. 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Andersen, The Snow Queen, part 2. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Gerda, hot tears, warm tears, tree), 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:pg1597:12:59 # text = She then sat down and wept; but her hot tears fell just where a rose-bush had sunk; and when her warm tears watered the ground, the tree shot up suddenly as fresh and blooming as when it had been swallowed up. 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 3 advmod _ _ 3 sat sit VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 down down ADP RP _ 3 compound:prt _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 6 wept weep VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 ; ; PUNCT : _ 12 punct _ _ 8 but but CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 9 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 11 nmod:poss _ _ 10 hot hot ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 tears tear NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 nsubj _ _ 12 fell fall VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 13 just just ADV RB _ 20 advmod _ _ 14 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 20 advmod _ _ 15 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 16 rose rose NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 17 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 16 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 18 bush bush NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 nsubj:pass _ _ 19 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 aux _ _ 20 sunk sink VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 12 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 21 ; ; PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 23 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 27 advmod _ _ 24 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 26 nmod:poss _ _ 25 warm warm ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 amod _ _ 26 tears tear NOUN NNS Number=Plur 27 nsubj _ _ 27 watered water VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 ground ground NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 nsubj _ _ 33 shot shoot VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 34 up up ADP RP _ 33 compound:prt _ _ 35 suddenly suddenly ADV RB _ 33 advmod _ _ 36 as as ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 37 fresh fresh ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 33 obl _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 39 blooming bloom VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 33 conj _ _ 40 as as ADV RB _ 39 advmod _ _ 41 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 45 advmod _ _ 42 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 45 nsubj:pass _ _ 43 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 45 aux _ _ 44 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 45 aux:pass _ _ 45 swallowed swallow VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 39 advcl _ _ 46 up up ADP RP _ 45 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sit down** | past | Gerda | | | | then | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **weep** | past | Gerda *not said here* | | | | | | vn breathe-40.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **fall** | past | Gerda's hot tears | | | | | | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **sink** | past · perfect · passive | | a rose bush | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: subject=Patient | | 5 | **water** | past | Gerda's warm tears | the ground | | | | | vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent ground=Destination | | 6 | **shoot up** | past | the tree | | | | | as fresh; suddenly *property* | vn eat-39.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **bloom** | gerund | the tree *not said here* | | | | | | vn entity\_specific\_modes\_being-47.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **swallow up** | past · perfect · passive | | ground | | | | | vn gobble-39.3 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | 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 58](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/12/58/) - next →: [sentence 60](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/12/60/) - ↑ back to [The Snow Queen, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/12/)