--- title: She remembered that for some time the child had spoken more cheerful… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: She remembered that for some time the child had spoken more cheerfully, and during the last few days had raised herself in bed in the morning to look with sparkling eyes at her little garden which contained only a single pea-plant. Who acts: flower, little garden. 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C. Andersen, The Pea Blossom. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (flower, little 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:pg27200:141:42 # text = She remembered that for some time the child had spoken more cheerfully, and during the last few days had raised herself in bed in the morning to look with sparkling eyes at her little garden which contained only a single pea-plant. 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 remembered remember VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 that that SCONJ IN _ 10 mark _ _ 4 for for ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 6 det _ _ 6 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 child child NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj:pass _ _ 9 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 aux _ _ 10 spoken speak VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 ccomp _ _ 11 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 12 advmod _ _ 12 cheerfully cheerfully ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 15 during during ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 17 last last ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 amod _ _ 18 few few ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 amod _ _ 19 days day NOUN NNS Number=Plur 21 obl _ _ 20 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 aux _ _ 21 raised raise VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 2 parataxis _ _ 22 herself herself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 21 obj _ _ 23 in in ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 24 bed bed NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ _ 25 in in ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 morning morning NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ _ 28 to to PART TO _ 29 mark _ _ 29 look look VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 21 advcl _ _ 30 with with ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 sparkling sparkling ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 32 amod _ _ 32 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 29 obl _ _ 33 at at ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 34 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 36 nmod:poss _ _ 35 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 amod _ _ 36 garden garden NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obl _ _ 37 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 38 nsubj _ _ 38 contained contain VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 acl:relcl _ _ 39 only only ADV RB _ 44 advmod _ _ 40 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 41 single single ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 44 amod _ _ 42 pea pea NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 43 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 42 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 44 plant plant NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **remember** | past | flower | | | | | | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 2 | **speak** *speech: other* | past · perfect · passive | | the child | | | time | cheerfully *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **raise** | past · perfect | | flower | | bed | day; morning | | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent herself=Theme in bed=Destination | | 4 | **look** | to-infinitive | | | | | | with sparkling eyes; at flower's little garden | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at garden=Theme | | 5 | **contain** | past | flower's little garden | a single pea plant | | | | | vn comprise-107.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot plant=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 41](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/141/41/) - next →: [sentence 43](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/141/43/) - ↑ back to [The Pea Blossom](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/141/)