--- title: “I flew about beneath the green palms and the blossoming almond-tree… — Andersen's Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: “I flew about beneath the green palms and the blossoming almond-trees,” sang the Canary; “I flew around, with my brothers and sisters, over the beautiful flowers, and over the glassy lakes, where the bright water-plants nodded to me from below. Who acts: Canary, Parrot, bright water plants. 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C. Andersen, The Shoes of Fortune, part 5. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Canary, Parrot, bright water plants), 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:pg1597:9:6 # text = “I flew about beneath the green palms and the blossoming almond-trees,” sang the Canary; “I flew around, with my brothers and sisters, over the beautiful flowers, and over the glassy lakes, where the bright water-plants nodded to me from below. 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 flew fly VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 about about ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 5 beneath beneath ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 green green ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 palms palm NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 11 blossoming blossom VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 14 amod _ _ 12 almond almond NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 13 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 trees tree NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 16 ” " PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ 17 sang sing VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 Canary Canary PROPN NNP Number=Sing 17 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 20 ; ; PUNCT : _ 23 punct _ _ 21 “ " PUNCT `` _ 23 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 22 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 23 flew fly VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 24 around around ADV RB _ 23 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 26 with with ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 28 nmod:poss _ _ 28 brothers brother NOUN NNS Number=Plur 23 obl _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 30 sisters sister NOUN NNS Number=Plur 28 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 32 over over ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 34 beautiful beautiful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 amod _ _ 35 flowers flower NOUN NNS Number=Plur 23 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 38 over over ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 40 glassy glassy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 41 amod _ _ 41 lakes lake NOUN NNS Number=Plur 23 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 43 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 49 advmod _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 45 bright bright ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 48 amod _ _ 46 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 47 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 46 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 48 plants plant NOUN NNS Number=Plur 49 nsubj _ _ 49 nodded nod VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 41 conj _ _ 50 to to ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 51 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 49 obl _ _ 52 from from ADP IN _ 53 case _ _ 53 below below ADV RB _ 49 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 54 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fly** *in a quote* | past | the Canary *= canary* | | | the green palms and the blossoming almond trees | | about *property* | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V NP.theme PP»: agent=Agent beneath palm=Location | | 2 | **blossom** *in a quote* | gerund | | | | | | | vn entity\_specific\_cos-45.5 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 3 | **sing** *speech: express* | past | the Canary | | | | | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP.location V PP.theme»: agent=Location | | 4 | **fly around** *in a quote* | past | Parrot | | | the beautiful flowers | | with my brothers and sisters; over the glassy lakes; around *property* | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V NP.theme PP»: agent=Agent over flower=Location | | 5 | **nod** *in a quote* | past | the bright water plants | | Parrot | | | | vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to i=Recipient | 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 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/9/5/) - next →: [sentence 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/9/7/) - ↑ back to [The Shoes of Fortune, part 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/9/)