--- title: The fragrant leaves of the tree fell upon him and cooled his burning… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: The fragrant leaves of the tree fell upon him and cooled his burning brow; upon his parched lips they seemed like refreshing bread and wine; and as they rested on his breast, a peaceful calm stole over him, and he felt inclined to sleep. " Who acts: fragrant leaves, leaves, peaceful calm, calm. 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" **Who acts:** fragrant leaves, leaves, peaceful calm, calm · **What happens:** fall, cool, burn, parch, seem, refresh · **To what, where:** burning brow, bread, breast This is a sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. Andersen, The Old Bachelor's Nightcap. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (fragrant leaves, leaves, peaceful calm, calm), 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:pg27200:128:202 # text = The fragrant leaves of the tree fell upon him and cooled his burning brow; upon his parched lips they seemed like refreshing bread and wine; and as they rested on his breast, a peaceful calm stole over him, and he felt inclined to sleep. " 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 fragrant fragrant ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 leaves leaf NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 nsubj _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ 7 fell fall VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 upon upon ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 obl _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 11 cooled cool VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 12 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 14 nmod:poss _ _ 13 burning burn VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 14 amod _ _ 14 brow brow NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ; ; PUNCT : _ 21 punct _ _ 16 upon upon ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 17 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 19 nmod:poss _ _ 18 parched parch VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 19 amod _ _ 19 lips lip NOUN NNS Number=Plur 21 obl _ _ 20 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 21 seemed seem VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 22 like like SCONJ IN _ 23 mark _ _ 23 refreshing refresh VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 21 xcomp _ _ 24 bread bread NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obj _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 26 wine wine NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 27 ; ; PUNCT : _ 31 punct _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 29 as as SCONJ IN _ 31 mark _ _ 30 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 31 rested rest VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 parataxis _ _ 32 on on ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 34 nmod:poss _ _ 34 breast breast NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 36 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 37 peaceful peaceful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 38 amod _ _ 38 calm calm NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 nsubj _ _ 39 stole steal VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 conj _ _ 40 over over ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 41 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 43 and and CCONJ CC _ 45 cc _ _ 44 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 45 nsubj _ _ 45 felt feel VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 parataxis _ _ 46 inclined inclined ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 45 xcomp _ _ 47 to to PART TO _ 48 mark _ _ 48 sleep sleep VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 46 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 49 . . PUNCT . _ 45 punct _ _ 50 " " PUNCT '' _ 45 punct _ SpaceAfter=No ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fall** | past | the fragrant leaves of the tree | | | | | upon tree | vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme upon he=Location | | 2 | **cool** | past | the fragrant leaves of the tree *not said here* | tree's burning brow | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent brow=Patient | | 3 | **burn** | gerund | | | | | | | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **parch** | participle | | | | | | | vn cooking-45.3 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 5 | **seem** | past | leaves *= leaf* | | | | | upon tree's parched lips | vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Theme clause=Attribute | | 6 | **refresh** | gerund | leaves *= leaf* *not said here* | bread and wine | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus bread=Experiencer | | 7 | **rest** | past | leaves *= leaf* | | | tree's breast | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on breast=Location | | 8 | **steal** | past | a peaceful calm | | | | | over tree | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme over he=Location | | 9 | **feel** | past | calm | | | | | inclined *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus | | 10 | **sleep** | to-infinitive | calm *not said here* | | | | | | vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=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:** «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 201](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/128/201/) - next →: [sentence 203](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/128/203/) - ↑ back to [The Old Bachelor's Nightcap](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/128/)