--- title: The stunted rose-bush shot forth twigs, unfolded its leaves, and bor… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: The stunted rose-bush shot forth twigs, unfolded its leaves, and bore the most beautiful roses; every one could see it, and even the black, slimy wood-snail noticed its beauty. " Who acts: stunted bush shot, one, black slimy wood snail. A sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. 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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 (stunted bush shot, one, black slimy wood snail), 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:pg27200:143:127 # text = The stunted rose-bush shot forth twigs, unfolded its leaves, and bore the most beautiful roses; every one could see it, and even the black, slimy wood-snail noticed its beauty. " 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 2 stunted stunt VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 6 amod _ _ 3 rose rose NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 4 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 bush bush NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 compound _ _ 6 shot shot NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nsubj _ _ 7 forth forth ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 8 twigs twig NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 10 unfolded unfold VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 6 acl:relcl _ _ 11 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 12 nmod:poss _ _ 12 leaves leaf NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 15 bore bear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 17 most most ADV RBS Degree=Sup 18 advmod _ _ 18 beautiful beautiful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 amod _ _ 19 roses rose NOUN NNS Number=Plur 15 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 20 ; ; PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 21 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 22 det _ _ 22 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 nsubj _ _ 23 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 24 aux _ _ 24 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 conj _ _ 25 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 28 even even ADV RB _ 35 advmod _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 30 black black ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 32 slimy slimy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 amod _ _ 33 wood wood NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 34 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 33 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 35 snail snail NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 nsubj _ _ 36 noticed notice VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 conj _ _ 37 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 38 nmod:poss _ _ 38 beauty beauty NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 39 . . PUNCT . _ 15 punct _ _ 40 " " PUNCT '' _ 15 punct _ SpaceAfter=No ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stunt** | participle | | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **unfold** | participle | the stunted bush shot twigs *not said here* | shot's leaves | | | | | vn bend-45.2 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent leaf=Patient | | 3 | **bear** | past | the stunted bush shot twigs | the beautiful roses | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rose=Patient | | 4 | **see** | could | every one | shot | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus | | 5 | **notice** | past | the black slimy wood snail | snail's beauty | | | | | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer beauty=Stimulus | 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 126](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/143/126/) - next →: [sentence 128](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/143/128/) - ↑ back to [The Philosopher's Stone](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/143/)