--- title: Gerda kissed his cheeks, and they grew quite blooming; she kissed hi… — Andersen's Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Gerda kissed his cheeks, and they grew quite blooming; she kissed his eyes, and they shone like her own; she kissed his hands and feet, and he was again well and merry. Who acts: Gerda, cheeks, Hereupon. A sentence of «Andersen's Fairy Tales» by H. C. 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The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Gerda, cheeks, Hereupon), 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:pg1597:15:46 # text = Gerda kissed his cheeks, and they grew quite blooming; she kissed his eyes, and they shone like her own; she kissed his hands and feet, and he was again well and merry. 1 Gerda Gerda PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 kissed kiss VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ _ 4 cheeks cheek NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 7 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 8 grew grow VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 9 quite quite ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 10 blooming bloom VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 8 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ; ; PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 12 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 13 kissed kiss VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 14 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 15 nmod:poss _ _ 15 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 18 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 19 shone shine VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 conj _ _ 20 like like ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 22 nmod:poss _ _ 22 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 23 ; ; PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 24 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 25 kissed kiss VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 26 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 27 nmod:poss _ _ 27 hands hand NOUN NNS Number=Plur 25 obj _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 29 feet foot NOUN NNS Number=Plur 27 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 32 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 33 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 35 cop _ _ 34 again again ADV RB _ 35 advmod _ _ 35 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 2 advmod _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 37 merry merry ADV RB _ 35 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 38 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **kiss** | past | Gerda | Hereupon's cheeks | | | | | vn marry-36.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cheek=Co-Agent | | 2 | **grow** | past | cheeks *= cheek* | | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **bloom** | gerund | cheeks *= cheek* *not said here* | | | | | | vn entity\_specific\_modes\_being-47.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **kiss** | past | Gerda | Hereupon's eyes | | | | | vn marry-36.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent eye=Co-Agent | | 5 | **shine** | past | cheeks *= cheek* | | | | | like Gerda's own | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **kiss** | past | Gerda | Hereupon's hands and feet | | | | | vn marry-36.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hand=Co-Agent | | 7 | **is** | past | Hereupon | | | | again | well *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. 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