--- title: The apple-tree, which the two children had planted, grew year after… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: The apple-tree, which the two children had planted, grew year after year, till it became so large that it had to be transplanted into the garden, where the dew fell and the sun shone warmly. Who acts: apple tree, chapel, dew, sun. A sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. 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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 (apple tree, chapel, dew, sun), 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:pg27200:128:93 # text = The apple-tree, which the two children had planted, grew year after year, till it became so large that it had to be transplanted into the garden, where the dew fell and the sun shone warmly. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 2 apple apple NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 3 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 6 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 11 obj _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 8 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 9 nummod _ _ 9 children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 nsubj:pass _ _ 10 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ _ 11 planted plant VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 13 grew grow VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 14 year year NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl:unmarked _ _ 15 after after ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 16 year year NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 18 till till SCONJ IN _ 20 mark _ _ 19 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 20 became become VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 conj _ _ 21 so so ADV RB _ 22 advmod _ _ 22 large large ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 xcomp _ _ 23 that that SCONJ IN _ 25 mark _ _ 24 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 25 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 advcl _ _ 26 to to PART TO _ 28 mark _ _ 27 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 28 aux:pass _ _ 28 transplanted transplant VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 25 xcomp _ _ 29 into into ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 garden garden NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 33 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 36 advmod _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 dew dew NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 nsubj _ _ 36 fell fall VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 parataxis _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 sun sun NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 nsubj _ _ 40 shone shine VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 conj _ _ 41 warmly warmly ADV RB _ 40 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 13 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **plant** | past · perfect · passive | | the two children | | | | | vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP ADVP»: subject=Theme which=Destination | | 2 | **grow** | past | the apple tree | | | | year | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **become** | past | chapel | | | | | large *property* | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient | | 4 | **have** | past | chapel | | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **transplant** | to-infinitive · passive | chapel *not said here* | | | the garden | | | vn remedy-45.7-1 «NP V ADV-Middle» | | 6 | **fall** | past | the dew | | | | | | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **shine** | past | the sun | | | | | warmly *property* | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | 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 92](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/128/92/) - next →: [sentence 94](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/128/94/) - ↑ back to [The Old Bachelor's Nightcap](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/128/)