--- title: At last she bowed her head over a heap of stones, and said, "Here re… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: At last she bowed her head over a heap of stones, and said, "Here rests the greatest singer in the world; over his tomb will I spread my fragrance, and on it I will let my leaves fall when the storm scatters them. Who acts: last, I, leaves, storm. 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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 (last, I, leaves, storm), 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:pg27200:156:6 # text = At last she bowed her head over a heap of stones, and said, "Here rests the greatest singer in the world; over his tomb will I spread my fragrance, and on it I will let my leaves fall when the storm scatters them. 1 At at SCONJ IN _ 4 mark _ _ 2 last last ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 nsubj _ _ 3 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 bowed bow VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 advcl _ _ 5 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 7 over over ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 heap heap NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 10 of of ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 stones stone NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 14 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 16 " " PUNCT `` _ 17 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 17 Here here ADV RB PronType=Dem 18 advmod _ _ 18 rests rest VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 14 ccomp _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 20 greatest great ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 21 amod _ _ 21 singer singer NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obj _ _ 22 in in ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 world world NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 25 ; ; PUNCT : _ 31 punct _ _ 26 over over ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 28 nmod:poss _ _ 28 tomb tomb NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl _ _ 29 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 31 aux _ _ 30 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 31 spread spread VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 14 ccomp _ _ 32 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 33 nmod:poss _ _ 33 fragrance fragrance NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 36 on on ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 37 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 obl _ _ 38 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 39 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 40 aux _ _ 40 let let VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 31 parataxis _ _ 41 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 42 nmod:poss _ _ 42 leaves leaf NOUN NNS Number=Plur 43 nsubj _ _ 43 fall fall VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 40 parataxis _ _ 44 when when SCONJ WRB _ 47 mark _ _ 45 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 storm storm NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 nsubj _ _ 47 scatters scatter VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 43 advcl _ _ 48 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 47 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 49 . . PUNCT . _ 14 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **bow** | past | last | rose's head | | a heap of stones | | | vn curtsey-40.3.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent head=Topic | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **rest** *in a quote* | present | | the greatest singer | | the world; here | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V NP.theme PP»: agent=Agent singer=Theme in world=Location | | 4 | **spread** *in a quote* | future | I | my fragrance | | merchant's tomb | | | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent fragrance=Theme over tomb=Destination | | 5 | **let** *in a quote* | future | I | | | fragrance | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient PP.asset»: agent=Agent on it=Asset | | 6 | **fall** *in a quote* | present | my leaves | | | | | | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **scatter** *in a quote* | present | the storm | leaves *= leaf* | | | | | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent they=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 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/156/5/) - next →: [sentence 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/156/7/) - ↑ back to [A Rose From Homer's Grave](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/156/)