--- title: Here, behind the white iron railings, once a rose-tree grew; it is g… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: Here, behind the white iron railings, once a rose-tree grew; it is gone now, but a little bit of evergreen, from a neighboring grave, stretches out its green tendrils, and makes some appearance; there rests a very unhappy man, and yet while he lived he might be said to occupy a very good position. 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C. Andersen, A Cheerful Temper. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (rose tree, churchyard, little bit, man), 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:pg27200:16:24 # text = Here, behind the white iron railings, once a rose-tree grew; it is gone now, but a little bit of evergreen, from a neighboring grave, stretches out its green tendrils, and makes some appearance; there rests a very unhappy man, and yet while he lived he might be said to occupy a very good position. 1 Here here ADV RB PronType=Dem 14 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 behind behind ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 5 white white ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 6 iron iron NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 compound _ _ 7 railings railing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 9 once once ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 14 advmod _ _ 10 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 11 rose rose NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 12 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nsubj _ _ 14 grew grow VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ; ; PUNCT : _ 18 punct _ _ 16 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 17 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 18 cop _ _ 18 gone go VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 14 conj _ _ 19 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 18 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 21 but but CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 22 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 23 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 amod _ _ 24 bit bit NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 nsubj _ _ 25 of of ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 26 evergreen evergreen NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 28 from from ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 29 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 30 neighboring neighboring ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 amod _ _ 31 grave grave NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 33 stretches stretch VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 14 conj _ _ 34 out out ADP RP _ 33 compound:prt _ _ 35 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 37 nmod:poss _ _ 36 green green ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 amod _ _ 37 tendrils tendril NOUN NNS Number=Plur 33 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 39 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 40 makes make VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 33 conj _ _ 41 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 42 det _ _ 42 appearance appearance NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 43 ; ; PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 44 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 45 expl _ _ 45 rests rest VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 14 conj _ _ 46 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 47 very very ADV RB _ 48 advmod _ _ 48 unhappy unhappy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 49 amod _ _ 49 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 50 , , PUNCT , _ 55 punct _ _ 51 and and CCONJ CC _ 55 cc _ _ 52 yet yet ADV RB _ 55 advmod _ _ 53 while while SCONJ IN _ 55 mark _ _ 54 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 55 nsubj _ _ 55 lived live VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 conj _ _ 56 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 59 nsubj _ _ 57 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 59 aux _ _ 58 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 59 aux:pass _ _ 59 said say VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 55 parataxis _ _ 60 to to PART TO _ 61 mark _ _ 61 occupy occupy VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 59 xcomp _ _ 62 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 65 det _ _ 63 very very ADV RB _ 64 advmod _ _ 64 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 65 amod _ _ 65 position position NOUN NN Number=Sing 61 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 66 . . PUNCT . _ 14 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **grow** | past | a rose tree | | | here | | once *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **is** | present | churchyard | | | | now | go *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **stretch out** | present | a little bit of evergreen and a neighboring grave | churchyard's green tendrils | | | | | vn bend-45.2 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent tendril=Patient | | 4 | **make** | present | a little bit of evergreen and a neighboring grave *not said here* | some appearance | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset appearance=Product | | 5 | **rest** | present | a rose tree *not said here* | a unhappy man | | there | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location man=Theme | | 6 | **live** | past | man | | | | yet | | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **say** *speech: assert* | might · passive | | man | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **occupy** | to-infinitive | | a good position | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus position=Experiencer | 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 23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/16/23/) - next →: [sentence 25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/16/25/) - ↑ back to [A Cheerful Temper](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/16/)