--- title: She then took the prince by the hand, and led him into her palace, t… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: She then took the prince by the hand, and led him into her palace, the walls of which were richly colored, like a tulip-leaf when it is turned to the sun. The roof had the appearance of an inverted flower, and the colors grew deeper and brighter to the gazer. 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The roof had the appearance of an inverted flower, and the colors grew deeper and brighter to the gazer. **Who acts:** countenance, tulip leaf, colors · **What happens:** take, lead, color, turn, have, invert · **To what, where:** prince, palace, wall, appearance This is a sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. Andersen, The Garden of Paradise. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (countenance, tulip leaf, colors), 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:pg27200:140:177 # text = She then took the prince by the hand, and led him into her palace, the walls of which were richly colored, like a tulip-leaf when it is turned to the sun. The roof had the appearance of an inverted flower, and the colors grew deeper and brighter to the gazer. 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 3 advmod _ _ 3 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 prince prince NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 by by ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 11 led lead VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 12 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 obj _ _ 13 into into ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 15 nmod:poss _ _ 15 palace palace NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 walls wall NOUN NNS Number=Plur 15 conj _ _ 19 of of ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 20 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 23 obl _ _ 21 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 aux:pass _ _ 22 richly richly ADV RB _ 23 advmod _ _ 23 colored color VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 18 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 25 like like ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 26 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 27 tulip tulip NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 28 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 27 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 29 leaf leaf NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 nsubj _ _ 30 when when SCONJ WRB _ 33 mark _ _ 31 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 32 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 33 aux:pass _ _ 33 turned turn VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 29 advcl _ _ 34 to to ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 sun. Sunday PROPN NNP Number=Sing 33 obl _ _ 37 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 roof roof NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obl _ _ 39 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 parataxis _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 appearance appearance NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obj _ _ 42 of of ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 43 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 44 inverted invert VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 45 amod _ _ 45 flower flower NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 46 , , PUNCT , _ 50 punct _ _ 47 and and CCONJ CC _ 50 cc _ _ 48 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 49 colors color NOUN NNS Number=Plur 50 nsubj _ _ 50 grew grow VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 51 deeper deep ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 50 xcomp _ _ 52 and and CCONJ CC _ 53 cc _ _ 53 brighter bright ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 51 conj _ _ 54 to to ADP IN _ 56 case _ _ 55 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 56 det _ _ 56 gazer gazer NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 57 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **take** | past | countenance | | the prince | | then | by the hand | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument prince=Destination | | 2 | **lead** | past | countenance *not said here* | prince | | countenance's palace and the walls | | | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent he=Theme into palace=Destination | | 3 | **color** | past · passive | | | | | | of the walls; richly *property* | vn coloring-24 «NP V NP» | | 4 | **turn** | present · passive | | wall | | | sunday | the roof *obl* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: subject=Theme | | 5 | **have** | past | a tulip leaf | the appearance of a inverted flower | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent appearance=Patient | | 6 | **invert** | participle | | | | | | | vn remedy-45.7 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **grow** | past | the colors | | | | | to the gazer; deep *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «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 176](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/140/176/) - next →: [sentence 178](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/140/178/) - ↑ back to [The Garden of Paradise](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/140/)