--- title: Then they played in a side avenue, and marked out a little garden on… — Andersen's Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Then they played in a side avenue, and marked out a little garden on the earth; and they took Elder-blossoms from their hair, planted them, and they grew just like those the old people planted when they were children, as related before. Who acts: sparks, old people. 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C. Andersen, The Elderbush. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (sparks, old people), 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:pg1597:17:108 # text = Then they played in a side avenue, and marked out a little garden on the earth; and they took Elder-blossoms from their hair, planted them, and they grew just like those the old people planted when they were children, as related before. 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 3 advmod _ _ 2 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 played play VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 in in ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 side side NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 compound _ _ 7 avenue avenue NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 10 marked mark VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 conj _ _ 11 out out ADP RP _ 10 compound:prt _ _ 12 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 13 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 amod _ _ 14 garden garden NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ _ 15 on on ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 earth earth NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 18 ; ; PUNCT : _ 21 punct _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 20 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 21 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 22 Elder Elder PROPN NNP Number=Sing 21 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 23 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 22 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 24 blossoms blossom NOUN NNS Number=Plur 21 obj _ _ 25 from from ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 27 nmod:poss _ _ 27 hair hair NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 29 planted plant VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 conj _ _ 30 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 33 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 34 grew grow VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 conj _ _ 35 just just ADV RB _ 37 advmod _ _ 36 like like ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 37 those that PRON DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 34 obl _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 39 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 40 amod _ _ 40 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 41 nsubj _ _ 41 planted plant VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 37 acl:relcl _ _ 42 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 45 advmod _ _ 43 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 45 nsubj _ _ 44 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 45 cop _ _ 45 children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 41 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 46 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 47 as as ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 48 related related ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 conj _ _ 49 before before SCONJ IN _ 48 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 50 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **play** | past | sparks *= spark* | | | a side avenue | then | | vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **mark out** | participle | sparks *= spark* *not said here* | a little garden | | the earth | | | vn image\_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.theme PP.destination»: agent=Agent garden=Theme on earth=Destination | | 3 | **take** | past | sparks *= spark* | Elder | | sparks's hair | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument elder=Theme blossom=Destination | | 4 | **plant** | past | sparks *= spark* *not said here* | sparks *= spark* | | | | | vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Patient | | 5 | **grow** | past | sparks *= spark* | | | | | like those | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **plant** | past | the old people | | | | | | vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **is a** | past | sparks *= spark* | children | | | | | 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 107](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/17/107/) - next →: [sentence 109](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/17/109/) - ↑ back to [The Elderbush](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/17/)