--- title: He was just married, and had come, with his young wife, to reside in… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: He was just married, and had come, with his young wife, to reside in the new house with the garden in front of it, and now he stood there by her side while she planted a field flower that she thought very pretty. Who acts: boy, garden. A sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. 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The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (boy, garden), 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:pg27200:131:125 # text = He was just married, and had come, with his young wife, to reside in the new house with the garden in front of it, and now he stood there by her side while she planted a field flower that she thought very pretty. 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux:pass _ _ 3 just just ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 married marry VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 7 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 8 come come VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 4 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 10 with with ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 11 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 13 nmod:poss _ _ 12 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 13 wife wife NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 15 to to PART TO _ 16 mark _ _ 16 reside reside VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 conj _ _ 17 in in ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 19 new new ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 amod _ _ 20 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl _ _ 21 with with ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 garden garden NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 nmod _ _ 24 in in ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 25 front front NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl _ _ 26 of of ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 27 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 30 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 32 advmod _ _ 31 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 32 stood stand VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 33 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 32 advmod _ _ 34 by by ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 36 nmod:poss _ _ 36 side side NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl _ _ 37 while while SCONJ IN _ 39 mark _ _ 38 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 39 planted plant VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 advcl _ _ 40 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 41 field field NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 compound _ _ 42 flower flower NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obj _ _ 43 that that SCONJ IN _ 45 mark _ _ 44 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 45 nsubj _ _ 45 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 39 advcl _ _ 46 very very ADV RB _ 47 advmod _ _ 47 pretty pretty ADV RB _ 45 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **marry** | past · passive | | boy | | | | | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | | 2 | **come** | past · perfect | | | | | | with boy's young wife | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **reside** | to-infinitive | | | | the new house with the garden | | in front of front | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in house=Location | | 4 | **stand** | past | boy | | | there | now | by garden's side | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent by side=Location | | 5 | **plant** | past | garden | a field flower | | | | | vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent flower=Patient | | 6 | **think** *speech: other* | past | garden | | | | | pretty *property* | vn focus-87.1-1 «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. 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