--- title: But I once saw how a rose was laid in the mistress's hymn-book, and… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: But I once saw how a rose was laid in the mistress's hymn-book, and how one of my roses found a place in the bosom of a young beautiful girl, and how another was kissed by the lips of a child in the glad joy of life. Who acts: I, one, lips. 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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 (I, one, lips), 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:pg27200:157:56 # text = But I once saw how a rose was laid in the mistress's hymn-book, and how one of my roses found a place in the bosom of a young beautiful girl, and how another was kissed by the lips of a child in the glad joy of life. 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 2 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 3 once once ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 4 advmod _ _ 4 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 9 advmod _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 rose rose NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj:pass _ _ 8 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 aux:pass _ _ 9 laid lay VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 ccomp _ _ 10 in in ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 mistress mistress NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 13 's 's PART POS _ 12 case _ _ 14 hymn hymn NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 15 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 14 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 16 book book NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 19 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 20 advmod _ _ 20 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 24 nsubj _ _ 21 of of ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 23 nmod:poss _ _ 23 roses rose NOUN NNS Number=Plur 20 nmod _ _ 24 found find VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 25 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obj _ _ 27 in in ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 bosom bosom NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl _ _ 30 of of ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 31 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 32 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 amod _ _ 33 beautiful beautiful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 amod _ _ 34 girl girl NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 37 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 40 advmod _ _ 38 another another DET DT PronType=Ind 40 nsubj:pass _ _ 39 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 40 aux:pass _ _ 40 kissed kiss VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 conj _ _ 41 by by ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 lips lip NOUN NNS Number=Plur 40 obl _ _ 44 of of ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 45 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 child child NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 nmod _ _ 47 in in ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 48 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 50 det _ _ 49 glad glad ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 50 amod _ _ 50 joy joy NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 nmod _ _ 51 of of ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 52 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 53 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **see** | past | I | | | | | once *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 2 | **lay** | past · passive | | a rose | | the mistress's hymn book | | | vn put\_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme in book=Destination | | 3 | **find** | past | one of my roses | a place | | the bosom of a young beautiful girl | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent place=Topic | | 4 | **kiss** | past · passive | the lips of a child in the glad joy of life | another | | | | | vn marry-36.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Co-Agent | | 5 | **bosom** | | | a young beautiful girl | | | | | nom bosom «state transitive»: of=patient | | 6 | **joy** | | | life | | | | | nom joy «feeling transitive»: of=patient | 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 55](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/157/55/) - next →: [sentence 57](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/157/57/) - ↑ back to [The Snail and the Rose-tree](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/157/)