--- title: Then the walls and arches of the church were covered with flowering… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: Then the walls and arches of the church were covered with flowering junipers and lime trees breathing forth fragrance; the branches waved, creating a pleasant coolness; they bent and parted, and the ship sailed between them through the air and over the sea. Who acts: lime trees, branches, ship. 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C. Andersen, A Story From the Sand-hills, part 6. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (lime trees, branches, ship), 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:pg27200:163:14 # text = Then the walls and arches of the church were covered with flowering junipers and lime trees breathing forth fragrance; the branches waved, creating a pleasant coolness; they bent and parted, and the ship sailed between them through the air and over the sea. 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 10 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 walls wall NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 nsubj:pass _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 5 arches arch NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 conj _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 church church NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nmod _ _ 9 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 aux:pass _ _ 10 covered cover VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 11 with with ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 flowering flowering NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 compound _ _ 13 junipers juniper NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 obl _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 15 lime lime NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 compound _ _ 16 trees tree NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 conj _ _ 17 breathing breathe VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 16 acl _ _ 18 forth forth ADV RB _ 17 advmod _ _ 19 fragrance fragrance NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 20 ; ; PUNCT : _ 23 punct _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 branches branch NOUN NNS Number=Plur 23 nsubj _ _ 23 waved wave VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 25 creating create VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 23 advcl _ _ 26 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 27 pleasant pleasant ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 amod _ _ 28 coolness coolness NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 29 ; ; PUNCT : _ 31 punct _ _ 30 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 31 bent bend VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 conj _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 33 parted part VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 ship ship NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 nsubj _ _ 38 sailed sail VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 conj _ _ 39 between between ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 40 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 obl _ _ 41 through through ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 air air NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obl _ _ 44 and and CCONJ CC _ 47 cc _ _ 45 over over ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 46 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 47 sea sea NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 10 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **cover** | past · passive | | the walls and arches of the church | | | then | with flowering junipers and lime trees | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: subject=Destination with juniper=Theme | | 2 | **breathe** | gerund | lime trees *not said here* | fragrance | | | | forth *property* | vn breathe-40.1.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fragrance=Theme | | 3 | **wave** | past | the branches | | | | | | vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **create** | gerund | the branches *not said here* | a pleasant coolness | | | | | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent coolness=Result | | 5 | **bend** | past | branches *= branch* | | | | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **part** | past | branches *= branch* *not said here* | | | | | | vn separate-23.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient | | 7 | **sail** | past | the ship | | | the air and the sea | | between branches *= branch* | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent through air=Trajectory | 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 13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/163/13/) - next →: [sentence 15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/163/15/) - ↑ back to [A Story From the Sand-hills, part 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/163/)