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title: Palms, beech-trees, pines, plane-trees, and various other kinds, whi… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics
description: Palms, beech-trees, pines, plane-trees, and various other kinds, which are found in all parts of the world, were here like small branches, shooting forth from the great tree; while the larger boughs, with their knots and curves, formed valleys and hills, clothed with velvety green and covered with f
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# Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen, The Philosopher's Stone, sentence 3

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Palms, beech-trees, pines, plane-trees, and various other kinds, which are found in all parts of the world, were here like small branches, shooting forth from the great tree; while the larger boughs, with their knots and curves, formed valleys and hills, clothed with velvety green and covered with flowers.

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**Who acts:** Palms · **What happens:** find, be, shoot, form, clothe, cover · **To what, where:** various other kinds, parts, great tree

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This is a sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. 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 (Palms), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**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:pg27200:143:3
# text = Palms, beech-trees, pines, plane-trees, and various other kinds, which are found in all parts of the world, were here like small branches, shooting forth from the great tree; while the larger boughs, with their knots and curves, formed valleys and hills, clothed with velvety green and covered with flowers.
1	Palms	palm	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	29	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	beech	beech	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	trees	tree	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
7	pines	pine	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
9	plane	plane	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	trees	tree	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
14	various	various	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
15	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
16	kinds	kind	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	20	punct	_	_
18	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	20	nsubj:pass	_	_
19	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	20	aux:pass	_	_
20	found	find	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	16	acl	_	_
21	in	in	ADP	IN	_	23	case	_	_
22	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	23	det	_	_
23	parts	part	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	20	obl	_	_
24	of	of	ADP	IN	_	26	case	_	_
25	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	26	det	_	_
26	world	world	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	23	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
27	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
28	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	29	cop	_	_
29	here	here	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	0	root	_	_
30	like	like	ADP	IN	_	32	case	_	_
31	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	32	amod	_	_
32	branches	branch	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	29	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
33	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	34	punct	_	_
34	shooting	shoot	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	29	conj	_	_
35	forth	forth	ADV	RB	_	34	advmod	_	_
36	from	from	ADP	IN	_	39	case	_	_
37	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	39	det	_	_
38	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	39	amod	_	_
39	tree	tree	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	34	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
40	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	44	punct	_	_
41	while	while	SCONJ	IN	_	44	mark	_	_
42	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	44	det	_	_
43	larger	large	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	44	amod	_	_
44	boughs	bough	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	29	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
45	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	48	punct	_	_
46	with	with	ADP	IN	_	48	case	_	_
47	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	48	nmod:poss	_	_
48	knots	knot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	44	conj	_	_
49	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	50	cc	_	_
50	curves	curve	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	44	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
51	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	53	punct	_	_
52	formed	form	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	53	amod	_	_
53	valleys	valley	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	44	conj	_	_
54	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	55	cc	_	_
55	hills	hill	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	53	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
56	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	57	punct	_	_
57	clothed	clothe	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	44	conj	_	_
58	with	with	SCONJ	IN	_	60	mark	_	_
59	velvety	velvety	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	60	amod	_	_
60	green	green	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	57	xcomp	_	_
61	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	62	cc	_	_
62	covered	cover	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	60	conj	_	_
63	with	with	ADP	IN	_	64	case	_	_
64	flowers	flower	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	62	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
65	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	29	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **find** | present · passive |  | various other kinds |  | all parts of the world |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic |
| 2 | **is** | past | Palms and beech trees and pines and plane trees and various other kinds |  |  |  |  | like small branches; here *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **shoot** | gerund | Palms and beech trees and pines and plane trees and various other kinds *not said here* |  |  | the great tree |  | forth *property* | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent from tree=Initial\_Location |
| 4 | **form** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 5 | **clothe** | participle | Palms and beech trees and pines and plane trees and various other kinds *not said here* |  |  |  |  | green *property* | vn dress-41.1.1-1-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 6 | **cover** | participle | Palms and beech trees and pines and plane trees and various other kinds *not said here* |  |  |  |  | with flowers | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent with flower=Theme |

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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.

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**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.

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