--- title: Days and weeks passed, and it was seen that the broken willow-branch… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: Days and weeks passed, and it was seen that the broken willow-branch which the peddlar had stuck into the ground near the ditch remained fresh and green--nay, it even put forth fresh twigs; the little goose-girl saw that the branch had taken root, and was very pleased; the tree, so she said, was now --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/155/27/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/) / [Everything in the Right Place](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/155/) / 27 # Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen, Everything in the Right Place, sentence 27 Days and weeks passed, and it was seen that the broken willow-branch which the peddlar had stuck into the ground near the ditch remained fresh and green--nay, it even put forth fresh twigs; the little goose-girl saw that the branch had taken root, and was very pleased; the tree, so she said, was now her tree. **Who acts:** Days, broken willow branch, road, little goose girl, girl · **What happens:** pass, see, break, stick, remain, put · **To what, where:** tree, road, broken willow branch, ground, fresh twigs, branch · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. Andersen, Everything in the Right Place. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Days, broken willow branch, road, little goose girl), 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:pg27200:155:27 # text = Days and weeks passed, and it was seen that the broken willow-branch which the peddlar had stuck into the ground near the ditch remained fresh and green--nay, it even put forth fresh twigs; the little goose-girl saw that the branch had taken root, and was very pleased; the tree, so she said, was now her tree. 1 Days day NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 2 and and CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 3 weeks week NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 conj _ _ 4 passed pass VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 7 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj:pass _ _ 8 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 aux:pass _ _ 9 seen see VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 parataxis _ _ 10 that that SCONJ IN _ 27 mark _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 12 broken break VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 15 amod _ _ 13 willow willow NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 14 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 branch branch NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 nsubj _ _ 16 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 20 nsubj:pass _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 peddlar peddlar NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 nsubj:pass _ _ 19 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 aux _ _ 20 stuck stick VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 15 acl:relcl _ _ 21 into into ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 ground ground NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl _ _ 24 near near ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 ditch ditch NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl _ _ 27 remained remain VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 advcl _ _ 28 fresh fresh ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 xcomp _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 30 green green ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 31 -- -- PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 32 nay nay INTJ UH _ 36 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 34 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 35 even even ADV RB _ 36 advmod _ _ 36 put put VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 conj _ _ 37 forth forth ADV RB _ 36 advmod _ _ 38 fresh fresh ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 amod _ _ 39 twigs twig NOUN NNS Number=Plur 36 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 40 ; ; PUNCT : _ 46 punct _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 42 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 45 amod _ _ 43 goose goose NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 44 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 43 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 45 girl girl NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 nsubj _ _ 46 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 47 that that SCONJ IN _ 51 mark _ _ 48 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 49 branch branch NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 nsubj:pass _ _ 50 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 51 aux _ _ 51 taken take VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 46 ccomp _ _ 52 root root NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 53 , , PUNCT , _ 57 punct _ _ 54 and and CCONJ CC _ 57 cc _ _ 55 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 57 cop _ _ 56 very very ADV RB _ 57 advmod _ _ 57 pleased pleased ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 46 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 58 ; ; PUNCT : _ 60 punct _ _ 59 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 60 det _ _ 60 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 61 , , PUNCT , _ 64 punct _ _ 62 so so ADV RB _ 64 advmod _ _ 63 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 64 nsubj _ _ 64 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 65 , , PUNCT , _ 69 punct _ _ 66 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 69 cop _ _ 67 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 69 advmod _ _ 68 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 69 nmod:poss _ _ 69 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 64 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 70 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **pass** | past | Days and weeks | the tree | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **see** | past · passive | | road | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Stimulus | | 3 | **break** | participle | | | | | | | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient | | 4 | **stick** | past · perfect · passive | | the broken willow branch | | the ground | | near the ditch | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme into ground=Destination | | 5 | **remain** | past | the broken willow branch | | | | | fresh *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **put** | present | road | fresh twigs | | | | forth *property* | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent twig=Goal | | 7 | **see** | past | the little goose girl | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 8 | **take** | past · perfect · passive | | the branch | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: subject=Theme root=Destination | | 9 | **is** | past | the little goose girl *not said here* | | | | | pleased *property* | tree rules | | 10 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | girl | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 11 | **is a** | past | | girl's tree | | | now | | tree rules | 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 26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/155/26/) - next →: [sentence 28](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/155/28/) - ↑ back to [Everything in the Right Place](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/155/)