--- title: Round about the garden ran a hedge of hazel-bushes; beyond the hedge… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: Round about the garden ran a hedge of hazel-bushes; beyond the hedge were fields and meadows with cows and sheep; but in the middle of the garden stood a Rose-tree in bloom, under which sat a Snail, whose shell contained a great deal--that is, himself. Who acts: fields, shell, that. 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C. Andersen, The Snail and the Rose-tree. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (fields, shell, that), 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:pg27200:157:1 # text = Round about the garden ran a hedge of hazel-bushes; beyond the hedge were fields and meadows with cows and sheep; but in the middle of the garden stood a Rose-tree in bloom, under which sat a Snail, whose shell contained a great deal--that is, himself. 1 Round round ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 2 about about ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 garden garden NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 5 ran run VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 hedge hedge NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 8 of of ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 9 hazel hazel NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 10 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 bushes bush NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ; ; PUNCT : _ 16 punct _ _ 13 beyond beyond ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 hedge hedge NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl _ _ 16 were be VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 17 fields field NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 nsubj _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 19 meadows meadow NOUN NNS Number=Plur 17 conj _ _ 20 with with ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 21 cows cow NOUN NNS Number=Plur 19 nmod _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 23 sheep sheep NOUN NNS Number=Plur 21 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 24 ; ; PUNCT : _ 32 punct _ _ 25 but but CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 26 in in ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 middle middle NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl _ _ 29 of of ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 garden garden NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 nmod _ _ 32 stood stand VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 33 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 34 Rose rose NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 35 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 34 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 36 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obj _ _ 37 in in ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 38 bloom bloom NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 40 under under ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 41 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 42 nsubj _ _ 42 sat sit VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 conj _ _ 43 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 Snail snail NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 45 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 46 whose whose PRON WP$ Poss=Yes|PronType=Rel 47 nmod:poss _ _ 47 shell shell NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 nsubj _ _ 48 contained contain VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 44 acl:relcl _ _ 49 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 51 det _ _ 50 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 51 amod _ _ 51 deal deal NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 52 -- -- PUNCT , _ 56 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 53 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 56 nsubj _ _ 54 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 56 cop _ SpaceAfter=No 55 , , PUNCT , _ 54 punct _ _ 56 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 32 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 57 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **run** | past | | a hedge of hazel bushes | | | | about the garden; round *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent hedge=Theme about garden=Trajectory | | 2 | **be** | past | fields and meadows with cows and sheep | | | the hedge | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme beyond hedge=Location | | 3 | **stand** | past | | a Rose tree | | the middle of the garden | | in bloom | vn put\_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent tree=Theme in middle=Destination | | 4 | **sit** | past | | a Snail | | | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location snail=Theme | | 5 | **contain** | past | shell | a great deal | | | | | vn comprise-107.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot deal=Theme | | 6 | **is a** | present | that | shell | | | | | 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: [A Rose From Homer's Grave, 21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/156/21/) - next →: [sentence 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/157/2/) - ↑ back to [The Snail and the Rose-tree](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/157/)