--- title: The apple-blossoms, though they looked like roses, bloomed to-day, b… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: The apple-blossoms, though they looked like roses, bloomed to-day, but might fall off to-morrow, with the first wind that blew; and he thought that a marriage with one of them might last too short a time. Who acts: apple blossoms, first wind, pretty, marriage. 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C. Andersen, The Butterfly. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (apple blossoms, first wind, pretty, marriage), 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:pg27200:15:25 # text = The apple-blossoms, though they looked like roses, bloomed to-day, but might fall off to-morrow, with the first wind that blew; and he thought that a marriage with one of them might last too short a time. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 2 apple apple NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 3 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 blossoms blossom NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 6 though though SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 7 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 8 looked look VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 like like ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 roses rose NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 12 bloomed bloom VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 10 acl _ _ 13 to to ADP IN _ 15 case _ SpaceAfter=No 14 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 17 but but CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 18 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 19 aux _ _ 19 fall fall VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 8 parataxis _ _ 20 off off ADP RP _ 19 compound:prt _ _ 21 to to ADP IN _ 23 case _ SpaceAfter=No 22 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 21 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 23 morrow morrow NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 25 with with ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 27 first first ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 28 amod _ _ 28 wind wind NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ _ 29 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 30 nsubj _ _ 30 blew blow VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 31 ; ; PUNCT : _ 34 punct _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 33 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 34 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 conj _ _ 35 that that SCONJ IN _ 43 mark _ _ 36 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 marriage marriage NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 nsubj _ _ 38 with with ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 39 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 37 nmod _ _ 40 of of ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 41 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nmod _ _ 42 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 43 aux _ _ 43 last last VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 34 ccomp _ _ 44 too too ADV RB _ 45 advmod _ _ 45 short short ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 47 amod _ _ 46 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 47 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **look** | past | the apple blossoms | | | | | like roses | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | | 2 | **bloom** | participle | | roses *not said here* | | | day | | vn entity\_specific\_modes\_being-47.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **fall off** | might | | | | | | to morrow; with the first wind | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | | 4 | **blow** | past | the first wind | | | | | | vn split-23.2 «NP V apart»: agent=Patient | | 5 | **think** *speech: other* | past | pretty | | | | | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 6 | **last** | might | a marriage with one of blossoms | | | | time | | vn cost-54.2 «NP V NP.value»: 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 24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/15/24/) - next →: [sentence 26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/15/26/) - ↑ back to [The Butterfly](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/15/)