--- title: The wild fig tree grows in the clefts of the wall, and covers the na… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: The wild fig tree grows in the clefts of the wall, and covers the nakedness thereof with its broad grey-green leaves; trampling among heaps of rubbish, the ass treads upon green laurels, and rejoices over the rank thistles. Who acts: wild fig tree, trampling. 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C. Andersen, Nineteenth Evening. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (wild fig tree, trampling), 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:pg27200:110:3 # text = The wild fig tree grows in the clefts of the wall, and covers the nakedness thereof with its broad grey-green leaves; trampling among heaps of rubbish, the ass treads upon green laurels, and rejoices over the rank thistles. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 2 wild wild ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 3 fig fig NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 compound _ _ 4 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 grows grow VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 in in ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 clefts cleft NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obl _ _ 9 of of ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 wall wall NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 14 covers cover VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 nakedness nakedness NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obj _ _ 17 thereof thereof ADV RB _ 14 advmod _ _ 18 with with ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 19 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 24 nmod:poss _ _ 20 broad broad ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 amod _ _ 21 grey grey NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 22 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 21 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 23 green green ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 amod _ _ 24 leaves leaf NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 25 ; ; PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 26 trampling trampling NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 nsubj _ _ 27 among among ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 28 heaps heap NOUN NNS Number=Plur 26 nmod _ _ 29 of of ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 30 rubbish rubbish NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 ass ass NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 nsubj _ _ 34 treads tread VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 35 upon upon ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 green green ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 amod _ _ 37 laurels laurel NOUN NNS Number=Plur 34 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 39 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 40 rejoices rejoice VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 41 over over ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 43 rank rank NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 compound _ _ 44 thistles thistle NOUN NNS Number=Plur 40 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **grow** | present | the wild fig tree | | | the clefts of the wall | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in cleft=Location | | 2 | **cover** | present | the wild fig tree *not said here* | the nakedness | | | | with tree's broad green leaves; thereof *property* | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent nakedness=Destination with leaf=Theme | | 3 | **tread** | present | trampling among heaps of rubbish | | | green laurels | | | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme upon laurel=Trajectory | | 4 | **rejoice** | present | the wild fig tree *not said here* | | | the rank thistles | | | vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | 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:** «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. Andersen, Project Gutenberg book 27200 (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 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/110/2/) - next →: [sentence 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/110/4/) - ↑ back to [Nineteenth Evening](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/110/)