--- title: Like a mummy, the flower now rests in his "Iliad," and, as in her dr… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: Like a mummy, the flower now rests in his "Iliad," and, as in her dream, she hears him say, as he opens the book, "Here is a rose from the grave of Homer." Who acts: flower, rose, Asia. A sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. 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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 (flower, rose, Asia), 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:pg27200:156:21 # text = Like a mummy, the flower now rests in his "Iliad," and, as in her dream, she hears him say, as he opens the book, "Here is a rose from the grave of Homer." 1 Like like ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 mummy mummy NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 flower flower NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 7 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 8 advmod _ _ 8 rests rest VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 in in ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 10 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 12 nmod:poss _ _ 11 " " PUNCT `` _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 Iliad iliad NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 " " PUNCT '' _ 12 punct _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 17 as as ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 18 in in ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 20 nmod:poss _ _ 20 dream dream NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 22 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 23 hears hear VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 advcl _ _ 24 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 obj _ _ 25 say say VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 23 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 27 as as SCONJ IN _ 29 mark _ _ 28 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 29 opens open VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 25 ccomp _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 book book NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 33 " " PUNCT `` _ 34 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 34 Here here ADV RB PronType=Dem 37 advmod _ _ 35 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 37 cop _ _ 36 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 rose rose NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obl _ _ 38 from from ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 grave grave NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 nmod _ _ 41 of of ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 42 Homer Homer PROPN NNP Number=Sing 40 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 44 " " PUNCT '' _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **rest** | present | the flower | | | Asia's Iliad and rose's dream | now | like a mummy | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in iliad=Location | | 2 | **hear** | present | rose | Asia | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | infinitive | Asia *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **open** | present | Asia | the book | | | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location book=Theme | | 5 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | | a rose | | the grave of Homer; here | | | tree rules | | 6 | **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 20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/156/20/) - next →: [The Snail and the Rose-tree, 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/157/1/) - ↑ back to [A Rose From Homer's Grave](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/156/)