--- title: Then footsteps approached, strangers, such as the rose had seen in h… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: Then footsteps approached, strangers, such as the rose had seen in her dream, came by, and among them was a poet from the north; he plucked the rose, pressed a kiss upon her fresh mouth, and carried her away to the home of the clouds and the northern lights. 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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 (footsteps, strangers, Asia, rose), 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:pg27200:156:20 # text = Then footsteps approached, strangers, such as the rose had seen in her dream, came by, and among them was a poet from the north; he plucked the rose, pressed a kiss upon her fresh mouth, and carried her away to the home of the clouds and the northern lights. 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 3 advmod _ _ 2 footsteps footstep NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 3 approached approach VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 5 strangers stranger NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 7 such such ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|ExtPos=SCONJ 12 mark _ _ 8 as as ADP IN _ 7 fixed _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 rose rose NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nsubj:pass _ _ 11 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 aux _ _ 12 seen see VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 acl:relcl _ _ 13 in in ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 15 nmod:poss _ _ 15 dream dream NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 17 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 18 by by ADP IN _ 17 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 21 among among ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 22 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 obl _ _ 23 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 cop _ _ 24 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 poet poet NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ _ 26 from from ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 north north NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 29 ; ; PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 30 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 31 plucked pluck VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 rose rose NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 35 pressed press VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 conj _ _ 36 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 kiss kiss NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obj _ _ 38 upon upon ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 39 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 41 nmod:poss _ _ 40 fresh fresh ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 41 amod _ _ 41 mouth mouth NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 43 and and CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 44 carried carry VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 45 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 44 obj _ _ 46 away away ADV RB _ 44 advmod _ _ 47 to to ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 48 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 49 home home NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obl _ _ 50 of of ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 51 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 52 det _ _ 52 clouds cloud NOUN NNS Number=Plur 49 nmod _ _ 53 and and CCONJ CC _ 56 cc _ _ 54 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 56 det _ _ 55 northern northern ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 56 amod _ _ 56 lights light NOUN NNS Number=Plur 52 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 57 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **approach** | past | footsteps | strangers | | | then | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **see** | past · perfect · passive | strangers *not said here* | the rose | | rose's dream | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Stimulus | | 3 | **come by** | past | footsteps *not said here* | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **is a** | past | | a poet | | the north | | among footsteps *= footstep* | tree rules | | 5 | **pluck** | past | Asia | the rose | | | | | vn braid-41.2.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rose=Patient | | 6 | **press** | past | Asia *not said here* | a kiss | | | | upon rose's fresh mouth | vn push-12-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent kiss=Theme | | 7 | **carry away** | past | footsteps *not said here* | rose | | the home of the clouds and the northern lights | | away *property* | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent she=Theme to home=Destination | | 8 | **dream** | | rose | | | | | | nom dream «cognition transitive»: poss=agent | 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 19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/156/19/) - next →: [sentence 21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/156/21/) - ↑ back to [A Rose From Homer's Grave](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/156/)