--- title: Out of the tree poured sparks like flames of fire; these were the id… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: Out of the tree poured sparks like flames of fire; these were the ideas and thoughts, borrowed from others, which they had used, and which now got free and rushed away like so many fireworks. Who acts: these, fire. A sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. 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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 (these, fire), 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:pg27200:136:34 # text = Out of the tree poured sparks like flames of fire; these were the ideas and thoughts, borrowed from others, which they had used, and which now got free and rushed away like so many fireworks. 1 Out out ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 2 of of ADP IN _ 1 fixed _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 5 poured pour VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 sparks spark NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obj _ _ 7 like like ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 flames flame NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nmod _ _ 9 of of ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 fire fire NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ; ; PUNCT : _ 15 punct _ _ 12 these this PRON DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 15 nsubj _ _ 13 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 cop _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 ideas idea NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obl _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 17 thoughts thought NOUN NNS Number=Plur 15 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 19 borrowed borrow VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 15 acl _ _ 20 from from ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 21 others other NOUN NNS Number=Plur 19 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 23 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 26 nsubj:pass _ _ 24 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj:pass _ _ 25 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 aux _ _ 26 used use VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 21 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 29 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 31 nsubj _ _ 30 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 31 advmod _ _ 31 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 32 free free ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 xcomp _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 34 rushed rush VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 31 xcomp _ _ 35 away away ADV RB _ 34 advmod _ _ 36 like like ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 37 so so ADV RB _ 38 advmod _ _ 38 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 amod _ _ 39 fireworks firework NOUN NNS Number=Plur 34 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 40 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **pour** | past | | sparks | | the tree | | like flames of fire | vn pour-9.5 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location PP.destination»: agent=Agent spark=Theme out tree=Initial\_Location | | 2 | **is a** | past | these | the ideas and thoughts | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **borrow** | participle | | the ideas and thoughts *not said here* | | others | | | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent from other=Source | | 4 | **use** | past · perfect · passive | | others | | | | | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | | 5 | **get** | past | | | | | now | free *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 6 | **rush away** | participle | | | | | | like many fireworks; away *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **flame** | | fire | | | | | | nom flame «process intransitive»: of=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 33](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/136/33/) - next →: [sentence 35](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/136/35/) - ↑ back to [First Visit](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/136/)