--- title: Wherever he came it seemed as if sunshine travelled with him across… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: Wherever he came it seemed as if sunshine travelled with him across the fields, for every flower, every bush, exhaled a renewed fragrance, as if conscious that a friend and protector was near; one who understood them, and knew their value. Who acts: man, it, sunshine, friend. 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C. Andersen, The Philosopher's Stone. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (man, it, sunshine, friend), 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:pg27200:143:126 # text = Wherever he came it seemed as if sunshine travelled with him across the fields, for every flower, every bush, exhaled a renewed fragrance, as if conscious that a friend and protector was near; one who understood them, and knew their value. 1 Wherever wherever ADV WRB PronType=Int 3 advmod _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 advcl _ _ 4 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 seemed seem VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 as as SCONJ IN _ 9 mark _ _ 7 if if SCONJ IN _ 9 mark _ _ 8 sunshine sunshine NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 9 travelled travel VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 advcl _ _ 10 with with ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 obl _ _ 12 across across ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 fields field NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 16 for for ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 18 det _ _ 18 flower flower NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 20 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 21 det _ _ 21 bush bush NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 23 exhaled exhale VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 conj _ _ 24 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 25 renewed renew VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 26 amod _ _ 26 fragrance fragrance NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 28 as as SCONJ IN _ 30 mark _ _ 29 if if SCONJ IN _ 30 mark _ _ 30 conscious conscious ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 parataxis _ _ 31 that that SCONJ IN _ 37 mark _ _ 32 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 friend friend NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 nsubj _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 35 protector protector NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 conj _ _ 36 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 37 cop _ _ 37 near near ADV RB _ 30 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 38 ; ; PUNCT : _ 41 punct _ _ 39 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 41 nsubj _ _ 40 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 41 nsubj _ _ 41 understood understand VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 42 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 44 and and CCONJ CC _ 45 cc _ _ 45 knew know VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 41 conj _ _ 46 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 47 nmod:poss _ _ 47 value value NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** | past | man | | | | | wherever *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **seem** | past | it | | | | | | vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **travel** | past | sunshine | | | the fields | | with man; for every flower | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme across field=Trajectory | | 4 | **exhale** | past | sunshine *not said here* | a renewed fragrance | | | | | vn exhale-40.1.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fragrance=Theme | | 5 | **renew** | participle | | | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 6 | **is** | past | a friend and protector | | | | | near *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **understand** | past | one | friend | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer they=Stimulus | | 8 | **know** | past | one *not said here* | friend's value | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer value=Stimulus | | 9 | **value** | | friend | | | | | | nom value «cognition transitive»: poss=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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