--- title: A camel-driver came by, with his loaded camels and his black slaves;… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: A camel-driver came by, with his loaded camels and his black slaves; his little son found the dead bird, and buried the lovely songster in the grave of the great Homer, while the rose trembled in the wind. Who acts: camel driver, little son. 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C. Andersen, A Rose From Homer's Grave. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (camel driver, little son), 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:pg27200:156:10 # text = A camel-driver came by, with his loaded camels and his black slaves; his little son found the dead bird, and buried the lovely songster in the grave of the great Homer, while the rose trembled in the wind. 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 2 camel camel NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 3 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 driver driver NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 by by ADP IN _ 11 case _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 8 with with ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 9 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 11 nmod:poss _ _ 10 loaded load VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 11 amod _ _ 11 camels camel NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obl _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 13 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 15 nmod:poss _ _ 14 black black ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 amod _ _ 15 slaves slave NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 ; ; PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 17 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 19 nmod:poss _ _ 18 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 amod _ _ 19 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 nsubj _ _ 20 found find VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 22 dead dead ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 amod _ _ 23 bird bird NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 26 buried bury VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 28 lovely lovely ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 amod _ _ 29 songster songster NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obj _ _ 30 in in ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 grave grave NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obl _ _ 33 of of ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 35 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 amod _ _ 36 Homer Homer PROPN NNP Number=Sing 32 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 38 while while SCONJ IN _ 40 mark _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 rose rose NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obl _ _ 41 trembled tremble VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 40 acl _ _ 42 in in ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 wind wind NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** | past | a camel driver | | | | | by driver's loaded camels and driver's black slaves | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme by camel=Location | | 2 | **load** | participle | | | | | | | vn spray-9.7-2 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **find** | past | driver's little son | the dead bird | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bird=Topic | | 4 | **bury** | past | a camel driver *not said here* | the lovely songster | | the grave of the great Homer | | the rose *obl* | vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent songster=Theme in grave=Destination | | 5 | **tremble** | participle | | the rose *not said here* | | the wind | | | vn modes\_of\_being\_with\_motion-47.3 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in wind=Location | 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 9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/156/9/) - next →: [sentence 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/156/11/) - ↑ back to [A Rose From Homer's Grave](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/156/)