--- title: But God's warm sun streamed through the open window; lovely roses no… — Andersen's Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: But God's warm sun streamed through the open window; lovely roses nodded from the wooden flower-boxes on the roof, and two sky-blue birds sang rejoicingly, while the sick mother implored God's richest blessings on her pious daughter. Who acts: warm sun, two blue birds, sick mother, God. 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C. Andersen, The Shoes of Fortune, part 3. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (warm sun, two blue birds, sick mother, God), 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:pg1597:7:73 # text = But God's warm sun streamed through the open window; lovely roses nodded from the wooden flower-boxes on the roof, and two sky-blue birds sang rejoicingly, while the sick mother implored God's richest blessings on her pious daughter. 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 2 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 3 's 's PART POS _ 2 case _ _ 4 warm warm ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 sun sun NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 6 streamed stream VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 7 through through ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 9 open open ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 window window NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ; ; PUNCT : _ 13 punct _ _ 12 lovely lovely ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 13 roses rose NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 parataxis _ _ 14 nodded nod VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 13 acl _ _ 15 from from ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 17 wooden wooden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 amod _ _ 18 flower flower NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 19 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 18 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 20 boxes box NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 obl _ _ 21 on on ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 roof roof NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 26 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 30 nummod _ _ 27 sky sky NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 28 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 27 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 29 blue blue ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 amod _ _ 30 birds bird NOUN NNS Number=Plur 31 nsubj _ _ 31 sang sing VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 parataxis _ _ 32 rejoicingly rejoicingly ADV RB _ 31 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 34 while while SCONJ IN _ 38 mark _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 36 sick sick ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 amod _ _ 37 mother mother NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 nsubj _ _ 38 implored implore VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 conj _ _ 39 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 42 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 40 's 's PART POS _ 39 case _ _ 41 richest rich ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 42 amod _ _ 42 blessings blessing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 38 obj _ _ 43 on on ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 44 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 46 nmod:poss _ _ 45 pious pious ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 46 amod _ _ 46 daughter daughter NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stream** | participle | God's warm sun | | | the open window | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme through window=Location | | 2 | **nod** | participle | | lovely roses *not said here* | | the wooden flower boxes on the roof | | | vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **sing** *speech: express* | past | two blue birds | | | | | rejoicingly *property* | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP.location V PP.theme»: agent=Location | | 4 | **implore** | past | the sick mother | God's richest blessings | | | | on mother's pious daughter | vn urge-58.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent blessing=Recipient | | 5 | **bless** | | God | | | | | | nom blessing «act transitive»: poss=agent | 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 72](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/7/72/) - next →: [sentence 74](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/7/74/) - ↑ back to [The Shoes of Fortune, part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/7/)